Page: 399-403
Rashmi Singh (Department of Psychology, Guru Nanak Girls P.G. College, Udaipur, Rajasthan) Shipra Lavania (Department of Psychology, Govt. Meera Girls College, Udaipur, Rajasthan) Jayesh Kumar Singh (Third Professional (Year Part 1), M.B.B.S., Govt. R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur, Rajasthan)

In this decade, there is a major change to doctor's place, as it includes running in private practices, government work, implementation of government policies, burden of paper work and regulation, electronic health record and changing credentialing demands. In spite of all this there are two major demands that they have to update their knowledge according to the recent researches and another is to come up with the patient's needs and demands. Nowadays patient's relatives and attendants expect that as they are paying for the services of the doctor, it is moral responsibility of the doctor to save the patient's life. So doctors are in persistent stress about the professional integrity and facing common problem which is known as burnout. Burnout is a state of emotional, mental and physical exhaustion and diminished interest. It is caused by excessive and prolonged stress when one feels overwhelmed and unable to meet constant demands. Thus it leads to the disturbed family life, professional life and social life etc. Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize and understand emotions of our self and others and to use this awareness to manage our behavior and relationships. This is very essential for doctors as they are more resilient to the stresses of the profession and less likely to experience burnout. This paper aims to find out the burnout and emotional intelligence among medical professional of different branches. Sample includes 10 doctors each from ten different branches included by incidental purposive sampling that is a total of 100 samples of medical practitioners of Government hospital.

Page: 410-414
L. N. Bunker and Shilpa Chouhan (Department of Psychology, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan)

Female crime is the important factor that influences family's harmony and emotional stability. In recent years, the female crime rate has been a gradual increase, and its growth rate has exceeded that of male crime in the corresponding period. This not only relates with the weakly legal consciousness of a small number of women, but also relates with the families and the society. The study examines the emotional maturity and family environment of criminal and non-criminal women. This is a field study in which purposive sampling technique was used for selecting 25 criminal females and the other 25 non -criminal females were randomly selected. The tools used for data collection were Emotional Maturity Scale by Singh and Bhargava (1999) Hindi Version and Family Environment Scale revised by Joshi and Vyas (1987) Hindi version. t-test was used as statistical technique to analyze the data. The findings reveal that there is statistically significant difference between the emotional maturity of criminal and non-criminal females. On the measures of emotional maturity and subscales only personality disintegration dimension/sub-scale significant difference was found among criminal and non-criminal women. This reveals that criminals often possess a type of personality trait like reaction, phobias formation, rationalization, pessimism, immorality, etc. On the measures of family environment and its subscales significance difference was found on Conflict, Moral Religious Emphasis and Organization .The finding on correlation between emotional maturity and family environment indicate that there was a positive association .Thus, it can be concluded that emotional maturity and family environment affect behaviour of criminal females.

Page: 419-422
Amita Kaistha (Department of Distance Education, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)

The present study aimed at studying the interpersonal skills among distance learners. A randomly selected sample of 655 post-graduate students pursuing their studies through distance mode were taken up for the study. ANOVA was computed to find out the main and interaction effects among urban and rural distance learners with respect to gender and course of study. The findings of the study revealed that rural distance learners showed significantly higher level of interpersonal skills than urban distance learners. The results pertaining to the significant interaction effects between location and course of study revealed that rural distance learners pursuing professional discipline showed significantly higher level of interpersonal skills than urban distance learners pursuing professional discipline. However, reverse results were found though not significant for distance learners of academic discipline.

Page: 427-433
Pramod Kumar (DRDO Scientist, Selection Centre East, Allahabad, Utter Pradesh)

This study aims to identify the markers concerning adolescents' experience of affective dissonance grounded in data derived from a purposive sample of 40 adolescents of age 14-18 years. The self-written narratives and transcribed interviews of the participants were analysed. Thematic analysis was used for inductive generation of themes and subthemes which emerged from the reading and rereading of text segments. Following the procedure of open coding, focused coding, axial coding and selective theoretical coding; five core categories emerged as Self, Family, Peer Group, School and Society around which other categories were organized. Interest-Ability-Expectation Dissonance, Identity Vs Role Confusion and Trust Vs Mistrust were three more common factors which influenced almost each core category. It laid the groundwork for developing a measure for affective dissonance.

