bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effect of Yogic Intervention: Pranayama on Anxiety & Depression
Authors: Dr. Vandana Jain  , Dr. Jyotsna Sharma
Published: December 2021

An attempt has been made to study the effect of Yoga: Pranayama on Anxiety & Depression. A purposive sample of 120 persons (60 males & 60 females) was selected and a pre and post control group design was used. Life style questionnaire (referred in introducing health Psychology) & ‘Eight State Questionnaire’ by Curran & Cattell, Indian adaptation by Shri Malay kapoor New Delhi, Kapoor & Bhargava (Agra) were used as tools. An analysis of results shows that the yoga pranayama had positive effect in the management of Anxiety & Depression as well as in creating positive image about oneself in the experimental group while control group didn’t show any significant difference.
Use and Impact of the Modern ICT in Central Library of C.U. Shah Medical College & Hospital, Gujarat, India
Authors: Dr. Shishirkumar H. Mandalia  , Mr. Shamajibhai D. Parmar
Published: December 2021

The information and communication technology (ICT) has an awesome impact on human life as well as all the stroll of learning circle. The utilization of ICT has turned out to be more noteworthy and swift segment in library and information management and services. Modern advancements in ICTs have portrayed novel methods for information generation, management, and dissemination. Medical students are regularly utilizing ICT for access to the library resources and online databases to satisfy their learning needs. This paper outlines the utilization of ICT by medical students and revealed the effect of modern technology in central library of C.U. Shah Medical College, Surendranagar. Here researchers have tried to describe the need and utilization of different tools and techniques of ICT by medical students. The study was led through an organized close ended questionnaire and it was distributed 172 library users, those were utilized ICT facilities in C.U.Shah Medical College and Hospital campus. From the all, 141 (82%) questionnaires were received and data were analyzed. In this study allied different parameters like the frequency of library visit, Internet access and utilization of electronic resources, attitude of medical students towards ICT, utilization of ICT to access to library resources, impact of ICT on medical learning and research, impact of ICT on library services and level of satisfaction. The study noted that majority of respondents were agreed and believed that ICT is essential for medicinal education and research, and they were utilizing ICTs in the library for various purposes and preferred as a daily and a weekly. The most of the respondents were very positive about the effect of ICT on library uses and its services.
Social Intelligence and Mental Health Status of Internet Dependent and Internet Independent University Entrants
Authors: Arjunan N. K  , Monsy Edward
Published: December 2021

Aim: The present study aim to compare the social intelligence and mental health status of internet dependent and internet independent university entrants. Methods: The study was conducted on a stratified random sample of 642 first year degree students. Data were collected by administering the Young’s Internet Addiction Test, and the Social Intelligence Test and the Mental Health Status Scale developed by the investigators. Statistical techniques such as t-test, product moment correlation, and two tailed test of significance for the differences between two independent coefficients of correlation were used for data analyses. Results: Significant differences exist between internet dependent and internet independent university entrants with regard to their social intelligence and mental health status. Social intelligence and mental health status of university entrants are correlated negatively but significantly to their internet addiction. There exist significant differences between internet dependent and internet independent university entrants with regard to the correlation of internet addiction to their social intelligence as well as mental health status.
How does Parental Engagement Affect Language Learning in Teenagers?
Authors: Aditi Kumari  , Dr. Lakshmi Pandey
Published: December 2021

Language being the most important medium of communication and education, its development occupies an important place in the National Policy on Education and Programme of Action. Therefore, promotion of Hindi and other 21 languages listed in the schedule VIII of the constitution. This paper aims to examine the relationship between parental involvement and students learning achievement in language Hindi. A Multistage Sampling Design (MSD) was adopted for the selection of different sampling units. A randomly selected group of 150 students from 25 secondary schools of a district of Bihar and their parents participated in this study. In order to map out the objectives of the study, Parental Support Scale developed by Nandwana and a standard language Hindi achievement test developed by the SCERT survey team were employed to capture responses. The results indicate that students were not performing well in the language because their parents have little knowledge of the language. It was also found that girls achieved higher average scores than boys. Overall, the findings reveal that parental involvement appears to have facilitated children’s language learning and contributed to their literacy development as well.
Perceived Social Support and Coping Strategies among Heterosexual and Homosexual Individuals in Kerala: A Comparative Study
Authors: Christelle Maria Lewis  , Dr Jaya A.T
Published: December 2021

