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School-Based Policies for Counselling Programme and Effective Ethical standards in Public Secondary Schools in Nigeria
Authors: Elizabeth Ngozi Okpalaenwe  , Osuji Gregory Ekene
Published: November 2022

Many public secondary schools in Nigeria seemly do not have a well-coordinated and effective counselling programme for their learners. Most often the principal appoints any cool-headed or pious teacher to be in charge of the counselling department without proper and adequate training. The teacher assumes this dual responsibility without specific job description. For effective counselling in the best interest of Nigerian learners, a role description for school counsellor within counselling theoretical framework based on American school based policies; be it clinical, eclectic, or client-centre is direly needed in Nigeria. This study addresses the need of school-based policies to enable effective counselling programmes that call for proper implementation and ethical standards in Nigerian public secondary schools to function appropriately. It disclose slack of concrete therapeutic services as the main problem associated with counselling in secondary schools and presents a training and operational model to address this. The study recommends awareness, training, collaboration as well as an up-to-date record keeping of data in order to help students effectively to achieve their desired educational goals and a better quality of life.
Short-Positive Informative Texts Are Ineffective to Change Attitudes
Authors: Şenyurt Ahmet Yasin  , Coşkun, Hamit
Published: November 2022

Attitude change is one of the main topics in the history of social psychology. Several factors such as authority, persuasiveness, personality traits, and a variety of arguments, determine whether persuasion attempt will be successful or not. In this study the effects of different information styles on negative attitudes toward an ethnic group were investigated. The effects of information on both implicit and explicit attitudes were measured. Results showed that short informative passages did not affect negative implicit and explicit attitudes.
Role of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Reducing Emotional State among persons with Multiple Sclerosis
Authors: Zeinab Fathi  , Prof. Mahmood S. Khan
Published: November 2022

Emotional state is common in patients with multiple sclerosis(MS). Depression and anxiety are dimensions of emotional state that adversely affect quality of life and medication adherence. Recent investigations indicate that psychosocial interventions, such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), could improve quality of life, depression and anxiety in MS patients. The objective of this article is to investigate the results of various studies, for identifying the potential efficacy of ACT as it could be applied as useful method of intervention for improving psychological symptoms in patients with Multiple Sclerosis. The result of several researches has shown that ACT could potentially be highly appropriate intervention for different type of problems associated with this disease.
Face the Face beneath the Face: A Journey into the Creative and Expressive Art Therapy
Authors: Nupur Sandhu  , Ms Kashish Sandhu
Published: November 2022

Emotions, being the principal motivators of behavior and learning from the very infancy, play a vital role in a child’s development; in expressing and understanding themselves. Children’s emotional development has held a strong fascination and has always become a subject of research, conversation, observation, formal as well as informal study since long. Emotional socialization & conducive environment assists children in learning desirable ways of expressing feelings and developing healthy patterns of understanding and regulating emotions. Conversely, if the childhood ambience ignores emotions or creates emotionally detached or harsh relationships, it can adversely affect children’s growth and can harm their cognitive competence as well. EQ is more important than IQ.
Assessment of Relationship between Dental Anxiety with Personality Traits among Medical and Dental Students in an Institute, Bangalore- A Cross Sectional Study
Authors: Mayur Nath T  , Reddy , Kavya G  , Nisarga M
Published: November 2022

Aim: To assess the relationship between Dental Anxiety and Personality Traits among Medical and Dental students. Settings and Design: A cross sectional analytical study was conducted in medical and dental institution in Bangalore. Methods and Material: The study was conducted among 498undergraduate medical and dental students using a 21 item, self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of three parts a) Information on demographic details, b)Modified dental anxiety questionnaire consisiting of 5 questions and c)Revised Eyesenck personality scale consisiting of 16 questions for personality assessment. Statistical analysis: Statistical analysis was done using Pearson’s correlation to assess the correlation between Dental Anxiety and Personality Traits Results: In the present study, Severe levels of anxiety was found among 23.2% of medical students as compared to 2.75% for dental students. On investigating Personality Traits of the Study Subjects, 37.07% were under extraversion category, 23.74%were under neurotocism, 3.42%were under lie scale and 34.79% were under mixed personality traits. There was a positive correlation found between Dental Anxiety and Personality Traits. Conclusion: Dental anxiety is a major determinant of one’s general predisposition towards dental-health interactions and is dependent on the Personality traits of an individual.
Case Study: A Work up Case of Paranoid Schizophrenia
Authors: Garima Kapoor  , Ravindra Kumar
Published: November 2022

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Group therapy interventions with schizophrenia patients are well researched areas. The current research focuses on application of these interventions and challenges while using them with paranoid schizophrenia patient. The study included in depth exploration of symptomatology of the paranoid schizophrenia patient, individual and group therapy interventions with the patient, and challenges for the therapist as well as for the patient in the therapy process.
The Effect of Internet Addiction on Emotional Maturity of Collage Going Students
Authors: Dr. Rajani Ramesh Senad
Published: November 2022