Page: 437-441
Simran Anand (Department of Applied Psychology, Amity University, Dubai) Sonakshi Ruhela (Department of Psychology, Amity University, Dubai)

This paper revolves around the concept of infidelity. A positive correlation between infidelity and the biological and psychological effects on the individual and the methodology of carrying out is reviewed and analysed. Infidelity is of two types; emotional and physical each holding its own symptoms, causes and effects The study employs review of existing literature as its methodology. Some of the psychological effects identified on the individual include depression, low self esteem, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).The results indicated that pregnancy and religiosity enable in moderating the chances of getting engaged in betrayal. Women tend to get more affected by emotional infidelity whereas men by physical.

Page: 445-447
Madhvi Vijra (Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana) Manpreet Ola (AICP, Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana)

The aim of the investigation was to study the psychological factors that have an impact on the mental health of defense personnel. The mental health of defense personnel is in jeopardy due to stress and strain of their nature of occupation and life pattern in respective occupation. These stressors that are faced owing to demanding jobs, interpersonal conflicts at workplace and in the family, terrorism, internal conflicts in the countries and others gives a lot of stress to defense personnel which hampers their mental health. The stigma associated with mental illness restricts them to seek help from mental health practioners. The society needs to understand that mental illness is not a matter of shame and needs help just like physical illness. There is need to increase public's awareness regarding mental health issues. There is a strong need to inoculate officers with stress management training.

Page: 451-454
Preeti Masih (Department of Psychology, St. John's College, Agra, Utter Pradesh) Priya Srivastava (Psychologist Integrated Institute of Rehabilitation for the Disabled, Agra, Utter Pradesh)

The study was conducted to study self-perception among students pursuing professional and non-professional courses. The study is ex- post facto hence; the sample was selected on purposive sampling techniques. Sample size was 200 (boys-42 & girls-158) selected from St. John's College and Dayalbagh Educational institute of Agra. The age range of subjects is 20-25 years of the above mentioned sample 100 students were pursuing professional courses and 100 were pursuing non- professional courses. The scale used was drawn Personal Orientation Inventory by Aggarwal, Self Perception Measuring Scale. This scale consists of 40 items, 26 items for self-acceptance and 16 items for self-regard. After using statistical technique, t- test value is 0.059. No significant difference has been found with regard of educational status / courses on self-perception. There is no impact on self-perception of subjects pursuing professional/ non-professional courses.

Page: 458-460
Garima Tuli and Sakshi Mehrotra (Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Utter Pradesh)

Marriage is a sacred universal institution that binds two individuals. Critical research is being done in the area of marriage. Due the blow of new lifestyle wind, the marriages as a social institution have come under scanner. It is important to understand whether there are subject relevant factors that can enhance marital quality and reduce disintegration of marriages. However, the Indian philosophy on inherent factors that can enhance quality of relationships is empirically not established. The current study aims to look at Anasakti (non-attachment) as a factor governing Marital Quality. “Anasakti is a psychological construct of the East with its English equivalent being non-attachment, although the meaning of the term is way more deep than the conventional English literal interpretation of it. As cited in the Bhagavad Gita, an individual high on Anasakti has Brahma Vritti, i.e., his thoughts dwell on attaining transcendental knowledge i.e. knowing his highest self”(Talwar, 2012) Vedic literature describes Anasakti as a state of mind that is continuously observing the nature of events and remains unaffected. The research aims to unleash the relevance of Anasakti (non-attachment) in marital quality and satisfaction.

