bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effect of Incarceration on Well Being of Prisoners: A Study among Convicted and Undertrials
Authors: Om Prakash  , Neelu Sharma  , Amool Ranjan Singh  , Kaptan Singh Sanger
Published: November 2020

Well being is state of physical, psychological, emotional and social happiness as a whole. Present study intends to assess the effect of imprisonment on the general well being of prisoners. Two groups of prisoners: convicted and under trials were selected by purposive sampling technique from Birsa Munda Central Jail, Hotwar, Ranchi, India. Among eighty six prisoners thirty six were convicted and fifty were under trials. Both the groups of criminals were matched on various socio-demographic parameters such as: gender, age, education, religion, marital status, residence and occupation. All participants were assessed on PGI General Well Being Measure (Verma & Verma, 1989). Obtained responses were scored by using standard scoring procedures and subsequently statistically analyzed by using Chi-square and t- test. In current study both group have shown poor general well being. Though, the prisoners of under trial group were more impaired on well being measure in comparison to convicted criminal’s group.
Life Satisfaction and Life Orientation as predictors of Psychological Well Being
Authors: Sudha Rathore  , Arun Kumar  , Akansha Gautam
Published: November 2020

The objective of the study was to find the impact of Life Satisfaction and Life Orientation on Psychological wellbeing of Doctors working at SMS Medical College and Jaipur Dental College. The sample for the study consisted of 112 Doctors aged between 32 to 55 years (Male=60 & Female=52). Scale of Life Satisfaction Test, Revised Life Orientation Test and Bradburn Scale of Psychological Well-Being were administered on the participants. Results showed that life orientation and life satisfaction was the significant predictors of Psychological well being among Doctors. Therefore the immediate implication of this study was to ensure that prevailing working environment should enhance positive orientation towards ones living and thus in turn enhance life satisfaction for their betterment.
Parenting Styles and Its Effect on Self-Esteem of Adolescents
Authors: Gunjan Sharma  , Dr. Neelam Pandey
Published: November 2020

This study primarily aims at assessing and studying the parenting styles and its effect on the self-esteem of adolescents, specifically in Indian context. ‘Parenting styles’ are of four main types which are authoritarian, authoritative, permissive and neglectful parenting style. Three main styles out of these namely authoritarian, authoritative and permissive style of parenting have been kept as the focus of this study to assess their effect on the self-esteem of adolescents since both theoretically and practically it has always been documented and proved that the neglectful approach of parents always negatively impact the children and adolescents’ factors related to their ‘self’, therefore it is not kept in the inclusion criteria for this study. The selected sample for this study consisted of a total of 120 participants (60 female and 60 male) adolescents selected from Delhi and NCR in India, the age range kept as 16-18years (with no mental and physical disability, regular school going adolescents, with nearly same socio-economic background and only those from unbroken nuclear families with mothers who were homemakers). The findings showed that there is no significant difference between permissive and authoritative parenting both in case of mothers’ and fathers’ parenting on the self-esteem of adolescents and both these styles of parenting mostly results in higher self-esteem among adolescents as compared to authoritarian style of parenting which is found to have a significant negative correlation with the self-esteem of adolescents. Also, not much difference is found between the self-esteem levels of male and female adolescents in present times in urban Indian context.
Validation of Psychological Terminologies of Tridoshas and Trigunas
Authors: Shilpa Datar  , C. G. Venkatesha Murthy
Published: November 2020

The authors have developed a set of scales to assess personality from the Indian psychological perspective of Tridoshas and Trigunas. This paper deals with psychological names to the Tridoshas and Trigunas as well as to the 16 Classical Personality types dealt in Ayurveda. The salient features of the Tridoshas, Trigunas and each of the 16 Classical Personality Types have been identified and validated which are elaborated.
Extent of Usage of Social Network Sites (SNSS) By Adolescents Studying Professional and Non Professional Courses
Authors: Amruta Malatesh Gonal  , Dr. L. Umadevi
Published: November 2020

The present study extent of usage of Social Network Sites (SNSs) by adolescents studying Professional and Non Professional courses was taken up to know the when the adolescents started using the SNSs, the frequency of logging in these sites and the amount of time spent by them in these sites. The study further tries to find whether there is any gender difference and difference between professional and non professional course students in usage of social networking sites
Ego-Strength and Self-Concept among Adolescents: A Study on Gender Differences
Authors: Nayanika Singh  , Anmol Anand
Published: November 2020