In this digital age, the internet revolution substainally affected people’s life. Education, economics, politics and social fields are greatly influenced by the internet. The internet dependency has a positive and negative impact on people. For Students, the teaching and learning have become easier compared to the olden days as nowadays information is at their fingertips. Despits its benefits, internet addiction may negatively impact the students life such as on their emotional maturity, emotional unstability, regression social maladjustment, disintrigration and lack of independence. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to determine the effect of internet addiction on the Emotional Maturity of the students. This study was conducted among 120 college going students in Aurangabad City. The Internet addiction test and Emotional Maturity Test was used ‘f’ test was used to analyse the data. The result revealed that, there will be a significant difference on the Emotional Maturity, Emotional unstability, Emotional Regression, Social maladjustment, personality disintegration and lack of independence of Internet Addict and Non internet Addict students. The Internet Addict students have greater the degree of emotional immaturity, Emotional unstability, Emotional regression, Social Maladjustment, Personality disintegration and lack of Independence. The result of this study can serve as a reminder and create awareness to the parents and teachers to better control their children’s internet access. Such as cutting the budget for broadband allowance and continuous monitoring and can serve as an eye opener to students on negative effects of internet excessive use thus, the students need to wisely use the internet for educational purposes.
Braid Chopping a Mass Psychogenic Illness in Gujarat: A Qualitative Study
Authors: M. A. Tripathi  , Vikas Sahay  , Pirojiya, P. P
Published: November 2022

Some mysterious events occur nearly every year in India and several people become victims of such events. It is noticed that this type of events affect particular segments of population which have shared common beliefs. This type of phenomenon transmits collective illusions of threats, either real or imaginary, through a segment of population in a society as a result of rumors and fear. This phenomenon is therefore called Mass Psychogenic Illness (MPI) and has been reported since hundreds of years in different socio-cultural settings. MPI is neither spatially nor temporally confined and can strike anywhere and anytime. One such phenomenon that has characteristics similar to MPI is braid chopping. The braid chopping or hair cutting incidents occurred in different parts of India in the month of July –August 2017. A study was conduct to comprehensively analyze the causal factors of this particular MPI phenomenon. Case study method of research was adopted for this study and 9 cases were studied by using unstructured interview method. These 9 cases were reported in different region of Gujarat. Only police reported cases were studied as investigative team was formed by the Crime Investigation Department, (CID) Gujarat, to reach the bottom of the epidemic and control it as soon as possible. The findings indicate that all the victims shared some common characteristics in terms of gender, level of education, socio economic condition, mental set up, kind of illness during the time of incident, level of stress, satisfaction level with present living conditions, past history, etc.
Influence of Culture on Personality Factors among Hindu and Muslim Community: A Psycho-Sociological Study
Authors: Dr. Vijay B.T
Published: November 2022

The present research is aimed to identify the influence of culture on  personality in  different community. The Sample consists of 100 of Hindu and Muslims in male and female, tools used EPQ-R by Eysenck it is used for the purpose of study and Results indicated that, there is significant differences in all the three dimension of the personality factors.
Effect of Bad Parenting on Juvenile Delinquency: A Reflection
Authors: Chhaya Tomar  , Dr. Ravindra Kumar
Published: November 2022

Children are the unpolished diamonds of the human society, who need experienced hands to mold them into a precious diamonds. It is the parents who rope the seeds of goodness into a child as a gardener rope the plants into the soil. A child’s heart is like an empty slate, for once the imprints are drawn, will stay there forever and play the most effective role in the foundation of a child’s character. Parents should up bring their children with love, care, affection and proper guidance. Ignoring or punishing a child during early childhood, will surely lead him on the path of delinquency. Therefore, parenting is such a phenomena that not only affect the mental and psychological well being of a child but also affects his/her course of action. This paper will provide a proper definition of bad parenting, signs of bad parenting, impact of bad parenting with the help of previous researches and will guide the parents how children should be treated so that they should remain away from delinquency. Suggestions for effective parenting will be discuss in the later part of this paper.
Emotional Intelligence in Adolescents and its Implications on their Lifelong Development
Authors: Shivani Khatri
Published: November 2022

The objective of the paper is to study the implications of emotional intelligence in adolescents. This is a theoretical paper, wherein patterns are drawn from the existing review of literature as well as Mayer and Salovey’s Model of Emotional Intelligence, the Bar-On Model of Emotional Intelligence, along with Goleman’s Model of Emotional Intelligence. The discussion around these theories and literature shows that higher emotional intelligence among adolescents has a positive impact on their overall development, including academics, psychological well-being, lifestyle choices, and adjustment among peers. The paper also attempts to understand emotional intelligence in adolescents in the Indian setting, and makes some suggestions to improve upon it.
Knowledge about Hypertension among the Hypertensive and Normotensive Population
Authors: Rithuma Oruganti  , Swathi Paidipati  , Swathi Paidipati
Published: November 2022

