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Pages: 574-577 संध्या शर्मा ( सहायक प्रवक्ता (कल्चर), CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana) सतीश कश्यप (लोक नाट्यकार, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Animal & Vety. Sciences) लोकसंस्कृति को जानने एवम् समझने के लिए लोकसंगीत को समझ लेना अत्यन्त आवश्यक है। लोक धरातल को स्वयं में संचित कर, भावों की अभिव्यक्ति को, जो सक्षमता के साथ प्रस्तुत करें वही तो लोकसंगीत है। हरियाणवी समाज में महिलाओं का जीवन चुनौतियों से व्याप्त है। हरियाणा में महिलाओं की स्थिति, मनोभाव, इच्छाएँ, खुशी, गम, विरह, श्रृंगार, शोषण इत्यादि अनेक पहलुओं को लोकसंगीत के माध्यम से इस शोध पत्र में प्रस्तुत करने की चेष्टा की गई है। Pages: 574-577
संध्या शर्मा ( सहायक प्रवक्ता (कल्चर), CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)
सतीश कश्यप (लोक… |
Pages: 578-583 Sunita Kejriwal (Viharilal College of Education, Kolkata) Santoshi Halder (Department of Education University of Calcutta, Kolkata) The development of the child is effected by various factors like socioeconomic status, nutritional awareness of mothers which may significantly affect child cognitive development. However nutritional awareness of the mother may be associated with SES. The objective of the present study is to find the association between Socio Economic Status (SES) and Nutritional awareness of mother (NAM).The tools are questionnaire to explore nutritional awareness of mother and General Information Schedule. The sample is 300 children of pre-primary and kindergarten schools of Kolkata, India. The data is analyzed by using correlation analysis. The result suggested that SES and nutritional awareness of mother are significantly associated and effect child cognitive development. The findings of the study may help in developing various plans and schemes to eradicate malnutrition of the children in various social strata. Findings establish mother's nutritional awareness to be significantly associated with SES. The findings indicate that the various components of SES (parents education, income, & occupation) to be significantly correlated to all components of Nutritional awareness of mothers (NAM) along with sub-dimensions. Pages: 578-583
Sunita Kejriwal (Viharilal College of Education, Kolkata)
Santoshi Halder (Department of Education University of Calcutta… |
Pages: 584-587 Prasad K. (Department of Psychiatric Social Work NIMHANS, Bangalore) D. Ram (Director & Professor of Psychiatry Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi) D. Bhattacharjee (Department of Psychiatric Social Work Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi) Sadananda Reddy (Department of Psychiatric Social Work NIMHANS, Bangalore) Depressive symptoms and styles of conflict resolution displayed by males (husbands) and females (wives) in marital conflict, including angry, depressive, and constructive patterns of expression. Depression is not only affects the patient but also the spouses to the maximum extent. Depression and marital conflict can influence bidirectional. Present study objective was to compare the conflict resolutions styles in depression and normal controls. This study was a cross - sectional, hospital based, single contact, time bound study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples for the study. The study group comprised of 30 married individuals with depression whereas the control group consisted of 30 married normal individuals. Both the groups were assessed on a Socio-demographic data sheet, Hamilton rating scale for anxiety, Hamilton rating scale for depression and Conflict resolution styles inventory. It was found that there were significant differences in the conflict resolution styles of persons with depression compare to normal individuals and there were no significant difference between males and females of people with depression in conflict resolution styles. There were significant differences found in conflict resolution styles domains of conflict engagement, positive problem solving, withdrawal and compliance in people with depression in comparison with normal controls. Pages: 584-587
Prasad K. (Department of Psychiatric Social Work NIMHANS, Bangalore)
D. Ram (Director & Professor of… |
Pages: 588-593 Priyanka Padhy (Department of Elementary Education Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, Delhi and Centre for Early Childhood Development and Research Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi) Nimisha Kumar (Centre for Early Childhood Development and Research Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi) Children the world over face a multitude of challenges to their healthy development. But people working with children have consistently found evidence of life-affirming and adaptive tendencies that help children thrive despite exposure to adversity, also known as 'resilience'. Social ecological approach to the study of resilience in chronically ill children allows an understanding of how the attributes of the self, the features of the family environment and characteristics of the wider social environment interact to enable chronically ill children to adapt positively despite potentially life-threatening conditions. This paper presents the findings of a pilot study exploring the perspectives of 6 parents of children with Thalassemia Major, undergoing treatment in a New Delhi Municipal Corporation hospital in South Delhi for the past 3 years. Thalassemia Major is a genetic blood disorder requiring long-term medical management and frequent hospitalisations. Employing the approach of 'Interpretative phenomenological analysis' (Smith, Harre, & Langenhove, 1995) parental perceptions were explored using semi-structured interviews to derive accounts of the strengths, difficulties, and ongoing challenges faced by the children and the families, as well as the kind of familial environment and community linkages that seem to support resilience in Thalassemic children. Pages: 588-593
