Page: 450-457
Mansi Phogat and Tarannum Mohan (Punjabi University Regional Centre for IT and Management, Mohali, Punjab)

Future advancements in technology, particularly smart fitness devices, are vital to the future of health and general well-being. Wearable technology is growing at a rapid pace from developed countries to developing countries. Using various ideas and approaches, researchers from a range of fields have examined how consumers are embracing wearable devices like smartwatches. In an effort to understand how consumer behaviour differs on the basis of various factors associated with wearable technology like its affordability, lifestyle, demography and its adoption and purchase we analysed various research papers. The goals of this article are to review the research on consumers' acceptance of wearable technology and various theories applied and to pinpoint the elements that affected consumers' choices to adopt these technologies.

Page: 462-465
Shreya Mohan (Innocent Hearts School, Green Model Town, Jalandhar, Punjab)

Growing concern over the health and safety concerns of underage sex has prompted calls for increased initiatives to teach sex education in schools. Teenagers engage in harmful practices and suffer the consequences because of a lack of sex education. It would be foolish, if not reckless, to try to deny that truth. Why deny teenagers the information they need to stay healthy and avoid getting pregnant too soon if it will help them avoid the negative effects of not receiving sexual education? Despite major advances in science, the implementation of sex education in modern schools is hampered by cultural, political, and systemic constraints that strongly influence many layers of teenagers' environments. Knowledge among adolescent females regarding sexual and reproductive health issues is mandatory to ensure their healthy growth, both mentally and physically, by various agents of socialization, mainly parents and teachers, to prepare them for pubertal transition. Healthcare experts such as psychologists, counselors, social workers, and psychiatrists can be useful in achieving this goal. Women's health-related policies need to be formed, and sexual education in schools needs to be mandatory. This paper highlights some of the opportunities, intentions to provide relevant sexuality education for young people, potentially exacerbating confusion and individuals who do not conform to societal stereotypes of sex, gender, and ability.

Page: 470-472
C.A. Shashikala1 and S. Azmal, Basha2 (Research & Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu1 and Department of Psychology, Sri Venkateswara Art College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh2)

The study was to examine the effectiveness of some behavioral techniques on anxiety, anger and problem-solving skills among adolescent girls. World Health Report (2001) says “Adolescence is a stage of immense turmoil in emotional as well as behavioral spheres. Information load, high expectations of parents and teachers, peer pressure to perform well, unrealistic ambitions and competitiveness are some of the significant sources of stress which create tension, fear, anger and anxiety.” Anger can be the consequence of repressed emotions, i.e. individual's unwillingness to express or deal with a problem or relationship. The fear of conflict could lead to avoidance and anxiety. Hence, problem-solving skill is important to cope up with anger and anxiety. Thus, reducing the anger and anxiety and upgrading problem-solving skills was the main objective of the study. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) (Spielberger et al., 1983) was used to assess the level of anxiety of participants. In order to determine the level of anger, State Anger Scale (Spielberger, 1971) and Ideational Fluency Test (Ganesan, 1985) was used to approach the problem-solving skills. The study consisted of ten adolescent girls who were studying in various schools in and around Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Pre-intervention assessment of anxiety, anger and problem-solving skills were assessed by using State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, State Anger Scale and Ideational Fluency Test. The subjects were directed with the Behaviour Technology Module. The study results after eight weeks showed that there was statistically considerable difference between the before and after of intervention scores. The result indicated that the subject showed significant reduction in anxiety and anger. There was a convincing development in the level of creativity and problem-solving skills.

Page: 478-481
Muskan Goel1 and Nayanika Singh2 (Psychology student, Goswami Ganesh Dutta Sanatan Dharma College, Sector-32, Chandigarh1 and Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Sector-26, Chandigarh, Govt. of Punjab2)

After facing the pandemic for more than two years, the world has become a place of physical, emotional, mental and social turmoil. No one could imagine that Covid-19 will affect the whole world and people will be challenged emotionally. The pandemic has given lifetime emotional scars to many people even children couldn't escape from this when someone goes through this type of emotional trauma then one must recognize the techniques and strategies of emotional resilience to cope up with a such crisis. Emotional resilience is being able to bounce back from stress, challenge, tragedy, trauma or adversity. When children are resilient, they are braver, more curious, more adaptable, and more able to extend their reach into the world. Emotional resilient people are able to manage a range of their emotions, adjust well to transitions, show high tolerance for frustration, and can deal with or manage whatever situation they are facing. Keeping this in mind the aim of the present chapter is to highlight and discuss the various techniques and strategies to empower school children emotionally through emotional resilience.

Page: 487-490
Sukesh Trikha and Dinesh Kumar (Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health (CSMCH), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi)

The principle of patient safety is one of Biomedicine's values, which must be kept in mind in every patient-healthcare worker interaction. Given that there are preventable adverse events during the delivery of medical care worldwide and more so in low-resource settings, the World Health Assembly, in its 55th session in 2002, called for patient safety goals and reduced unsafe care. The practical strategy of "infection prevention and control" (IPC) either envisages the procedures enshrined under it as social, where barriers and facilitators or behaviour changes in individuals or organisational change is recommended or as elimination of microbes. Further research in social sciences, biomedicine and other disciplines is required to understand the concept fully.