ABSTRACT
Hypertension is a chronic lifestyle-related condition in which the blood vessels have persistently elevated pressure leading to fatal health complications such as cardiovascular deaths, heart failure, stroke, brain hemorrhage, and renal failure. The present study aims to assess the level of knowledge about hypertension in the total study sample as well as to compare the level of knowledge about hypertension among the hypertensive and normotensive participants. The level of knowledge about hypertension was also compared across four patient age-groups and between men and women. The Hypertension Knowledge Schedule, consisting of 16 hypertension related knowledge questions, was developed and validated. The study sample comprised of 96 hypertensive and 104 normotensive participants recruited from an outpatient primary care facility and a community-based setting in Hyderabad, India. The results of the study indicated that the hypertensive participants had a significantly higher level of knowledge about hypertension as compared to their normotensive counterparts. Participants in the older age-groups and women were found to have significantly better knowledge about hypertension as compared to their younger counterparts and men. Overall, the level of knowledge about hypertension, among the total study sample was found to be inadequate. Health education to increase awareness about hypertension should be imparted in schools, colleges, workplaces and primary care facilities to facilitate the early diagnosis and treatment of this health condition.
Self Esteem Among Pre University Students
Authors: Anirudh Ramesh  , Vandana Jain
Published: November 2022

The present research aims at examining the self esteem among Pre University students.  The study consists of 360 students, who are pursuing Pre University course in Karnataka who are in adolescence phase. Adolescence is a period of life where the child is experiencing a transitional phase of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood. Self esteem is one of the contributing factors in an adolescent’s life in shaping their life; psychologist defines self esteem as a reflection of a person’s overall subjective emotional evaluation of their own worth. For the present study the samples were taken from urban and rural Pre University Colleges in Karnataka a total of 360 students out of which 180 samples were taken from Bangalore and Ujire each. group consist of 90 boys and 90 Girls respectively. Purposive sampling was adopted; the students were administered with Rossenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSE 1965). The objective of the study was to find out significant difference in the level of self esteem among the Pre university students with respect to gender and geographical location. Descriptive statistics and independent sample t-test were estimated using SPSS 16.0 According to the results acquired, there is a significant difference in the level of self esteem between students of urban colleges and students of rural colleges, there was no significant difference in the level of self esteem between the Urban and Rural Pre university students and Gender.
A Study of Mental Health among Male and Female College Students
Authors: Dr. Ramesh D. Waghmare
Published: November 2022

Mental Health is “the emotional and spiritual resilience which enables us to enjoy life and survive pain, suffering and disappointment. It is a positive sense of well being and an underlying belief in our and others dignity and worth. It is influenced by our experience and our genetic inheritance.” The purpose research attempted to study the gender difference between mental health. To study by research seared variables in gender and mental health sub factor. A sample of 100 participants 50 Male (25 Urban and 25 Rural) & 50 Female (25 Urban and 25 Rural)) was drawn randomly from the population. Mental health inventory developed by Dr. Jagdish & Dr. A.K. Srivastava (1983) was used for data collection. Factorial design was used and data were analysis by Mean, SD and ‘F’ values. Results show that 1) Male College Students high Positive self Evaluation than Female College Students. 2) There is no significant difference between Male and Female College on Perception of Reality. 3) Male College Students high Integration of Personality than Female College Students. 4) There is a not significant difference between Male and Female College on Autonomy. 5) There is not significant differences between Male and Female college students on Group Oriented Attitudes. 6) Female College Students high Environment Mastery than Male College Students.7) There is a not significant difference between Male and Female College students on Mental Health.
A Study of Teaching Aptitude on Regular Teacher and Special Teacher
Authors: Mr. Mahesh Shrikant Kshirsagar
Published: November 2022

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the comparison between Teaching Aptitude on Regular Teacher and Special teacher. The sample included in this study was Regular Teacher 60 Male, 60 Female and Special teacher 60 Male, 60 Female Teachers in Ahmednagar District. To assess the Teaching Aptitude factors of the subject the eight factor inventory Proposed Statistical procedure is Descriptive statistics i.e. Mean, S.D, will be computed and  ‘t’ test. Conclusion in this study On the basis of data and discussion of results, the hypotheses were tested and verified.
Mental Health and Teacher Effectiveness of Pre-Service Biological Science Teachers
Authors: L. Vinila  , Arjunan, N. K
Published: November 2022