Priyanka Padhy (Department of Elementary Education Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of… |
Pages: 594-597 L. K. Badgujar and A.V. S. Madnawat (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan ) The objective of the present study was to understand the self-concept of 1st year and final year of respective course early adulthood boys and girls of Jaipur. It was hypothesized that the self-concept of early adulthood with respect to gender and educational standard will differ significantly. A group of 500 early adulthood (250 boys & 250 girls) from six colleges were covered in the study and they were selected following multi-stage sampling technique. A Semi-structured Questionnaire and Self-concept Scale were used for data collection. The study was carried out in 2016-17. The mean values of overall self-concept were found to be 173.2 for early adulthood boys and 164.2 for early adulthood girls i.e., the self-concept of early adulthood boys was significantly higher compared to girls (p<.01). Further analysis of data revealed statistically significant difference (p<.001) between boys and girls with respect to components of self-concept like health and sex appropriateness, abilities, self-confidence, worthiness, present, past and future, beliefs and convictions, feeling of shame and guilt, and emotional component i.e., mean score of early adulthood boys were significantly higher than the means score of girls with respect to the said components of self-concept. On the contrary, girls were found to be significantly higher in beliefs and convictions components compared to boys. No significant difference was observed between boys and girls with respect to self-acceptance and sociability components. So far as educational standard is considered, students of 1st year students were found to have higher mean score than the students of final year students in most of the components of self-concept and significant difference was found in four components only like health and sex appropriateness, abilities, self-acceptance and emotional component. Pages: 594-597
L. K. Badgujar and A.V. S. Madnawat (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur… |
Pages: 598-601 Jaishree Jain (Department of Psychology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan) The main purpose of this research was to determine the family environment as a function of Aggression in adolescents. The sample was comprised of 200 adolescents with age range from 13 to 18 years. Out of 200 samples, 100 adolescents were of cohesive family environment and 100 were of poor family environment. Family environment scale developed by Moos and aggression scale developed by Roma Pal and Yasmeen Naqvi. This scale was used to collect the data. The obtained data were statistically analyzed. Results of the present study revealed that there were significant mean differences among aggression level of adolescents of cohesive family environment and adolescents of poor family environment. When both the groups of adolescents were compared on overall ten measures of family environment scale (viz., cohesion, expressiveness, conflict, independence, achievement orientation, intellectual orientation, active recreational orientation, & moral religious emphasis) it was found that high aggression level adolescents come from poor family environment. Pages: 598-601
Jaishree Jain (Department of Psychology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan) |
Pages: 602-604 Prasad K., Ameer Hamza, and Basavaraj Shrinivasa (Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bengaluru) Manoj Kumar Sharma (Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS, Bengaluru) Sadananda Reddy (Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bengaluru) Internet has become part of our lives and there has been a manifold increase in internet users over the years in India and globally. It has made our life easy and comfortable through providing better opportunities for communication, information and social interaction. However, excessive usage of the internet has led to many negative consequences on human life. Despite excessive internet use has led to the emergence of the concept of internet addiction, the conceptual clarity is still missing to understand the underlying mechanism. Due to this lack of the conceptual clarity, there has not been a formal consensus on diagnostic criteria for Internet Addiction which has hindered the development of proper assessment tools and epidemiological research on the topic and the concept of Internet addiction as a distinct psychiatric disorder is still in its infancy. But most of the studies conducted previously in the field of internet addiction looked into the risk factors for developing or associated with internet addiction rather than conceptualizing the underlying phenomenon of problematic internet use and testing out the same with further research. This leaves the question about calling the internet addiction as a separate disorder or considering it as a co-morbid condition for other psychiatric condition unanswered. So the focus of the current review is to understand the conceptual issues pertaining to problematic internet use through the available literature and to draw the attention of readers on the existing theories explaining the etiology of the problematic internet use and to provide future direction for research in this important and yet controversial area Pages: 602-604