The study compared the perceived social support and coping strategies among heterosexual and homosexual individuals. The multidimensionality of perceived social support and coping mechanisms based on the model by Cohen and Lazarus (1979) was taken into account while conducting the study. A mixed method through snowball sampling in the field was adopted for a descriptive quantitative study, along with a supplementary qualitative study. The former was carried out using Google e-forms of Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet, 1998) and Coping Strategy Inventory (Tobin, 2001), and telephone and face to face interviews. The latter was conducted by collecting newspaper and media statistics (secondary data) and conversations on the phone and various social windows. The study was conducted on 10 heterosexual men, 10 homosexual men, 10 heterosexual women and 10 homosexual women from Kerala. The study reveals that there appears to be an exceeding low threshold of statistical significance of perceived social support among homosexual individuals when compared to heterosexual individuals. It also reveals the pattern of coping strategy employed by homosexual and heterosexual individuals with a potential significance in the social aspects of coping strategies. This study one of its kind and would aid in understanding the plight of homosexual individuals and break the taboo and uncertainty that revolves in this heteronormative society. It could also serve as a model of advocacy for the sexual minority in Kerala. The various inferences made could be used in developing an integrated model of social support and non support and to have a closure of youths’ experiences to structure effective awareness for prevention and intervention efforts by altering the bias of attribution to understand others.
Effectiveness of Competitive Examination Training Material in Teaching Some Units of Competitive Exam in context to Gender
Authors: Dr. Jignasa H. Joshi  , Dr. Sunita J. Lilani  , Mr. Narendra G. Nayee
Published: December 2021

Competition is nothing but the fight for acquiring scarce resources, services or posts by a large number of people. It has been an ongoing process even before the dawn of mankind as we know it today. In fact Competition is a way of life. Look around you, a child competes for the mother’s attention, an athlete competes for the medal, boys compete to woo the best girl in college, party workers compete for the leaders blessings, vegetable vendors compete with each other to woo the buyer, job aspirants compete for the best post and around 2 lakh students compete for 1200 seats in the IIMs. Education and competition are two universal ingredients of all human cultures, in fact, of almost all animal life. Humans have always considered education and competition important issues, both in the past and in the present. Of course, there have been fluctuations in emphasis and much has changed throughout the centuries. Education and academic competitions are two most important ingredients of human life and these two have always been considered as important issues. In this article, Researcher is going to discuss about the role of academic competitions in education as well as in student life.
A Study of Speed and Accuracy of the Students of Higher Secondary School in context to Gender and Academic Achievement
Authors: Dr. Bhavik M. Shah
Published: December 2021

World has been changing drastically. The thing that was in fashion yesterday is being outdated in no time. Every research that happens today gets old with the time. In the modern era with the coverage of Information technology we find that Technology in our global village has been changing beyond our imagination. We can see the present era as the period of knowledge. Knowledge has been growing with the progress of science. New aspect of knowledge has been expanding with the beginning of each day. So it becomes the pre-condition to step up with the growing world resulting whoever will be failed to do so will be left out by the ever changing world. This statement is applicable on the life of students also. If the student is equipped with the speed and accuracy in his or her field then only he or she will be able to justify the field of knowledge he belongs to. This Paper focuses on the Effectiveness of Gender and Academic Achievement on Speed and Accuracy of Students of Higher Secondary Schools.
Academic Achievement of Adolescents In Relation To Parental Encouragement
Authors: Ms. Bilkees Abdullah Puju
Published: December 2021