The present study aimed to investigate the differential effect of gender and entry level educational qualification on teacher effectiveness and mental health of pre-service biological science teachers; and on the relationship between the variables. The Teacher Effectiveness Scale for Secondary School Teachers and the Mental Health Inventory for Secondary School Teachers, developed by the investigators, were administered on a sample of 464 pre-service biological science teachers, selected on a stratified random basis, from two districts of Tamil Nadu. The data, thus collected, were subjected to statistical analysis (t-test and Pearson product moment correlation) by keeping the hypotheses in mind. The study revealed a differential effect of gender on teacher effectiveness and mental health, the males excelling females in both, while entry level educational qualification has its significant effect only on teacher effectiveness; not on mental health. Significant positive correlation of a substantial degree was found to exist between teacher effectiveness and mental health of the pre-service biological science teachers in the total sample as well as all the sub-samples considered in the study. Neither gender nor the entry level educational qualification was found to be decisive in discriminating the sub-samples on the basis of the correlation between teacher effectiveness and mental health.
Social Support and Mental Health Status among HIV and Non-HIV People
Authors: Dr. Chandrakanth Jamadar
Published: November 2022

The major aim of the present study was to assess the social support and metal health status among HIV and non-HIV people. The sample of 200 (HIV-100 andnon-HIV-100 ) was chosen from Mysore District on whom the social support and mental health scales were administered. After scoring, the data were subjected to t-test. The results revealed that there is significant difference in mental health status of the sample subgroups. The study also revealed significant gender difference in the amount of mental health status.
Styles of Learning and Thinking of the Job Applicants Applied For Armed Forces
Authors: Durlabh Singh Kowal, Ph.D  , Lt Col Ishan Rajavarapu ,  , Vishakha Katiyar  , Akanksha Shukla
Published: November 2022

The strategies of cerebral hemispheres – right and left, though different for processing information but are not mutually exclusive rather complement each other to give rise to distinct style of learning and thinking to make decisions for various important progressions of life. Every individual’s decision to make a career is distinct in their styles of learning and thinking. A career in Armed Forces is a unique and unrequited in nature. The present study investigates the different styles of learning and thinking of the male – female and recommended – not recommended job applicants applied to become an officer in Indian Armed Forces. A total sample of 374 job applicants was collected comprising of 212 male, from which 24 were recommended and 188 were not recommended & 162 female, which had 9 recommendations and 153 not being recommended. Whole brain oriented male applicants were more often recommended, while right brain oriented female applicants were more often recommended for the Armed Forces. Significant gender differences were found in verbal left hemisphere f(1)=3.87,p<.05, class preference whole hemisphere f(1)= 6.33,p<.01, learning preference left hemisphere f(1)=6.90,p<.009 , learning preference whole hemisphere f(1)=8.70,p<.003, interest whole hemisphere f(1)=8.00,p<.005, logical/fractional whole hemisphere f(1)=4.92,p<.02, divergent/convergent left hemisphere f(1)=3.99,p<.04, divergent/convergent whole hemisphere f(1)=6.24,p<.013, creative whole hemisphere f(1)=5.92,p<.015, problem solving whole hemisphere f(1)=6.10,p<.014 and imagination whole hemisphere f(1)=9.29,p<.002. Significant result differences were found in class preference left hemisphere f(1)=5.03,p<.02, class preference whole hemisphere f(1)=3.79,p<.05, learning preference right hemisphere f(1)=4.09,p<.04, interest left hemisphere f(1)=11.50,p<.001, interest whole hemisphere f(1)=4.68,p<.03, logical/fractional left hemisphere f(1)=4.05,p<.04, logical/fractional whole hemisphere f(1)=5.04,p<.02 and creative left hemisphere f(1)=4.40,p<.03. Significant interaction effect of gender and result were found in class preference whole hemisphere f(1)=5.37,p<.02, learning preference left hemisphere f(1)=7.19,p<.008, learning preference whole hemisphere f(1)=9.89,p<.002, interest right hemisphere f(1)=6.21,p<.008, interest whole hemisphere f(1)=6.39,p<.002, divergent/convergent left hemisphere f(1)=3.68,p<.05 and problem solving whole hemisphere f(1)=4.09, p<.04.
Quality of Life of Parents Having Children with Autism
Authors: Dr. Jagdish Buwade
Published: November 2022

Background and Purpose: Autism is a complex developmental disorder which is fast growing in nature across the world.  Aim of the study was to evaluate the Quality of Life (QOL) of parent with autism. Purpose of this study was to investigate the QOL of parents having children with autism. Methodology: Descriptive survey research design was used. The study employed a convenient sampling technique to draw 30 parents having children with autism who were attending special School at Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for the Mentally Handicapped, Hyderabad (AP) in year 2013. WHOQOL-BREEF tool was used for data collection and data were analysed by using descriptive statistics namely: frequency distribution, percentages, mean and standard deviations. Results: Result revealed that 41% parents expressed that poor quality of life while 30% expressed their life in neither good nor bad. 21% parents perceived their life is good and 5% parents showed very good quality of life. 3% of parents having children with autism expressed very poor quality of life. Parents having children with autism displayed significant impairment in their quality of life especially in the area of psychological and environment domain. Conclusion: Findings of this research work will be helpful in building intervention programme and policy making to enhance quality of life of parents having children with autism. The ministry of Human Resource Development should consider the availability of stress management programme for parents, workshops and conferences for teachers and inclusive education for children with various disabilities.
Influence of Demographic Variables on Work Life Balance among School Teachers
Authors: Suryakumar. R  , Suresh. V
Published: November 2022