Self-concept refers to an individual’s thoughts, ideas, views, images and/or perceptions about him/herself. This comprises of social or personal identity of an individual and his/her personality traits. A person having a positive self-concept will have a positive image of him/herself maintaining the congruency between the real self (who s/he really is) and the ideal self (who s/he wants to become) on the contrary individuals having a negative image of self suffer discrepancy between the real and the ideal self. Ego-strength is the extent of effectiveness with which our ego works in regulating the impulses and adjusting to the environment. It seeks balance while delaying the gratification of needs. Individuals low on ego-strength lack motivation and confidence believing themselves to be incompetent whereas people high on ego-strength are motivated, resilient and confident seeking to fulfill challenges by believing in themselves and their abilities. This investigation was an attempt to study the effect of gender on self-concept and ego-strength among adolescents, aged 18-22 years. The sample consisted of 120 adolescents (60 females and 60 males) randomly selected from private colleges of Chandigarh. Tools used were C-Factor of 16- PF ( Cattell & Eber, 1962) which measures the whole range of personality (Factor C i.e. emotional stability vs. high ego strength) and Six- Factor Self-Concept Scale (SFSCS; Stakes, 1994) that assesses the self-concept and perceptions of an individual regarding him/herself across six domains/constructs i.e. Task accomplishment, morality, vulnerability, power, giftedness & likeability. The hypothesis stated that: a) female adolescents will be higher on self-concept as compared to the male adolescents age ranging from 18-22 years and b) the female adolescents will be higher on ego-strength as compared to their male counterparts. Findings of the study indicated: a) That female adolescents were higher on self-concept as compared to male adolescents age ranging from 18-22 years b) There was no significant difference in the ego-strength among the female and male adolescents significantly proving the first hypothesis true.
Personality Factors as Determinants of Interest among Adolescents
Authors: Dr. Bobinder
Published: November 2020

The objective of this study is the measurement of interest among adolescents. The incidental purposive sampling technique has been used in the present research. For the collection of data ten high schools and intermediate colleges of Baghpat and its surrounding areas were selected. For the convenience of statistical analysis equal number of 25 subjects in each of the 24 cells of 2x2x2x3 factorial setting was randomly pooled out. Thus, 600 subjects were finally selected for this investigation in which 300 subjects were general, 150 boys and 150 girls of rural and urban areas personality factors. Two tools were used (i) Introversion Extroversion Inventory (IEI) by Dr. P.F. Aziz and Dr. (Miss) R. Agnihotry was used for three traits of personality, (ii) Multi-Factors Interest Questionnaire (MFIQ) developed by Dr. S.D. Kapoor and Dr. R.N. Singh (1979). It provides scores on the eight factors of interest i.e., Business (Bu), Clerical (Cl), Agricultural (Ag.) Mechanical (Me), Scientific (Sc), Outdoor (Od), Aesthetic (As), and Social (So). The result show as that the role of environment as rural and urban is not affective on adolescents. The result of this study supports the conclusion of Morgan (2002).
Psychometric Properties of Podsakoff’s Organizational Citizenship Behaviour Scale in the Asian Context
Authors: Mohd. Muzamil Kumar  , Shawkat Ahmad Shah
Published: November 2020

The Organizational Citizenship Behavior Scale developed by Podsakoff, et al.(1990) has mostly been found to have better psychometric properties in the western countries mainly North America and there is a dearth of studies that portray the meaningfulness & relevance of using this measure in the Asian cultural contexts. The present study was thus aimed at checking the psychometric properties of this scale on a sample of permanent professionals working at the three main human service organizations operating in Srinagar, J&K (University of Kashmir, S.K.I.M.S Hospital & J&K Bank). After preliminary analysis, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was carried out and three dimensional factor structure of organizational citizenship behavior was revealed. The reliability and validity of the brief version of the scale was found to be satisfactory, thereby providing support for the relevance of using this scale in the Asian context.
Altruistic Behavior and Inter-Personal Trust among Behavioral Sciences and Engineering Students
Authors: Nasrina Siddiqi  , Sneha Mishra  , M. Shafiq
Published: November 2020

The purpose of the present investigation was to compare the levels of Inter-Personal Trust and Altruistic Behavior between Behavioral Sciences and Engineering students. Convenience sampling technique has been used to collect data from 100 college students studying in Jamia Millia Islamia University. Of these 100 students, 50 were from Behavioral Science stream (Sociology, Psychology, Political Science and Social Work) and the other 50 were engineering students. The two groups of students (Engineering and Behavioral Sciences students) were compared on the said variables namely, Inter-Personal Trust and Altruistic Behavior, using independent sample t-test. Results suggest that Students studying Behavioral Sciences and those studying engineering differ significantly in terms of Inter-Personal Trust and Altruistic behavior. Moreover, the mean values indicate that Behavioral science students tend to score higher on Altruism as well as Inter-Personal Trust as compared to engineering students.
Psychosocial Adjustment among Orphan Children Living with HIV/AIDS
Authors: Sampathkumar  , Ravikumar, M. B.  , Manjunatha, P.  , Surma, S.
Published: November 2020