Prasad K., Ameer Hamza, and Basavaraj Shrinivasa (Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bengaluru)
Manoj… |
Pages: 605-607 Shailja Rana and N. K. Chadha (Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi ) Tremendous research has been conducted in industrial/organizational psychology to study the factors that improve work performance of the employees. Most researchers study variables like working conditions, salary, organizational culture and their impact on the performance of the employees. Very little research has been conducted to study the impact of optimism on the work performance of the employees. This paper is an effort to review the factors that lead to an optimistic explanatory style, impact of optimism on performance as well as measures to increase the optimism of employees. Pages: 605-607
Shailja Rana and N. K. Chadha (Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi ) |
Pages: 608-610 Jaishree Jain (Department of Psychology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan) People are part of nature and vice versa. We inherit nature's intelligence. It is physiologically and psychologically in us. This is a major concern of humanity that has unfortunately not been fully recognized till date. Purpose of the study is to arouse the level of consciousness of individuals about the importance of ecosensory intelligence on our general mental health. Indigenous people around the world have stressed the sacredness of humanity's connection with nature, not only for spiritual well-being but also for physical, social and psychological well-being. Going for a walk or sitting in a park or going camping help people defocus their attention from the stress. It is the natural rhythm in nature that is quite opposite of the kind of drive and energy that push people towards increased stress. Thus, by refocusing on these natural rhythm people can slow down and move at the same speed as everything around them. The sight of the sea is the quickest and effective way to reduce high stress level. Popular stress busters include a walk in the park, the smell of cut grass, sound of birds singing, swimming with dolphins help in prevention of depression. The purpose of present research work is to study the ecosensory intelligence as a correlate of general mental health. The study was sampled 200 male and female participants of the age range of 20 to 50 years randomly from both rural and urban settings of Rajasthan irrespective of educational and socio-economic status. The tools administered were ecosensory intelligence test by Cohen (2001) and Mental health scale by Bhatt and Gidda. 't' test was used to find the significant difference in ecosensory intelligence and general mental health. However there is a significant difference in mean scores on ecosensory intelligence and general mental health. Pages: 608-610
Jaishree Jain (Department of Psychology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan) |
Pages: 611-613 Shama Norien Major (I.A.S.E, Faculty of Education, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi) There has been several research studies results showing the relationship between the effects of poverty on child development especially chronic poverty on children's health physical as well as mental. This paper is a case study which aims to study the psychological strengths and weaknesses of children and adolescents in the age of 11 to 16 years living in leprosy community. To study and analyze the common strengths and weaknesses which these children and adolescents who live in not only in chronic poverty but also experience social exclusion from the main stream society due to living in leprosy community. Data has been collected using the strengths and difficulties questionnaire having 25 items along with an impact supplement of Goodman. Data has been analyzed and discussed after the results interpretation. Conclusions have been drawn on the basis of analysis and interpretation of Data obtained. Pages: 611-613
Shama Norien Major (I.A.S.E, Faculty of Education, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi) |