This study examines the influence of select demographic variables like Family type, Work experience and Dependent care on Work Life Balance among the School teachers. In this Survey method 172 Teachers from two private schools in Chennai were chosen. The tools used to collect the data were Work-life balance Scale by Udai Pareek & Surabhi Purohit (2010). For statistical analysis t-test, ANOVA and Tukey B post-hoc test was used to analyses the results. The findings show that there is no significant difference between the Family type and Work experience of teachers and their work life balance whereas there is a significant difference between the Dependent care of teachers and their Work life balance.
Help Seeking Behavior among Caregivers of Psychotic Patients- Influence of Select Demographic Factors
Authors: K.T.Shwetha, P.R  , Lancy D’souza
Published: November 2022

The present study is an attempt towards assessing the extent of help seeking behavior among caregivers of psychotics and association of health seeking behaviour with demographic factors including age, domicile, diagnosis, gender and educational qualification. A total of 300 caregivers were included in the study, of which 151 of them were male caregivers and 149 were female care givers.  The study assessed help seeking behavior through the ‘Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Help’ (Fischer & Farina, 1995). To analyse the data, chi-square and Cramer’s V tests were employed. Results revealed that majority of the sample expressed moderate to high levels of help seeking behaviour to an extent of 75%. Caregivers from urban areas expressed more help seeking behaviour than care givers from rural areas. Caregivers in the age group of above 45 years expressed more help seeking behaviour than care givers belonging to rest of the age groups. Type of disorder, gender, and educational level of the caregivers did not have significant influence over help seeking behaviour.
Adjuvant Psychological Therapy for Alexithymia in Women with Breast Cancer
Authors: Sharon Ruth  , Padmakumari. P
Published: November 2022

Many psychological factors play an important role in diagnosis and treatment of cancer. One of the reasons could be due to deficits in emotional processing and affect regulation. These deficits could lead to an inability to verbalize and identify emotions which is known as alexithymia. To this end the objective of the study was to examine the effectiveness of adjuvant psychological therapy in breast cancer in terms of alexithymia (within the intervention group and between the two groups). The study consisted of 20 patients in the intervention and control groups each. They were administered the following scale namely, Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). Results indicated that between the intervention and control groups, on total alexithymia, difficulty describing feelings and externally oriented thinking there was a statistically significant difference between the intervention and control groups. On the subscale of difficulty identifying feelings there were no statistically significant differences between the two groups. Within the intervention group too, significant differences were found on alexithymia and subscales both, following therapy and at follow up. This study reveals the effectiveness of psychological interventions in those with breast cancer. It is imperative that psychological care is the need of the hour in oncology settings.
Alcohol Abusers and Emotional Stability
Authors: Mohd Shoiab Mir  , Dr R. Sankar  , Mohd Shoiab Mir  , Mohd Shoiab Mir  , Mohd Shoiab Mir  , Dr R. Sankar
Published: November 2022

This study aimed to examine the level of emotional stability of alcohol abusing youth in Kashmir valley. For this purpose the sample of 400 youth abusing alcohol were selected through snow ball sampling technique. Emotional Stability Questionnaire developed and designed by Sanjay Vohra (Revised 2013) was used for data collection in the present study. The investigator applied frequency analysis, t-test and regression for the statistical treatment of the collected data. Findings of the study revealed that majority of the alcohol abusers had low level of emotional stability. Also there is significant difference between alcohol abusers belonging to 15-25 and 26-35 age groups and alcohol abusers belonging to nuclear and joint family with respect to their emotional stability. Further the findings demonstrated that age and family type had a significant influence on the emotional stability of alcohol abusers.
Criticality and Emotional Over Involvement as Contributory Factors to Psychopathology
Authors: Aditi Balakrishnan  , Padmakumari P
Published: November 2022

Expressed Emotion (EE) research has indicated that the components of EE contribute differently to psychopathology. As the components of EE reflect different attitudes of the caregiver or relatives, therefore influencing the behavior of the individual in different ways. Studies that looked at independently studying the components of EE lead to the finding that Hostility is not a significant predictor of psychopathology on its own, since it rarely exists in the absence of Critically, thereby making hostility an extension of the dimension of Criticality. Thus this review aims at highlighting the contributions of the two primary components of expressed emotions, namely Criticality and Emotional involvement to the development of psychopathology.
The Mental State of the XI & XII Grade Students in Relation to Happiness and Hope
Authors: Pramath Chandra Sarker
Published: November 2022