AIDS is the final stage of infection with the retro-virus HIV. This disease not only affects the individuals’ physical health, but it also affects the psychological health and the adjustment of an individual towards oneself and his surrounding environment. The objective of the present study is to understand the level of psychosocial adjustment among orphan and non-orphan children living with HIV/AIDS. Adjustment inventory was administered to 400 orphan and non-orphan children living with HIV/AIDS. Results indicated that orphan children with HIV/AIDS were having lower level of adjustment than non-orphan children with HIV/AIDS. Within the orphan children with HIV/AIDS the girl and rural children were having lower level adjustment compared to the boy and urban children. The study suggested the need for specific interventions to improve adjustment of the orphan children with HIV/AIDS.
Self-Forgiveness and Life Satisfaction in People Living with HIV/AIDS
Authors: Mudgal, S.  , Tiwari, G. K.
Published: November 2020

The basic goals of the present study were to explore the nature and patterns of relationship between self-forgiveness and life satisfaction of the participants diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and normal healthy persons with no reported chronic physical and/or mental health problems. A total of eighty participants comprising forty diagnosed HIV/AIDS adult patients aged 30 to 42 years (M = 35.50, SD = 4.77) and forty normal individuals aged 19 to 40 years (M =26.81, SD = 4.79) took part in the study whose self-forgiveness and life satisfaction were measured through standardized psychometric tools. The results of the present study demonstrated that the participants inflicted with HIV/AIDS had lower mean self-forgiveness score as compared to their normal counterparts. The same trend was found to be recurring again for the life satisfaction scores of HIV/AIDS and normal participants. The results of the study have been discussed in the light of current theoretical background of forgiveness, life satisfaction and chronic disease. The findings of the study have important implications for policy makers, health professionals, caregivers, students, researchers and administrators.
Spirituality and Gratitude as Predictors of the Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Patients
Authors: Ms. Alvita de Souza  , Dr. Shanmukh V. Kamble
Published: November 2020

The present study was designed to: (a) determine whether there is empirical support for a relationship between Gratitude and Spirituality in Quality of Life, (b) provide an estimate of the strength of this relationship, and (c) examine whether Spirituality and Gratitude is a predictor of quality of life. Stage 1 and Stage 2 Cancer patients were employed for this study. The sample for the study consisted of 397 Cancer patients aged between 36 to 67 years. The Spirituality Scale, Gratitude Scale and the Quality of Life for Adult Cancer Survivors were administered on the participants. Results supported previous research that Spirituality and Gratitude were positively correlated to Quality of life. It was also was a significant predictor in Quality of Life in Cancer Patients. The implication of this study is that Spirituality and Gratitude as a paradigm can be used to improve the Quality of life particularly for those who report very poor health while suffering from Cancer or are at the end of their life with disease.
Impact of Coping on Mental Health of Convicted Prisoners
Authors: Savita Chahal  , Sumit Rana  , Priti Singh
Published: November 2020

Background and Objectives: The coping strategies account for significant variance in psychological distress and psychiatric morbidity among different prisoners despite being in the same environment. Since the coping strategies and the resources available to each person differ, sometimes dramatically, the effect of incarceration will therefore vary and there is no simple formula to predict outcomes. The aim of the present study was to explore the differences in coping strategies of convicts with and without psychiatric morbidity. Method: All the convicts (200) were divided into two groups i.e. those with and without psychiatric morbidity after initial screening for psychological distress by GHQ 12 followed by diagnostic evaluation using MINI and were subsequently compared regarding the differences in the coping strategies adopted by them using Coping Strategies Checklist. Results: Prisoners without psychiatric morbidity predominantly used denial (7.46±2.12) and externalization (3.63±1.24) as the coping strategies as compared to prisoners with psychiatric illness. Convicts with psychiatric disorders had used a significantly higher number of coping strategies (18.95±3.91) compared to those without psychiatric morbidity (16.37±3.21) and had mainly relied upon internalization (7.21±2.42) and anger (0.50±.82) as the coping mechanisms. Male convicts were more likely to use anger to cope with the prison stress. Conclusion: The use of maladaptive and ineffective coping mechanisms such as internalization and anger was more common among convicts with psychiatric morbidity. Specific psychological interventions in enhancing constructive coping strategies employed by the prisoners are of utmost importance as this will enable them to better cope up with the trauma of conviction and will help in reducing the mental health problems.
The Relationship between Identity Crisis and Responsibility of Adolescents in Nazarabad
Authors: Soleiman Dameshghi  , Seyed Mohammad Kalantarkousheh
Published: November 2020

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between identity crisis and responsibility of male adolescents of Nazarabad. The subjects included 200 students of third grade of high school who were selected through clustering sampling. The instruments included personal Identity Crisis Inventory and Responsibility Scale of California Personality Inventory (CPI). Using regression and Pearson correlation index at the significance level of 0.001 (P<0.001) revealed that there is negative and significant relation between identity crisis and responsibility.
Powerful Projective Technique: KANEHA-TIR-Ψ
Authors: Neha Agarwal  , Kapil Chandra Agarwal
Published: November 2020