Pages: 614-618 Tanvi Chopra (Center for Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) An emerging trend is being witnessed in the politics of India with the process of democratization. The upsurge of Dalit politics since the late 1980s transformed the way politics works in India. The assertion and interest articulation by the Dalit leadership had to be taken seriously by the ones sitting at the tables of diplomacy. The emerging influence of deras in Punjab was one such repercussion of the rising Dalit consciousness. The expansion of the activities of the deras and the rising number of followers in these deras is a clear sign of the rising Dalit consciousness. The electoral politics in Punjab is not unaffected by this process. The demand for the share in the local structures of power by the Dalits is quite visible in the local politics of the state. The 2017 assembly elections in Punjab reflected the significance of deras as most of the state and national politicians visited these deras before the elections. The influence of these deras does not seem to reduce in the near future. The rising number of followers in the deras from the state and across the world from the Dalit community is a unique trend in the democratic politics in India. Pages: 614-618
Tanvi Chopra (Center for Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) |
Pages: 619-621 Abha Singh (Department of Psychology, P. P. N College Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh) Alcoholism is a family disease it ruins not only to the particular individual but also the whole family. Family disruptions, domestic violence resulting juvenile problems, add up to a significant proportion of loss to society and nation's well-being and economy. Alcohol plays a major role in more than half of all accidents, suicides and early deaths. Alcoholic families have to face a lot of turmoil and struggle even when the alcoholic person is alive or after death; children are at the most vulnerable situation in the family. Children of alcoholic appear at increase risk for a variety of negative outcomes as substance abuse, antisocial behaviour depression, anxiety disorders, delinquent behavior, etc. Objectives of the study is to investigate and compare the self-efficacy and well-being in adolescent children of alcoholics (COAs) and those of non-alcoholic (nCOAs) and other one is to bring out the association or relationship between self-efficacy and well-being of children of alcoholics (COAs) and children of non-alcoholics (nCOAs). The sample is consisted of 600 respondents of the age range 14-18 from different schools of Kanpur city. 300 children are from alcoholic families and 300 children from non-alcoholic families. Snow ball sampling is used for data collection. General self-efficacy scale and PGI General well being measure were used for measuring self efficacy and well being of adolescent children. t and correlation statistics has been used for analyzing the data. Results indicated that children of alcoholics have lower self- efficacy and well-being in comparison to children of non-alcoholics. Results further inferred that there is a positive correlation between self-efficacy and well-being. Due to unhealthy environment, children of alcoholic families have some negative impact on their personal and academic life. Through intervention programmes at the school and community level, many children of alcoholic families may enhance their self efficacy, self esteem and well being, so that they can lead their life in a better way. Pages: 619-621
Abha Singh (Department of Psychology, P. P. N College Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh) |
Pages: 622-623 Vali Rashidzadegan Doost (Department of Psychology, Yasouj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasouj, Iran) The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement with positive psychological approach. For this purpose, a sample of 180 students from pre-university students of high schools in Abadeh city was selected. Of these, 160 completed questionnaires. Data were collected using a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using regression and t-test. The results showed that emotional intelligence can predict academic achievement. Also, emotional intelligence can predict happiness. The results of t-test showed that there is a significant difference between emotional intelligence of male and female students. Pages: 622-623
Vali Rashidzadegan Doost (Department of Psychology, Yasouj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasouj, Iran) |
Pages: 624-628 Tarika Sharma and Uma Mittal (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan) Individuals with a diffused status are reluctant or incapable to make commitments and do not explore vigorously to establish their ego identity. It is the least developmentally mature and adaptive ego status of the four ego identity statuses given by Marcia. Identity development is significantly influenced by psychological and social dynamics experienced during an individual's lifetime, most notably during adolescence. The present study aimed at investigating the role of parenting style and decision making style among diffused adolescents. A sample of 500 adolescents of 11th and 12th class from English medium co-educational schools of Jaipur city was selected through purposive sampling technique for the screening purpose. From among them 110 adolescents identified as diffused were selected for further investigation comprised of 50 boys and 60 girls. A correlation design was used. Participants completed the Revised Version of the Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status (EOMEIS-2) by Bennion and Adams (1986); Parental Authority Questionnaire (Buri, 1991); and General Decision Making Style Inventory (Scott & Bruce, 1995). The results of the study revealed that identity diffusion significantly negatively correlates with authoritative parenting style (mother & father) and rational decision style. There exist a significant positive correlation between identity diffusion and authoritarian style (mother & father), mother permissive style, intuitive and avoidant style of decision making. The findings would help the psychologists, counselors, clinical psychologists, etc. for prevention of identity related major disorders and psychopathology from the ground level. Pages: 624-628