The present aimed to investigate the academic achievement of adolescents in relation to parental encouragement. The respondents were secondary school students of district Baramulla of Kashmir. A sample of 200 secondary school students (N=100 boys and 100 girls) by employing simple random sampling. Descriptive survey method was employed; Parental Encouragement scale and Total scores of students in previous class were taken as measure of academic achievement of secondary school students, t-test and multiple correlation were employed to analyze the data. The study revealed that (a)there exists significant relationship between academic achievement and Parental Encouragement of students, (b) there is significant difference in Academic Achievement of Boys and Girls, (c) show that significant difference in Parental Encouragement of Boys and Girls students, (d) shows that the boys of urban areas achieve good Academic Achievement as compare to the boys of rural area, and(e) shows that the Girls of urban areas achieve good Academic Achievement as compare to the Academic Achievement of Girls of rural area.
The Impact of Intervention (Life Skill Training) on Behavior Modification among Secondary School Students
Authors: Sr. Sicily T.S  , Dr. Vidhya Ravindranadan
Published: December 2021

Adolescence is the most critical phase of an individual. The highly competitive world of today and the absence of traditional norms and support have heightened the stress among adolescents resulting in multiple issues such as depression, anxiety, loneliness, rejection, diffidence, anger, confliction in interpersonal relationship, alcohol abuse and criminal behaviour. As a baseline study, Behaviour issues due to delay in milestone development was assessed and it was identified that there were no serious delays catered to the behavioral issues of adolescents. But through discussions with the primary kin and important others, it was identified that environment and the highly competitive world has heightened the behavioral and cognitive problems among adolescents. Therefore Life Skills is seen as a vaccine to protect the child from exposure to various hazards. The present study attempts to find out the impact of the life skill intervention among adolescents and assess their changes in the behaviour in their approach to critical life events. Through this study researcher tries to test the relationships between independent and dependent of life skill training (intervention) on the behavioral and cognitive changes of adolescents to critical life events using experimental research design. The data was collected from the 50 adolescent students, and data analysis was done through student’s t- Test for reaching to the findings. It was found that post- life skill training; there was substantial improvement in their level of cognitive skills such as self-awareness, creative thinking, critical thinking, decision making and problem solving. And these improvements paved the way for the students to have a better behaviour towards their critical life events. Hence, it was concluded that there is visible impact of life skill training on the behaviour as well as thinking pattern of the adolescent.
The Relationship between Social Adjustment and Self-Esteem of the Female Students in Islamic Azad University of Ramhormoz
Authors: Efat Shirali  , Morteza Golestanipour
Published: December 2021

This study aimed to determine the relationship between social adjustment and self-esteem of the students. The statistical population of the study included all students of Islamic Azad University of Rāmhormoz in the academic year 2015-2016, of whom 210 students were selected using the random sampling method. Bell Adjustment Inventory and Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory were used for data collection. The correlation coefficient was obtained as 0.56 and the significance level was obtained as 0.000 that is less than 0.05, therefore, there a relationship between social adjustment and self-esteem of students of this university.
Social Networking, Perceived Loneliness and Psychosocial Well-Being in Adolescents
Authors: Rubab Musarrat  , Afsheen Masood  , Sumaira Rashid  , Shama Mazahir
Published: December 2021

In this era of information technology when internet and smart devices are everywhere and demand of connectivity for socialization is at its peak, it’s quite interesting that adolescents are the significant user of these social media applications and devices. The purpose behind this extensive use of social media is may be to share their personal experience , thoughts and work with others or may be cope their feeling of being alone or for their psychological wellbeing. This paper examined this particular phenomenon of social networking, perceived loneliness and psychosocial well-being in adolescents. This is hypothesized that increased social networking use is likely to predict the perceived loneliness and psycho-social well-being in adolescents. The participants included 150 adolescents between 13 to 19 years of age, both boys and girls who were accessed from various schools and colleges of Lahore. The data collected through a self-administered questionnaire. The data was analyzed through SPSS version 21.00.
Happiness as Correlate of Positive Education among Teachers and Students
Authors: Dr. Sushila Pareek  , Dr. Nirmala Singh Rathore
Published: December 2021