We present a new type of powerful projective method called KANEHA-TIR-Ψ projective Technique. This technique connects traditional projection methods with cognitive and affective domains of persons under projection by processes of introspection, total internal reflection (TIR), structuralism and gestaltism. The multiple TIR processes of thoughts, ideas and their repetitive modifications, synthesis using individual differences, analysis and evaluation by introspection, structuralism and gestaltism processes result into extremely purified and refined outputs. This technique found very useful, result-oriented and productive for various kinds of diagnosis, personality measurements, personality development, training and brain programming purposes. i-KANEHA-TIR-Ψ projective technique delivered quite good, justified and reproducible results among different situations, environments, and cultures. We propose its industrial applications for designing branch-programmed instructions for training and assessments of academic and industrial professionals.
Job Satisfaction of Contractual Teachers in Telangana – A study
Authors: Dr. T. Gopi  , Dr. K. Saidireddy
Published: November 2020

In formal education teacher has a very important place in improvement of education. Teachers’ role in society, in general and in higher education in particular has been changing with time but the importance of this position remains the same. The teacher is the pre-requisite of the success of all educational programmes. He/ She must have the ability to get satisfaction from his/her job. All educational programmes should inculcate good qualities in teacher so that he/she is in the best position to impart quality education to students. Development of the country requires a high rate of production and fullest possible utilization of both human as well as material resources. Nowadays, there is, however, a general feeling that the teachers do not have satisfaction in their job. There seems to be growing discontentment towards their job as a result of which standard of education is falling. Teachers are dissatisfied in spite of different plans and programs, which have been implemented to improve their job. Higher academic and professional qualification of the teachers, no doubt, can raise the standard of education as well as that of nation, but dissatisfied teachers, in spite of having a good and sound academic career and professional training, will do much harm than good because they will neither work whole heartedly nor will they try to contribute anything towards higher education. This paper is devoted to tracing out satisfaction and dissatisfaction of contractual teacher in Telangana aria.
Self-Concept and Aggression among Institutionalised Orphans of Kashmir
Authors: Rakshanda Ahad  , Shabnum Ara  , Shawkat Ahmad Shah
Published: November 2020

The present study was undertaken to examine the Self-Concept and Aggression among adolescent orphans of Kashmir. The sample consisted of 88 adolescent orphans (47males & 41 females) taken from different orphanages of Kashmir. The age of the sample group ranged from 15 to 17 years with mean age of 16 years. Purposive sampling technique was used for the research purpose. Self-concept Questionnaire (SCQ) by Raj Kumar Saraswat (1984) and Aggression Scale (A-Scale) by Pal and Naqvi (1983) was used. Results revealed that most of these adolescent orphans have above average level of self-concept and majority of them were found to have moderate to high level of aggression. The findings of the present study also reveal that there is no significant correlation in self-concept and its four dimensions i.e. physical self-concept, social self-concept, moral self-concept & intellectual self-concept with aggression. However, temperamental self-concept dimension has significant negative correlation with aggression and educational self-concept dimension has significant positive correlation with aggression. Results further reveal significant mean difference in self-concept of male & female adolescent orphans. However, no significant mean difference was found in the aggression level of male and female adolescent orphans.
Social Intelligence of Secondary School Teachers with Respect to Their Gender and Age
Authors: Karanam Mahaboobvali  , Dr. S. Vijaya Vardhini
Published: November 2020

Social intelligence is the ability to compromise so as to understand and manage the people and engage in adaptive social situations. Though everyone needs intelligence in general and Social intelligence in particular. Especially it is essential for the Teachers to interact with the students effectively and for better understanding the students in the school environment. Hence in this context the investigators made an attempt to study the Social intelligence of Secondary school teachers. The objectives of the study are (i) to assess the social intelligence of Secondary school teachers and (ii) to find out the significance difference if any in the Social intelligence of Secondary school teachers due to variations in their Gender and Age. In this study 700 Secondary school teachers were selected from Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh by employing simple random sampling technique. In this study the researchers analyzed the Social intelligence of Secondary school teachers in relation to their Gender and Age and found that, there is no significant difference between the male and female sample in their Social intelligence. On the other hand findings revealed that, there is significance difference among the age group of Secondary school teachers in their Social intelligence in general and Patience, Cooperativeness, Confidence, Sensitivity, Recognition of Social Environment, Tactfulness and Memory dimensions of Social intelligence in specific. Findings of the study are (i) both the male and female Secondary school teachers expressed equal level of Social intelligence and (ii) significant variation exists among the age groups of the Secondary school teachers towards the Social intelligence in Toto.
The Effect of Adult Attachment Style on Couples Relationship Satisfaction
Authors: Eyob Ayenew
Published: November 2020