Tarika Sharma and Uma Mittal (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan) |
Pages: 629-632 Surender Kumar (School of Studies in Library and Information Science, Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh) This paper presents the results of a study conducted on the use of internet services of Nehru Library, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. Survey method was used to collect the data from the users with the help of structured questionnaires. The present study examined the different aspects of internet searching behavior of the students. The study shows that 35.52 % of the users having more than 4 year experience with internet. The majority of the users i.e. 28.94% access the internet at daily basis. The most preferred place of using internet was 67.76% at Nehru Library. Most of the users were using internet for the web based library resources like CeRA, Indiastat, Krishi Prabha (e-theses), e-learning portal and Britannica online etc. Google was the most favorite search engine among the users. The majority of the users were fully satisfied with the present internet services offered by the Nehru Library, CCS HAU, Hisar. Pages: 629-632
Surender Kumar (School of Studies in Library and Information Science, Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya… |
Pages: 633-641 Durlabh Singh Kowal (DRDO Scientist “D” Selection Centre Central Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) Anam Masood (Masters in Clinical Psychology Barkatullah University Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) Vivek Jha (Lieutenant Colonel, Senior GTO Selection Centre Central Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) Anxiety is defined as the subjective feeling of apprehension, worry, and tension caused by the perception of situations as psychologically or physically threatening (Spielberger, 1972). Researchers distinguish between trait and state anxiety as dispositional and transitory experience respectively. The test anxiety is an anxiety experienced by the individuals in a test situation which differs on nature of test and purpose of undergoing test. Most of the researchers showed concern in relationship between test anxiety and academic success. This paper investigates relationship between Test Anxiety and Performance at the time of selection of Armed Force Officer Cadre applicants over a battery of projective tests for personality assessment. A sample of 122 male subjects (71 Fresher & 51 Repeater) pooled through purposive sampling had undergone a Battery of Projective Test comprising Thematic Apperception Test, Word Association Test, Situation Reaction Test and Self Description in group testing condition. Test Anxiety Inventory which consists of two subscales viz. Worry and Emotionality, developed by Spielberger et al. (1978) was administered prior to administration of Projective Test Battery. Results revealed significant difference between Test familiarity (Fresher & Repeater) and Emotionality t (107) =2.02, p<.05); Performance and Result χ2 (1) = 22.11, p<0.01). However, no significant differences were found between Worry and Test familiarity, Performance, Result; between Emotionality and Performance, Result; between Total Anxiety and Test familiarity, Performance, Result. Similar study can be replicated Interview and Objective tests for assessing personality at the time of recruitment and selection. Pages: 633-641
Durlabh Singh Kowal (DRDO Scientist “D” Selection Centre Central Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)
Anam Masood (Masters… |
Pages: 642-647 Ajay Sharma (Clinical Psychologist Shri Auribindo Medical College & PG Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh ) Digamber Jagannath Darekar (Department of Psychology Dr. B.R. Shri Purandare Arts & Smt. S.G. Gupta, Commerce & Science College Lonavla, Pune, Maharashtra) Varun Kumar (Clinical Psychologist Ankur Rehab Centre Indore, Madhya Pradesh ) Ashok Parasar (Clinical Psychologist District Hospital Jhansi, Utter Pradesh) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder causes in many cases, severe disability. There is a dearth of reliable tools that diagnose difficult cases of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder accurately, particularly those helpful in differentiating it from schizophrenia and depression. Obsessive Style Index was developed by Exner group (1990) with the purpose of diagnosing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder patients accurately. Very little literature is available and probably none from India, regarding the validity of this index. So this research will be an attempt on this path. The aim of the study was to study the socio-demographic