The present study was conducted to measure the mental state of the XI & XII Grade students in relation to Happiness and Hope. A sample of 187students (98 male and 89 female) between 15 to 19 years of age was selected from different areas of Rajshahi District of Bangladesh. In order to collect the research data, the Bengali version of the MUNSH Scale adapted by Akter (2003) and the Bengali adaptation of the Trait Hope Scale (Joarder and Khan, 2015) were administered on the respondent. The obtained data were analyzed by Pearson Product Moment Correlation and t-test. Results revealed that there was a significant mean difference in Happiness and Hope among XI & XII Grade adolescent students. It also revealed a significant correlation between Happiness and Hope among adolescent students.
Self-esteem and Cognitive Emotion Regulation of Young Adults in Bangladesh
Authors: Shamima Akter  , Md. Tohid Uz Zaman  , Fatema-Tu-Zohra Binte Zaman  , Noor Muhammed
Published: November 2022

The present study investigated the relationship between self-esteem and cognitive emotion regulation strategies of young adults in Bangladesh. A sample of 150 (80 male & 70 female)young adults, age ranged was19-27 (M = 21.2, SD = 2.96) years, were selected purposively from different public university of Dhaka City in Bangladesh. In order to measure the variables, a self-developed demographic questionnaire, adapted Bangla version of cognitive emotion regulation scale(Garnefski, Hossain, & Kraaij, 2017)and self-esteem scale(Ilyas & Huque, 2007) were administrated on the respondents. The cognitive emotion regulation scale has 9 subscales: positive refocusing, refocus on planning, positive reappraisal, putting into perspective, acceptance, self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing, and other blame. Obtained data were analyzed using descriptive and correlational analyses through SPSS version 20. The highest and lowest mean scores of cognitive emotion regulation strategies were positive reappraisal (M = 13.69) and blame other (M = 9.71) respectively used by young adults. Results indicated that there were significant positive correlations among self-esteem and positive refocusing (r = 0.293, p<.01); refocus on planning (r = 0.165, p<.05); positive reappraisal (r = 0.233, p<.01) and putting into perspective (r = 0.240, p<.01).The findings also revealed significant negative correlation exist between self- esteem and acceptance (r = -0.162, p<.05), self-blame (r = -0.197, p<.05); rumination (r = -0.350, p<.01), catastrophizing (r = -0.382, p<.01), and other blame (r = -0.180, p<.05). Further, the finding also indicated that high and low self-esteemed adults were used reappraisal and worry focused strategies. Therefore, self-esteem of adults may be improved through psychological intervention.
Social Physique Anxiety, Self-esteem and Depression among College going Students: A Gender Comparison
Authors: Banani Basistha  , Maria Choudhury  , Nilesh Maruti Gujar  , Arif Ali
Published: November 2022

The purpose of the current study was to examine the gender difference in social physique anxiety, self- esteem, and depression among college going undergraduate students (Male=50, Female=50) ranging from 18 to 21 years. The present study was a cross-section study. The research design in the present study was explorative in nature. Participants were randomly selected for the study. Social physique anxiety, Beck’s depression inventory (BDI-II), and Rosenberg self-esteem scales were administered. A significant gender difference was not found in social physique anxiety. However, mean score suggested that female students (Mean 32.10, SD=6.43) perceived slightly more social physique anxiety than the male student (Mean =31.27, SD=5.514). In self-esteem, the significant gender difference was not found in self- esteem between both groups.  An independent samples test indicated that the scores on self-esteem were significantly higher in male (M=18.82, SD= 5.02) than female respondents (M=17.72, SD=4.62), t= 1.139, p= 0.258. A significant gender difference in depression was found between both the groups. Female respondents (M=19.06, SD=10.56) have slightly higher score in depression than male respondents (M=17.72, SD= 4.62), with a t value of -2.604 and p= 0.011. Social physique anxiety has a negative correlation with self-esteem (r=-.077) and positive correlation with Depression (r= .035). Similarly, self –esteem was negatively correlated with social physique anxiety (r=-.077) and has a significant positive correlation with depression (r=-.377). Depression is also found positively correlated with social physique anxiety (r=0.35) and has a negative significant correlation with self-esteem (r=.377). There is a need for providing psychological care among college going students to deal with social physique anxiety and other mental health issues.
Mental Health and Locus of Control: A Comparison of Under Achievers and Over Achievers in Social Studies
Authors: A. Alex  , Arjunan, N. K
Published: November 2022