Background: There are different factors that contribute for the presence or absence of couple relationship satisfaction. However, very little is known about individual’s characteristics that bring into their relationships which influence couple’s relationship satisfaction. Adult attachment style is the one among these factors. Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine individual differences in relationship satisfaction using attachment theory as a framework. Methodology: A total of 306 (159 female and 147 male) participants were included from community sample. Three Kebeles in Yeka sub-city of Addis Ababa were selected randomly. Data were collected on relationship satisfaction and adult attachment. The constructs were measured by Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS, Hendrick, 1988) and Experience in Close Relationship Scale-Revised (ECR-R, Fraley et al., 2000). Pearson correlation and multiple regressions were run to check association and prediction among variables under study respectively. Result and Conclusion: The result confirmed that statistically significant correlation was found between/among most variables/constructs in the study. The standard regression revealed that both attachment dimensions (attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance) predicted relationship satisfaction. Participants who scored lower on both attachment dimensions reported higher relationship satisfaction. Implication: The research result has both theoretical and practical implications. Practically the study is beneficial for those policy makers and practitioners who work in the area of family (marriage) counseling and rights and well being of children.
Validation of the 20-Item Cultural Intelligence Scale in Indian within Country Migrated Students
Authors: Khan Abraruzzaman Khan  , B. Hasan
Published: November 2020

The objective of the present piece of work was to validation of 20 item cultural intelligence scale (CIS-20) in India within country migrated students. Following the incidental cum random sampling technique 200 North Indian engineering students within the age range of 18 to 24 years were drawn from different colleges of Warangal districts, Telangana, India to serve as participants in the present research work. The item analysis was done by corrected item-total correlation. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was employed to confirm explored factors. Moreover, reliability, convergent, discriminant and concurrent validities were also examined. Conformity factor analysis (CFA) confirmed the four factor model of CIS-20. The findings indicated that CIS-20 has sufficient convergent and discriminant validity. The composite reliability was more than .700 for each of the five factors. All five factors of the CIS-20 are significantly associated with criterion measure viz. acculturative stress. It is concluded that there is sufficient empirical and statistical evidence of internal consistency and construct validity of CIS-20. The theoretical and practical issues have been discussed.
Emotional Intelligence – A Factor Influencing the Nature of Locus of Control of Student Teachers – An Analytical Study
Authors: C. Ashok Kumar
Published: November 2020

Teaching is a complex job and it requires more specific knowledge, attitude and skills and behaviour patterns, which can be acquired only through training. During the training period, many pleasant experiences are provided to the student teachers. With the help of these experiences, they can develop favorable attitude towards themselves, their job and their students. Teaching comprises many major and minor skills. These skills are to be identified and developed in the student teachers through systematic programming of teacher training.
Internet Dependency among University Entrants: A Pilot Study
Authors: Arjunan, N. K.  , Moncy Edward
Published: November 2020

The use of the internet has expanded incredibly across the world over the last few years. The internet provides remote access to others and abundant information in all areas of interest. However, maladaptive use of the internet has resulted in impairment of the individual’s psychological well-being, academic failure and reduced work performance (Koet al., 2009; Fisher, 2010., Christakis, 2010; Chou et al., 2005; Young, 1998; Morahan& Schumacher, 2000; Scherer, 1997). Cao et al. (2007) reported internet addiction disorder (IAD) as one of the common mental health problems amongst Chinese adolescents which is currently becoming more and more serious.
Study of Anxiety, Stress and Depression among Flood Affected People in Kashmir Valley
Authors: Dr. R. Sankar  , Wani M. Amin
Published: November 2020

This research paper is an attempt to study the level of anxiety, stress and depression among flood affected people in Kashmir valley. This study is based on sample of 100 subjects divided into two equal groups (male and female) selected through sample random sampling. The level of anxiety, stress and depression were measured by anxiety, depression and stress scale (ADSS-BSPSA) developed by Pallavi Bhatnagar et al., Department of Psychology Lucknow University. Mean, S.D, SED and t-test were applied for data analysis. The results reveal that the significant difference was found between the male and female subjects in respect to anxiety, stress and depression scores. Significant difference was found at 0.05 and 0.01 levels respectively.
Job Satisfaction and Job Stress among Bank Employees in Rajshahi City: A Field Study
Authors: Prof. (Dr.) Manju Agrawal  , Sabrina Shajeen Alam  , Dilruba
Published: November 2020

The study focuses on exploring the job satisfaction and job stress of bank employees. The sample of the study comprised of respondents selected purposively. Job Satisfaction Scale (Abdul Khaleque, 1995) and Occupation Stress Index (Md. Abdul Latif and Sabina Sultana) were used for data collection. Results revealed that two-third of the participants are satisfied with their jobs and almost one-third of the bank employees have low job stress. The result also revealed that there is no significant correlation between job stress and job satisfaction.
Organizational Justice in Relation to Competence, Commitment and Self Motivation
Authors: Spriha Mukherjee  , Prof. (Dr). Abha Singh  , Dr. Sakshi Mehrotra
Published: November 2020