Happiness is a mixture of pride, satisfaction, sense of effectiveness and value that arises when one has stretched self to achieve something one care about. It is a combination of life satisfaction and the balance of the frequency of positive and negative affect. In this regard, positive education program (Seligman et al., 2009) has been discovered which comprises the key elements viz., character strengths and virtues, resilience, happiness, interpersonal relationships for consistent wellbeing and success. Quality in education is generally applied to signify the positive and considerable inputs from teachers and students. In accordance with the concept, the present piece of work aimed at studying subjective and authentic happiness of teachers and students in higher education. The institutional case study approach was undertaken for assessing subjective and authentic happiness of teachers and students. The sample for the present study was taken from Maharishi Arvind College of Engineering and Research Centre, Sirsi Road, Jaipur on the purposive sampling basis. The Subjective Happiness Scale and Authentic Happiness Inventory were administered to the selected sample. The results pointed out that all the respondents of the present study were found quite happy with overall positive mood states as depicted by higher mean scores on both subjective and authentic happiness. The female teachers as well as students were found to be happier in comparison to their male counter parts. The students had higher mean scores for subjective happiness, whereas teachers had higher scores for authentic happiness.
A Preliminary Study of Depression among Students
Authors: Sandeep Verma
Published: December 2021

Background: Depression is one of the most commonly encountered emotional distresses in both the general public and in various types of clinical populations. Now a day’s emotional disorders among students are quite common. They have adverse effect on their functioning and adjustment which has, in turn, repercussion in denting their vital period for learning and social development. This study was conducted to evaluate depression among students. Materials & Methods: This study was conducted in department of Psychiatry in year 2015. It included 500 undergraduate students of both gender. The nine-item depression Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) was designed for use in primary care and non-psychiatric settings. It contained items derived from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM IV). The classification system pertains to: (1) anhedonia, (2) depressed mood, (3) trouble sleeping, (4) feeling tired, (5) change in appetite, (6) guilt or worthlessness, (7) trouble concentrating, (8) feeling slowed down or restless, and (9) suicidal thoughts. A total score more than 11 was used as the cut point to diagnose depression in this study. Results: Out of 500 students, 220 were males and 280 were females. The difference was non – significant (P > 0.05). The mean age of males was 22.04±1.5 years and in females was 20.17±1.3 years. The difference was non – significant (P > 0.05). In arts group, males were 51 and females were 49, from science group, males were 55 and females were 45, from commerce group, males were 30 and females were 70, from medicine/ nursing group, males were 40 and females were 60, from engineering group, males were 44 and females were 56. Except commerce group (P – 0.05), the difference was non- significant (P > 0.05). 154 males and 196 females were normal (score < 10), 33 males and 34 females had mild depression (score 11-15), 22 males and 36 females had moderate depression (score 16-19) and 11 males and 14 females had severe depression with score > 20. The difference was significant (P < 0.05). In arts group, 70% students were normal, 16% had mild depression, 10% had moderate and 4% had severe depression. In science group, 60% students were normal, 22% had mild depression, 8% had moderate and 10% had severe depression. In commerce group, 61% students were normal, 18% had mild depression, 14% had moderate and 7% had severe depression. In medicine/ Nursing group, 40% students were normal, 16% had mild depression, 20% had moderate and 24% had severe depression. In engineering group, 35% students were normal, 26% had mild depression, 18% had moderate and 21% had severe depression. The difference was significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Depression is common among males and females students. There is higher prevalence among science, medicine and nursing students. There is need to avoid the depression by decreasing work load and education burden on students.
Different Indigenous Techniques Practiced for Tackling Obesity among Children in China and India
Authors: Dr. Uma Joshi  , Ms. Aditya Pareek
Published: December 2021