Page: 467-471
Varsha Singh and Ishita Bhardwaj (Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi)

Morality concerns and applies to us through the social system we are a part of. Morals are the defining principles of what is right and wrong. They are learned through the process of socialization, from family, society and through observation. Thus, morality becomes ability, skill and a thought process that enables one to take right moral decisions and exhibit moral behaviour. Serving Patriarchal system; morals for women in our society are largely defined in an androcentric manner and the gender dichotomy in moral orientation remains strong. This study, using literature review is an attempt to reflect upon the kinds of moral values a female in our society is ingrained with and psychological vulnerabilities associated with it; which can help us understand the genesis of day-to-day problematic issues and challenges faced by women today affecting their well-being.

Page: 475-477
Mahima Sahi (Department of Psychology, MCM DAV College, Chandigarh)

Adolescence is a transitional phase characterized by cheerful enthusiasm and chronic stress. Some individuals drift through the phase swiftly while others undergo an intense emotional turmoil. This is evident, due to the differences in the emotional competence and coping abilities of each individual while witnessing life difficulties. Therefore, the current investigation attempts to study the relationship between Emotional Competence and Resilience amongst adolescents. The sample comprised of 110 school students (55 males & 55 females) in the age range of 12-14 years. For this purpose, The 14 item Resilience Scale (RS-14; Wagnild & Young, 1993) and Emotional Competence Inventory, ECI (Wolff, 2005) were administered. Data was analyzed using Descriptive Statistics (Mean & S.D.), Pearson Correlation Coefficient and t-ratio. Significant associations were observed between Emotional Competence and Resilience of adolescents (p>.01). This suggests that increasing emotional competence viz. self awareness, awareness of others emotions, self management and relationship management of adolescents can in turn result in enhancing their ability to deal with stressful life circumstances. However, no significant gender differences were evident in resilience or emotional competence. The results from the current study, therefore, could be utilized heuristically with future studies to develop intervention strategies for enhancing the resilience of adolescents.

Page: 482-484
Mini Mehra and Bhupinder Singh (Department of Psychology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) Indrabhushan Kumar (Department of Clinical Psychology, CRC, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)

Care giving is a normal part of parenting. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual disabilities have some limitations in functioning which require a long term care that exceeds the usual needs of children as they grow older. They demand some high quality of care due to their functional limitations. The high level of care required by these children can be burdensome and may impact the physical and mental health of the care givers. The study conducted on a sample of 50 mothers (25 mothers in each groups, ASD & ID). The result obtained indicates impairment in all the four domains of Quality of Life of mothers of children with ASD. The level of impairment reported in ASD group was found significantly higher than that of ID group on the basis of data interpreted by t-test. Finding also shows higher level of burden of care among the mothers of children with ASD as compared to the mothers of children with ID. These mothers display an elevated level of burden and impaired quality of life. So there is a need of awareness and support to assist this group.

Page: 493-496
Kamlesh Kumar Maurya (Department of Psychology, Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP)

Present paper aimed to examine the role of employer branding and employee engagement in influencing the level of psychological attachment among the employee. Guiding theories underlying the present study are social exchange theory (Eisenberger et al., 1997) and the psychological contract theory (Miller, 2001; Rousseau, 1995; Robinson & Rousseau, 1994). Keeping in mind the cost-effective and strategic approach based on general HRM/OB/HRD principles in creating the positive work attitude among the workforce. The present study had investigated the underlying assumption, that high level of engagement and perceived employer branding by the employees' is responsible for, fostering the psychological attachment among employees. This study was conducted by critical review of previous survey results and of literature incorporating (corporate branding, internal branding, employee engagement, psychological attachment, human resource management & employee retention) in terms of their implications for the proposed framework i.e. employee engagement and employer branding is positively associated with psychological attachment. After exploring and critical review of literature incorporating psychological attachment, employer branding, and employee engagement it is found that although much research has been conducted in all areas, few studies have explicitly worked on psychological attachment and its relationship with perceived employer branding and employee engagement. The framework established in the study opens the doors of further investigation into other factors that seem to contribute in building psychological attachment.