profile of the patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, to see the clinical profile of the patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, To see the significance of Obsessive Style Index (OBS) in diagnosing the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients and To see the relation in severity of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder on OBS index. A sample of 30 patients (male & female), diagnosed clinically as having OCD by psychiatrists on the basis of ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for research, were selected from out-patient department of the Post Graduate Institute of behavioural and Medical Sciences, Raipur (C.G.). The major thrust of the present study was to see the significance of Obsessive Style Index (OBS) in diagnosing the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients and to see the relation in severity of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder on OBS index. In essence, the present study highlights the obsessive style index (OBS) needs to be modified if it is to be used to identify the cases of obsessive compulsive disorder in our Indian population or some other measure should be used. Pages: 642-647
Ajay Sharma (Clinical Psychologist Shri Auribindo Medical College & PG Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh… |
Pages: 648-654 Amirul Hasan Ansari and Amogh Talan (Center for Management Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi) This study focuses on the role of subjective well-being of consumers as measured by their satisfaction with life, levels of stress and healthy lifestyle to explain the preference for organic food. Healthy lifestyle was found to mediate the relation between higher well-being and preference for organic food on one hand and lower levels of stress and preference for organic food on the other. A sample of 220 was collected from students of University of Delhi for the analysis, which was conducted using Smart PLS 2.0.M3 in order to understand the mediating relations between the variables. Well-being was found to be most significant predictor of both healthy lifestyle and preference for organic food. Lower levels of stress were also found to be significantly affecting the attitudes towards a healthy lifestyle and preference for organic food. Marketing, managerial and personal implications of the results have been discussed. Pages: 648-654
Amirul Hasan Ansari and Amogh Talan (Center for Management Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New… |
Pages: 655-659 Amra Ahsan (Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan) The life of athletes is filled with the anxieties and experiences of winning and losing, hence, stressful circumstances are an endemic part of their living. Athletes face moments during competition that appear to carry great psychological significance. When momentum starts shifting from one direction to another, they are required to remain completely focused and calm. The journey towards peak performance is usually far from smooth and great athletes and teams suffer setbacks some times. The present paper attempts to study the attributional style in male and female athletes using Attribution of success and failure (ASUFA) Inventory. Results shows a significant inter-correlation among the dimensions of attribution style. However, no gender differences were reported. Pages: 655-659
Amra Ahsan (Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan) |
Pages: 660-664 S. K. Prasad (Dy. CCPD, Govt. of India& Former Director Supervisor, NCDS-SOSS, IGNOU, New Delhi) Anil Kumar (NCDS-SOSS, IGNOU, New Delhi) This study is to investigate the social adjustment problem among dyslexic students. Initially for the pilot study twenty students with dyslexia were selected from various schools for the purpose. It includes demographical data which influence on their social adjustment in school setting. Chi square was applied to see the relationship in said variables. Result indicated that their socio economic status having relationship with the social adjustment of dyslexic students. Pages: 660-664
S. K. Prasad (Dy. CCPD, Govt. of India& Former Director Supervisor, NCDS-SOSS, IGNOU, New… |
Pages: 665-667 Roshen T. Mathew and Bindu P. Nair (Department of Psychology, University of Kerala, Trivandrum) The present study attempts to assess the quality of life and resilience in relation to perceived social support among mothers of children with learning disability .The sample, randomly drawn, consisted of mothers of children with learning disability (n=150), between 27-50 years. The Quality of life scale, Annalakshmi resilience scale, and Multidimensional scale of perceived social support were used to collect data from the participants. Zero-order correlation revealed high, significant positive correlation among quality of life, resilience and perceived social support. Partial correlation computed indicated that the strength of the relationship between resilience and quality of life attenuated when perceived social support was controlled for, though still maintaining statistical significance, thus indicating its ascendancy in the relationship. Pages: 665-667
Roshen T. Mathew and Bindu P. Nair (Department of Psychology, University of Kerala, Trivandrum) |