For the effective functioning of an organization, it is important for its employees to perform effectively. The level of organizational justice perceived by the employees affects their individual level of competence, commitment and self motivation to a great extent. And this in turn affects the employee’s level of performance within the organization. Organizational justice are of four types, Distributive relating to distribution of resources, Procedural relates to fair execution of procedures, Interpersonal relates to relationship shared with the co-employees and interpersonal relates to the way things are communicated to the employees. All these types of justices when met in accordance to the need of the employees working within the organization leads to better functioning and productivity. The current study aims to study and analyze the level of Organizational Justice in relation to Competence, Commitment and Self Motivation. It was hypothesis that Organizational Justice will share a significant relationship with Competence, Commitment and Self Motivation. The study reported that there exists a positive and direct relationship between Organizational Justice and Competence, Commitment and Self Motivation. With an increase in the level of organizational justice the level of CCSM will increase and with a decrease in the level of organizational justice the level of CCSM will decrease.
Attachment Style, Emotional Maturity and Self-Esteem among Adults with and Without Substance Abuse
Authors: Anjali Gupta  , Roopali Sharma
Published: November 2020

The present study focuses on determining the difference between adults with and without substance abuse in their attachment style, emotional maturity and self-esteem and also whether there is gender difference in them. For the study, sample comprised of 80 participants, i.e. 40 substance abusers and 40 substance non abusers in which 20 males and 20 females of 18 – 30 years from both the group were taken as sample. The primary reason of the study was that substance abuse is a persistent problem that many people suffer from and it is inexorably a growing issue that leads to social and economic influences. The results showed that there was significant difference among adults who abuse substances and who did not abuse substances. Participants who did not abuse substances showed secure attachment pattern, high emotional stability and high self-esteem as compared to participants who abuse substances. Also there was a significant gender difference in secure attachment pattern in non-abusers and in insecure attachment pattern in substance abusers. Females in comparison to males were more emotional stable in both the groups. No significant difference was seen in the self-esteem of males and females. The study provides an opportunity for further research across age and sub-divisions of the variables to uncover the possible differences or similarities that may be present.
Management of Mathematics Anxiety through Behaviour Technology, Super Brain Yoga and Varmalogy in Ninth Standard Students
Authors: Pankaj Singh
Published: November 2020

This research is carried out on 35 students of IX standard, Kendriya Vidalaya. Students were selected for the therapy on the basis of their SUD score. After taking Math autobiography it was revealed that anxiety in Mathematics for the students was developed due to various causes and the students were not Dyslexic. Student’s average score in the recent Mathematics exam was noted. Mathematics Anxiety was assessed by using Suri, Monroe and Koc’s (2012) short Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale and their hemispheric dominance of the brain was measured by using Taggart and Torrance’s Human Information Processing Survey (1984). Students were treated with Behaviour Modification techniques, Adappa Kalam and Super Brain Yoga for four weeks. For the study Interventions used are: (i) Reduction of Rate of Breathing (Ganesan, 2012). (ii) Laughter Technique (Ganesan, 2008). (iii) Develpoment of Alternate Emotional Responses to the Threatening Stimulus (Ganesan, 2008). (iv) Adappa Kalam (Shunmugom, 2014) (v) Super Brain Yoga (Sui, 2005). The Anxiety level and performance in Mathematics exam was reassessed after four weeks. Results showed that group’s Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics SUDs were significantly reduced from 65.14 to 52.49 and 60.63 to 48.29 respectively. Eventually, it significantly improved the group’s average performance in Mathematics exam from 51.43 to 58.60. This shows that Behaviour Modification techniques, Adappa Kalam and Super Brain Yoga are efficient in treating Mathematics Anxiety.
Organizational Care and Support of Sheltered Street Children
Authors: Dr. G. Sarvani
Published: November 2020

The present study is to find out the organizational care and support of sheltered street children. The sample consist 444 respondents. 176 are from government shelters, and 268 are from non¬ government shelters. For this purpose Organizational care and support developed by researcher were used. The data obtained were analyzed through t- test to know the mean difference between the government and non government groups. Government sheltered street children have more health problems, more organizational facilities and less social support than non government sheltered street children.
Adjustment Problems of New School Entrants’ Girls
Authors: Miss Rani Pundir  , Anuradha Dheeran
Published: November 2020

The present study has been conducted with the aim to Adjustment problems of new school entrant’s girls. Adjustment is the process of finding and adopting modes of behavior suitable to the environment or the changes in the environment of new school entrant’s girls. Total samples of 382 new admitted students in 5th, 9th and 11th class’s students. Educational, personal and social values were measured through self developed questionnaire tools. The data were analysis by Mean, SD and F-ratio. The analysis revealed that the adjustment problem of new school entrant; Educational and Personal adjustment of girl’s different classes differ significantly where as no significant difference in social adjustment of girls from different classes.
Depression and Suicidal Ideation among Older Adults of Kashmir
Authors: Shabnum Ara  , Rakshanda Ahad
Published: November 2020