Page: 495-500
M. Ramya Maheswari (Department of Psychology, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu)

Attitude is a psychological tendency that is expressed by evaluating a particular entity (Eagly & Chaiken, 1993). When people use such words as like, hate, good and bad, they are usually describing attitudes. One reason why we need to study attitudes is that attitudes are woven into the fabric of daily life as each individual on an everyday basis talk about one's own and other's attitude. Everyday conversations are plagued by discussions ranging from people's attitude on recent movies and changing social norms to government policies. The second reason is that there is a strong assumption that attitudes predict behaviour. This implies that any required change in behaviour can be addressed through change in attitudes. Hence if we wish to bring about changes in our environment, we need to devise strategies to change people's attitudes. When we talk of changing attitudes we also need to understand its link to values. Problems with attitudes could reflect improperly developed or ineffectively utilized value system. For example attitudes towards child labour, child marriage, widow remarriage, untouchability can spring out of certain values we hold on to. Society acquires values through a long process of trial and error experimentation with various approaches to life. Over centuries, the collective comes to recognize that certain principles or guidelines are essential for the survival or vital for the growth of the individual and the community. They learn by experience to value these essential principles and pass them on to future generations as cultural guidelines for action. Values are hence a significant element of culture. An understanding of how we develop attitudes and values and a knowledge of its, structure, content and functions is essential and precedes honing them, Hence the current paper examines the link between values, attitudes and beliefs that provides clarity of dynamics underpinning many conscious behaviours of the individuals in the society. Major influences on attitudes and values are studied to examine the extent to which value system has evolved as a result of it. The paper deliberates on whether existing values needs to be redefined for the people to live in harmony. Relevant values and attitudes in key life domains are explored and recommendations are provided for promoting positive attitudes and values

Page: 505-511
Pavan Mache1 and Sadhana Natu2 (Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra1 and Department of Psychology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra2)

A marked increase in the use of social media put a large number of people at risk of feeling lonely, depressed, and anxious. Ordinary people, influencers and therapists have become mental health advocates with instant messaging, quick posts, uplifting thoughts and advice for their followers. The information presented may leave viewers feeling further traumatized or confused. The rationale behind studying this topic was to study the impact of fake influencers on social media on mental health of adults in the context of India. This study tries to focus on the gaps in the literature available on the topic and tries to find the impacts, and effective ways to identify and tackle this quackery. The methodology used was a qualitative analysis of primary data gathered from online semi-structured interviews. Interviews of two mental health professionals and three people from the field of tarot card reading, graphology and online counselling with a short diploma course for therapy and counselling were taken. In addition, a book titled 'Shamans, Mystics and Doctors- A Psychological Inquiry into India and Its Healing Traditions' by Sudhir Kakar was taken as secondary data. The results identify the causes of growth in pseudoscientific practices, analyses the impact and provide recommendations to tackle the same. The conclusion summarizes the key findings and broader implications. This is a qualitative study and thus has individual opinions and thought processes about the topic. It may be ridden with systematic biases, even though it's important to study it.

Page: 519-521 Rashmi Chowdhry and Ruchika Khatumaria (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan Jaipur, Rajasthan) The purpose of this research is to conduct a literature evaluation of previous studies and reports that have been centered on the concept of need fulfilment. This will include the investigation of photographers' feelings of “autonomy, competence, and relatedness.” For the purpose of the study, we chose the research articles written in English that were both the finest and the most relevant. An examination study is carried out. After completing the research, we came to the conclusion that fundamental psychological demands include “autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Furthermore, self-determination theory (SDT)” proposes that individuals are inherently inquisitive and aspire to perform well in life.

Page: 376-379
Riya Tiwari (Institute of Teachers Education, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh) Padma Bohre (Pragti College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh)

The study was designed to investigate emotional intelligence and leadership as predictors of self-efficacy in the sport teachers of Chhattisgarh state. A total of 30 sport teachers from government Schools of Chhattisgarh state were selected as subjects. In this present study self-efficacy (SE) was considered as a dependent variable and Emotional Intelligence (EI) and leadership Skill (LS) were considered as Independent variables. Researchers used descriptive survey research design. Two inventories, Emotional Intelligence Inventory (Hyde, Pethe, & Dhar) Occupational Self-efficacy Scale (Pethe, Choudhary, & Dhar) Leadership Behavior Scale (Asha Hinger), were used for data collection. Multiple regression was used for data analysis. To find out the best predicting factor of SE, EI and LS significant values of F is 6.710. Leadership skill and emotional intelligence was found to be significant predictors. EI contributed 37.5% of its variance out of the total variance. Leadership contributed 10.7% of its variance out of the total variance.

Page: 385-390
Shinchel Lingzerpa and Satyananda Panda (Department of Psychology, School of Human Sciences, Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim)

Although Sikkim is known to be one of the most peaceful states in India, there are various issues that have gripped the state. One such issue is the rampant use of alcohol and other substances. The present study explored the possible causes and consequences of substance abuse in Sikkim by using qualitative research approach. In-depth interviews were carried out with 17 individuals 10 male in-patients from Sikkim diagnosed with substance use disorder (SUD), 3 physicians and 2 counsellors dealing with patients with SUD, and 2 first-degree relatives of in-patients suffering from SUD. Results showed that majority of the male in-patients (80%) were indulged in multiple substances. The most common causes for initiation of substances as reported by in-patients, relatives, physicians, and counsellors were: enjoyment, curiosity, relieving stress, drinking culture, and easy availability. They also reported that the consumption of substances led to academic, financial, social and behavioural problems, along with deterioration of health, psychological problems like low self-confidence, isolation and increased sadness. Physicians and counsellors also reported that the majority of the patients seeking treatment also had a family history of SUD. They also reported that the most common reasons for wanting to quit the substances are deteriorating health and wanting to rebuild trust and relationships. The findings of the research suggest that there is an urgent need to conduct a thorough research on trends of substance use in Sikkim and to develop suitable intervention strategies to reduce the increasing rate of Substance Use Disorders in Sikkim.