The present study aimed to explore how mental health and locus of control affect achievement discrepancy; and further to understand the differential effect of gender and residential locale in discriminating underachievers and overachievers in social studies. The study consumed data gathered from a group of 289 discrepant achievers in social studies, selected from a stratified random sample of 968 secondary school students by the regression method. Data collection was accomplished by administering the Mental Health Status Scale and the Adapted version of Rotter’s I-E Scale. Analysis revealed the presence of significant difference between underachievers and overachievers with respect to their mental health and locus of control. The overachievers excelled the underachievers in both measures. Though significant gender difference in mental health exists among overachievers, the underachieving boys and girls were found alike in their mental health. The residential locale was found to exert significant decisive role in the mental health of both underachievers and overachievers. While significant difference was observed between overachieving boys and girls, the gender groups of underachievers were found to be almost alike in locus of control. Achievement discrepancy do not entertain any significant rural-urban difference in locus of control.
Executive Functions in Bipolar Affective Disorder During Remission Phase of Mania
Authors: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Nayak
Published: November 2022

Background: Executive function is one of the important part of cognitive abilities that regulate our decision making and problem solving process. Generally it waxes and wanes in concert with the clinical symptoms of bipolar disorder. Though, it is still unclear that improvement in executive functions simply legs behind normalization of mood. Purpose: Present study was conducted to expend the limited knowledge base regarding executive function in bipolar affective disorder (mania) to reveal the  controversial issue in bipolar affective disorder so that a new dimension could be added while making a prognosis of the illness and a management plan. Methods: Executive function was assessed to 80 adult bipolar affective disorder patients with current episode of mania during remission phase equally included by gender. Only those patients were included fulfilling less than five years of illness and had two to three episodes. All they were assessed on Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and compared to normal control. Result: Findings suggested impairment in domains of executive function. 41.3% patients performed poorer to normal control. They significantly performed poorer in all dimension of WCST except in non-perseverative errors, percent non-perseverative errors and failure to maintain set variable. But when compared on different dysfunction categories patients group did not significantly differ to each other on variables non-perseverative errors, percent non-perseverative errors, conceptual level responses, percent conceptual level responses, and failure to maintain set. Further, age, sex and education were to be found significantly influencing the performance on some variables of WCST. Conclusion: Undoubtedly, ample number of patients of bipolar affective disorder with manic episode does not reach to optimum level of their executive abilities during normal or remission phase of the illness and need consideration while managing them.
Spirituality among Non-Ashtang Yoga practitioners and Non-Yoga Practitioners
Authors: Varsha A. Malagi
Published: November 2022

Most of the research and researcher’s focus on the Physical and Therapeutic benefits of Yoga Asanas and Pranayama’s, but very few focus on the practice of entire Ashtang Yoga (eight-limbed yoga) solely and their effects on Spirituality. The current study was undertaken to assess the level of Spiritual well-being among Non-Ashtang Yoga practitioners who practice basic Yoga Asanas and Pranayama’s and Non-Yoga practitioners who doesn’t Practice yoga at all. The sample comprised of 100 participants (50 Non-Ashtang Yoga practitioners and Non-Yoga practitioners each) belonging to the age range of 19 to 25 years. The Spiritual Well-Being scale by Paloutzian & Ellison (1982) was used for the purpose of assessing Spirituality, which has 2 subscales namely Religious and Existential well-being. Research is Exploratory in nature and the Sample Survey Research Design was adopted. The obtained results were analysed using Independent Samples t-test. The findings indicated that there is no significant difference in the level of spiritual well-being among Non-Ashtang Yoga practitioners and Non-yoga practitioners. However, the study also revealed that the level of Religious well-being is comparatively high among Non-Ashtang Yoga practitioners than Non-Yoga Practitioners. Practicing only Yoga Asanas and Pranayama’s, may not have much effect on Spiritual development of an individual, but practice of all the eight limbed yoga’s may have.
Instagram Addiction among Students Pursuing Medical and Non-Professional Courses: A Comparative Study
Authors: Lancy D’Souza  , Sowmya H.R
Published: November 2022

This study attempted to compare the extent of Instagram addiction among students pursuing medical and non-professional courses.  The sample consisted of 323 students (123 students from medical and 200 students from non-professional courses) comprising of 167 male and 156female students.  The students completed Test for Instagram addiction (TIA) developed by D’Souza, Samyukta and Bivera (2018) in one session. Test for Instagram addiction measured addiction in 6 factors– Lack of control, Disengagement, Escapism, Health and interpersonal troubles, Excessive use and Obsession. Chi-square tests were applied to find out the association between levels of Instagram addiction and student groups, gender, domicile and stay. Results revealed students pursuing non-professional courses used more Instagram application during week days and weekends. On the whole, 4.0% of them were definitely addicts, 59.1% of them were prone for addiction, 16.7% of them were average users, 18.3% of them used on a low and remaining 1.9% of them had no/minimal addiction towards Instagram. Students pursuing non-professional courses were found to be more addicted to Instagram than students pursuing medical courses. Gender and domicile of the students studied did not have significant influence over extent of Instagram addiction. Students who were staying in other places apart from home, hostel and paying guest facilities had higher addiction to Instagram.
Influence of Childhood Adverse Experiences and Resilience on Self-esteem in Early Adulthood
Authors: Arnab Roy
Published: November 2022