The present study was undertaken to map the ground trends of depression and suicidal ideation among elderly Kashmiris in association with connected socio-demographic variables and also to find the relationship of depression with suicidal ideation. The sample consisted of 184 older adults (102 elderly males & 82 elderly females) taken from different districts of Kashmir. The age of the sample group ranged from 58-76 years with mean age of 67 years. Purposive sampling technique was used for research purpose. Aaron Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI-II 1996) and Beck & Steer’s Suicide Ideation scale (BSSI 1991) was used. T-test was used to test the significance of difference in depression and suicidal ideation between various groups and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation was used to determine the relationship between depression and suicidal ideation. The findings of the present study revealed that there is no significant mean difference in the depression level of older adults with respect to various socio-demographic variables. Further, the findings of the present study reveal that there is significant mean difference in the suicidal ideation of educated and uneducated elderly as is true for rural and urban older adults. However, no significant mean difference was found in suicidal ideation of male & female older adults and also no significant mean difference was found in the suicidal ideation of those elderly whose spouse are alive and those who are widowed. Results further reveal that depression has significant positive correlation with suicidal ideation indicating that depression acts as risk factor for suicidal ideation.
Anxiety among the Patient with Lumber Disc Prolapse: A Case Report
Authors: N. P. Singh  , Suneeta Koul
Published: November 2020

Anxiety is an internalized fear aroused by an impulse .It is a painful emotional experience produced by excitations in the in the internal organs of the body. It is the form of fear not based on the present situation, but also upon the actual or imaginative experience of the past, present, and future. The symptoms of anxiety are common in the community and typically persist for many years and are also associated with personal disorders.1 There are various types of anxieties but we mainly focused on two types of anxieties with respect to our case and these are:
1. STATE ANXIETY:
2. TRAIT ANXIETY:
Gender and Mental Health: Are There Differences?
Authors: Deepa K Damodaran  , Varghese Paul K
Published: November 2020

Mental health is clearly an integral part of health. There is no health without mental health. It is the foundation of well-being and effective functioning for an individual and for a community. Mental health and mental illnesses are determined by the interaction of multiple social, psychological and biological factors. The current study focuses on the gender differences in mental health among youth in Kerala. The participants consisted of 211 undergraduate students between 18 and 24 years. The data were collected using the Demographic proforma and the Mental Health Inventory (MHI). Results showed that youth in Kerala had average mental health. There were no significant associations between demographic characteristics and mental health. Independent sample t test revealed no significant gender difference in overall mental health but gender difference was observed in General positive affect. General positive affect was greater among males than in females. Findings of the current study conclude that male and female youth of Kerala do not differ in terms of their mental health. Limitations, strengths, and implications of the findings are discussed in detail.
Overuse of Social Media Affects the Mental Health of Adolescents and Early Youth
Authors: Sampathirao Prabhakararao
Published: November 2020

Social media besides being educative role, it increases connections and communications. If used properly, it also builds bridges over barriers and strengthens relationships. It encourages community participation and boosts ones confidence. Blogging can be therapeutic for who are confused, down, or need to vent frustrations. It unleashes one’s own potential and helps to find an identity for his/her talent. Negative correlates of social media include, behavioural addiction, the decrease in real life social community participation and academic achievement, as well as relationship problems. Stalking and cyber bullying, identity theft, victimization to rumours, missing out attitude, aggressive and callous behavior and host of other mental and social abnormalities are also the result of excessive use of social media. Due to face book, mobile and tv, we are forgetting our basic values and culture, which leads to families breaking up. The good and bad affects of social media in the Indian context have been outlined in this article with the help of literatures, opinion of the exerts, news bits and content from blogs etc.
Rape as a Continuing Weapon of Psychological Warfare, Suppression & Subjugation
Authors: Mr. Aniruddha Vithal Babar
Published: November 2020

“Beyond the daily gun battles, women have been a powerful voice in the opposition in villages and towns across Syria. In response, the Syrian government is punishing women for delivering humanitarian assistance, participating in protests, and supporting the opposition by subjecting them to detention, torture, and sexual assault.” – Liesl Gerntholtz, women’s rights director
Rape and sexual abuse is not just a by-product of war but has been used as a deliberate warfare strategy from time to time. The opportunistic rape and pillage of previous centuries has been replaced by rape used as a strategic combat tool. Women and girls are particularly targeted by the use of sexual violence, including as a tactic of war to humiliate, dominate, instill fear in, disperse and/or forcibly relocate civilian members of a community or ethnic group. This paper examines historical and contemporary instances wherein sexual violence, specifically rape, was used as a strategic weapon of psychological warfare in various types of conflicts. It further analyzes the cogency of sexual violence as a weapon by considering its physical and psychological effects on victims and the morale of targeted populations. Additionally, it scrutinizes the motivations and intentions that support the use of sexual violence. The intent of this paper is to identify the use of rape from psychological perspective in socio-political spectrums of different types of conflicts. This paper thus offers multidimensional psycho-socio-political analysis of sexual violence in general and rape in particular as a major weapon of war.
Impact of Neurotransmitters on Health through Emotion
Authors: Ms. G. Deepika  , Ms. Rajeswari. H
Published: November 2020