Pages: 668-673 Namita Rajput (Principal (OSD), Sri Aurobindo College (Eve), University of Delhi, Delhi) Amogh Talan (College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi) This paper analyzes the mediating impact social network (instrumental & expressive) ties on the relation between workplace diversity and well-being of employees. A sample of 113 was collected from private sector organizations belonging to ICT and finance industries located in Delhi-NCR region of India. Diversity was found to be positively associated with well-being. Using linear regression program PROCESS it found that competence trust significantly mediated the relation between diversity and well-being, while benevolence, integrity and predictability trust were found not to be significant mediators. Implications for the policymakers have been suggested to take into consideration the interpersonal trust in order to effectively implement the policies aimed at promoting the well-being of the employees while maintaining a healthy diversity in the organizations. Pages: 668-673
Namita Rajput (Principal (OSD), Sri Aurobindo College (Eve), University of Delhi, Delhi)
Amogh Talan (College… |
Pages: 674-679 Sruthy R. and K. P. Naachimuthu (Department of Psychology, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu) Family is the first institution in the human society; it is the only relationship that provides security and support without any rewards in return. The effectiveness of family functioning in conditioning the children's personality and social development has an outstanding importance (Roelfse & Middleton, 1985). The family interactions play an important role in the development of an individual. These interactions and interpersonal relationships are seen between parents, parent and child, siblings, and other relative or person living in the household. The healthy functioning of these interaction patterns enhances mental health of the individual. The present study was conducted to find out the extent to which family relationship has an impact on general well-being in adolescents and young adults, and to understand the impact of family relationship variable on general well-being in adolescents and young adults. The results revealed that the amount of time and energy spent by mother and father on directing and controlling the adolescents or young adults is relatively more in this group. It was also found that the degree of independence and encouragement and believing in the capacity of these adolescents or young adults in this group to assume responsibility would have an influence on the general well-being. Pages: 674-679
Sruthy R. and K. P. Naachimuthu (Department of Psychology, PSG College of Arts &… |
Pages: 680-682 Digambar Darekar and Deepa Naik (Department of Psychology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra) The purpose of this research is to identify the difference between professional organic farmers and conventional farmers on environmental attitude on 300 sample size from Pune District, Maharashtra, India. To measure environmental attitude of farmers' Taj Scale was administered. Two matched-groups design was used. The calculated t= 8.96, is statistically significant at .01 level also gives statistical weight age to this finding that environmental attitude of professional organic farmers is of significantly higher magnitude as compared to conventional farmers. Pages: 680-682
Digambar Darekar and Deepa Naik (Department of Psychology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra) |
Pages: 683-687 Roli Tiwari (Psychometrics laboratory School, of studies in Psychology Pt. Ravishankar, Shukla University Raipur, Chhattisgarh) Bansh Gopal Singh (Vice-Chancellor, Pt. Sundarlal, Sharma Open University, Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh) Basheer Hasan (Psychometrics laboratory, School of studies in Psychology Pt. Ravishankar, Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh) The aim of the present study is to review the empirical studies to explore and examine the relationship between acculturative stress and coping strategies of foreign students. A literature search using JSTOR, J-Gate and Google Scholar database covers the period from 2000 to 2015, the authors acknowledged 17 peer reviewed studies (full text) gathering inclusion criteria. Search terms were Acculturation, acculturative stress, coping strategies, and foreign students. This search generate empirical studies which includes participants from African, Arabian, Asian, Caribbean, Chinese, Korean, Hong Kong, Latino, Polish, Mexican, Norway and Somali countries. After examining different aspect of the 17 empirical papers, it was found that there is significant association between acculturative stress and coping strategies. However, findings are not agreed over the effectiveness of different coping strategies. Some studies reported, problem focused coping strategies are more effective rather than other two viz. emotional focused and avoidance focused coping strategies. Moreover, research on acculturative stress and coping strategies of foreign students has not yet been conducted in India. The theoretical and practical issues have been discussed. Pages: 683-687
Roli Tiwari (Psychometrics laboratory School, of studies in Psychology Pt. Ravishankar, Shukla University Raipur… |