Students belonging to modern-day India often struggle with self-esteem issues; childhood plays a big role in influencing how individuals develop effective coping strategies that lead to a healthy self-concept later in life. This study attempts to understand how self-esteem is influenced by childhood adverse experiences and what role resilience plays in the development of self-esteem in young adults. 117 students from Christ University were tested using Wagnild & Young’s Resilience Scale, the WHO’s ACE-IQ Questionnaire and these were correlated with their Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem scores. The study adopted a correlational design and tested the relationship between variables using Spearman’s rho correlation. Linear regression was conducted between resilience and self-esteem to test for prediction. The results indicated a moderate positive correlation between resilience and self-esteem but did not show a statistically significant relationship between childhood adverse experiences and self-esteem. Regression analysis showed a prediction of approximately 30% between resilience and self-esteem indicating that resilience is a small but significant contributor in the development of self-esteem in early adulthood. The study allows an understanding of these relationships in the Indian context and paves the way for further research and the development of resilience building exercises to be implemented in the Indian educational context.
Why Do People Use Social Media So Often? What are the Contributing Factors? Is Loneliness One of the Major Contributing Factor?
Authors: Shama Patel  , Preeti Nakhat
Published: November 2022

Nearly a decade ago, there were no major social media platforms, but during last 10 years, there has been major increase in the number of social media sites and users. On the other hand, depression, loneliness, anxiety, etc. are also becoming widespread and common among teenagers and youths of our country. According to a WHO report, 36% of the Indian population is suffering from depression, majority of them are between age 6 to 25. So, this research has been carried to find out the contributing factors among youths and teenagers for the frequent usage of mainly three social media apps: WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram. The data was collected through a questionnaire. The sample population was 100 college going students. Through the study it was found that 65% of the participants use all the three social media apps. 29% of them used it as a tool for the expression of their thoughts, while 27% of them used it to keep in touch with their loved ones.
The Impact of Islamic Religious Practices on Job Anxiety and Quality of Life of Government Muslim Teachers
Authors: Wakeel Ahmad  , Mohammad Ghufran
Published: November 2022

The present study examined the impact of regularly performed religious practices on job anxiety and quality of life of government Muslims teachers. For this purpose a total of 200 subjects belonging to Muslim religious community of age ranging from 40 to above were taken for the study. The subjects were consisted of two groups of subjects, who reported to perform the religious prayers (Salah) five times a day (100Ss) and the subjects who were not regular at such religious prayers (100Ss). Job anxiety Scale constructed by A.K. Srivastava and PGI quality of life inventory, constructed by Moudgil, S.K. Verma and Kaur was used for the purpose of measuring variables under study. The Mean, S.D. and t-test was used for the purposed of statistically analyse the obtained data. The results indicate that Muslim government teachers who perform regular five time prayer (Salah) daily live the greater qualities of life and they have low anxiety level but Muslim government teacher who do not perform prayer five time regularly face the more anxiety and they have the low qualities of life.
Personal Value among Constable and PI Employees of Police Department
Authors: Shivani S. Raghuvanshi
Published: November 2022

The present study aimed to know the personal value among Constable and PI employees of police department. It also aimed to check personal value with reference to types of police and type of family. The Personal Value Scale (PVS) prepared by Dr. Madhullka Varma and Vindeshwari Waxar Pawar (2013) was used. The sample constituted total 120 employees out of which 60 were from constable police (30 joint family and 30 nuclear family) and 60 from PI police (30 joint family and 30 nuclear family). The data was collected from various police department of Gujarat State. The data was scored, analyzed as per the manual. ‘F’ test was being calculated. The result showed that (1) The constable employees group is having high personal value than PI employees group, (2) The police employees of nuclear family group is having high personal value than police employees of joint family group and (3) There is no significant difference between interactive effect of the mean score of the personal value of type of police and type of family.
Occupational Stress among Technical and Non-Technical Working Employees
Authors: Arti M. Sonara
Published: November 2022

The present study aimed to know the occupational stress among technical and non-technical working employees. It also aimed to check occupational stress with reference to types of employees and level of experience. The Occupational Stress Index prepared by Dr. A.K. Srivastava and Dr. A.P. Singh (1981) was used. The sample constituted total 160 employees out of which 80 were from types of employees (40 technical and 40 non-technical) and 80 from level of experience (1 to 5 years and More than 6 years). The data was collected from various industrial complies of Gujarat State. The data was scored, analyzed as per the manual. ‘F’ test was being calculated. The result showed that (1) There is no significant difference in the mean score of the occupational stress among technical and non-technical working employees. (2) There is significant difference in the mean score of the occupational stress among level of experience having 1 to 5 years and more than 6 years. Therefore the level of experience of 1 to 5 years in working employees is having more occupational stress than level of experience of more than 6 years in working employees. (3) There is no significant difference in the interactive effect of the mean score of the occupational stress of types of employees and level of experience.