Animal and Human behaviour suggests that it is ultimately an expression of events guided by the nervous system. As decision-making neurological processes became increasingly concentrated in the centralized brain over evolutionary time, behaviour became essentially an expression of brain’s response to information coming to it from inside and outside the body. Human emotions guide and direct behaviour. They dominate us in such a way that there is no solution. If a person has no emotions, he becomes crippled in terms of life. An emotion is a strong feeling associated with some instincts or biological drives. In addition to the above, emotions have some more specific characteristics-they bring psychological and physiological changes.
Application of Psychodrama on Conflict Management and Assertive Training
Authors: Narendra nath Samantaray  , Preeti Singh  , Dr Jashobanta Mohapatra  , Dr (Prof) Amool Ranjan Singh
Published: November 2020

This qualitative research is intended to bring a observational and phenomenological analysis of the applicability of psychodrama in the management of conflict, manifestation of assertive behaviour in alcohol dependent patients, also to observe and elucidate the process of a certain skill that is being learned or a certain conflict being managed and to see what other therapeutic progress psychodrama can bring in participants. This study was conducted in RINPAS, Ranchi and consisted of 5 samples; each went through 16-17 sessions of treatment of various psychodramatic techniques. Data analysis in the current study involves integration of Narrative participant observer report and Phenomenological approach. Post therapy and follow up report indicated improvement.
Impact of Religion, Caste, Income and Type of Family on the Mental Health of Teacher Trainees
Authors: Dr. Mahesh Kumar Muchhal  , Arun Kumar
Published: November 2020

The present study aimed at finding out The Impact of Religion, Caste, Income and Type of Family on The Mental Health of Teacher Trainees. The samples of the present study comprised 200 Teacher trainees of B.Ed class from different colleges of Ambala district have been taken. Out of 200 Teacher Trainees 100 Teacher Trainees are male and 100 Teacher Trainees are female. Mental Health Analysis Questionnaire developed by Manju Rani (1989) was used.
Risk Taking Behaviour and Career Choice among Youth Aspiring to be an Officer in Indian Armed Force
Authors: Kowal, D. S.  , Kumar, A.  , Kidwai, F.
Published: November 2020

Due to profusion of opportunities, varied trends of job market and perceived risk associated with career as Officer in Indian Armed force has made it unpopular and unattractive among many adolescents. Rapid economic growth and changing social norms in the society have certainly divided adolescents into aspirants and non-aspirants for this career choice. Career in armed force is characterised by its dynamic nature and pride associated with it. A study was carried out to investigate as whether risk taking behaviour has a role in aspiring to become armed force officer. Studies in past has revealed many factors affecting a career preference such as educational qualification, aptitude, intellect, father’s occupation, interest and many more. In this study risk taking behaviour has been investigated between aspirants and non-aspirants. The result showed that aspirants have more risk taking behaviour than non-aspirants especially in fire and military services areas which demands more risk taking orientation.
Situation and Personality Effects on Smokers’ Psychological Reactance
Authors: Fayçal Boukamcha
Published: November 2020

This paper tries to investigate the situational and personal aspects that may trigger smokers’ psychological state reactance. It was hypothesized that situational factors, such as perceived threat to freedom and perceived loss of control which are supposed to be triggered by an anti-smoking persuasive message, and a personality pattern, such as trait reactance proneness, predict the psychological state reactance. An experiment and a survey were conducted on a random sample of 352 smoking students in two Tunisian business schools. Four anti-smoking print ads, with two different levels of negative emotional intensity, were manipulated. The findings depict the importance of the anti-smoking ads with a high negative emotional intensity, the perceived threat to freedom and trait reactance proneness in the smokers’ psychological reactance prediction.
Big Five Personality Factors as Predictors of Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Complex Interplay
Authors: Dr. Sairaj M. Patki  , Dr. Shobhana C. Abhyankar
Published: November 2020

The present study investigated the Big Five personality factors as predictors of citizenship behaviors directed towards individuals (OCBI) and towards the organization (OCBO). The Big Five Inventory by Donahue & Kentle (1991) and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Scale by Lee and Allen (2002) were used and the sample comprised of 325 clerical employees, from nationalized and co-operative banks in Maharashtra. Findings revealed that openness emerged as the strongest predictor of both OCBI and OCBO, followed by extraversion. Moreover, openness fully mediated the relationship between agreeableness and OCBI, whereas extraversion partially mediated the relationship between agreeableness and OCBI. Openness and extraversion also partially mediated the relationship between conscientiousness and OCBO.