In the present times, obesity has been considered one of the major hindrances to the health and beauty and productivity of a person along with its other known problems and once it turns to epidemic face, it becomes difficult and complex to handle. Obesity among children is now becoming a global cause of concern covering all aspects such as economical, psychological as well as socio-cultural aspects of life and work. It is already an epidemic in the western world and now encroaching rapidly the developing countries such as India. India and China are old civilizations among eastern countries and share many common practices, food habits and approaches to health and wellbeing. Both the countries have a long and rich history in their indigenous health practices. Therefore, the present article explores the indigenous methods and techniques, lifestyle and food habits, do’s and don’ts related to the cause, effect, and treatment of obesity among children. There are many treatments and techniques of obesity available and suggested in the literature. The present paper focuses only the indigenous treatment and techniques to address obesity among children.
Perceived Organizational Support Predicts Emotional Labor among Nurses
Authors: Nargis  , Dr. Syeda Razia Bukhari
Published: December 2021

Background: Nursing is among the various occupations that require management of emotions according to the job demands. Emotional labor and lack of reward are the main sources of mental health outcomes among the nurses. It is very important that more researches, which contemplate the emotional labor importance and unfavorable mental health effects, be carried out. Aim: This study was aimed to investigate the effect of perceived organizational Support on emotional labor among nurses. Method: The present study was a correlational study, consist of 200 nurses both Male nurses (N=100) and Females nurses (N=100), from different hospitals and clinics. Age ranged from 20 to 51 years (M= 30.50; S.D= 4.40). Data of the study was collected through convenient sampling technique. Participants were assessed by Shorten Version of Survey of Perceived Organizational Support (Eisenberger et al, 1986) in order to measure perceived organizational support and Dutch Questionnaire on Emotional Labor (D-QEL) (Näring, Briët, & Brouwers, 2007) in order to assess emotional labor. Results: The results revealed that perceived organizational support significantly predicts emotional labor. By improving the perception of organizational support among nurses, the experience of emotional labor can be reduced. Conclusion: The purpose of the present study was to develop a health-care model of emotional labor which could help the organizations to understand the role of perceived organizational support on the reactions to the strain of the emotional labor. The present study revealed that perceived organizational support is a significant predictor of emotional labor. Informal types of organizational support (e.g., a perception that the organization is concerned with one’s personal life) are important for expatriate success, and should be incorporated into expatriate programs.
Workplace Well-Being: The Role of Job Crafting, Perceived Organizational Support and Perceived Autonomy Support
Authors: Dr. Chandrani Sen  , Ruchi Khandelwal
Published: December 2021

At workplace, managers have adopted practices to increase the well-being of the staff. Job crafting has been recently recognized as something that organizations can stimulate them to do so themselves by making them think about job design that puts employees “ in the driver’s seat” in cultivating meaningfulness in their work. Along with job crafting, perceived organizational support, perceived autonomy support can also play a lot of role in the well-being of employees. The present paper results revealed a significant positive relationship between all the variables and regression also predicted Perceived organizational Support as the most contributing factor to Workplace Well-being.
The Study of Internet Addiction in Relation to Sleep Pattern – “Morning Lateness” Among Youth
Authors: Garima Singh Kathait  , Piyush Dubey  , Dr. Anita Puri Singh  , Mohit Singh Bisht
Published: December 2021

The Internet is a massive, computer-linked network system used globally. In spite of the widely perceived merits of the tool, the excessive use of Internet is a primary attention of researchers all over the world.. Now, the term Internet addiction has become a worldwide and problematic phenomenon. The purpose of the present study was to find out the relationship of internet addiction with “Morning lateness” subscale of SWAPQ . The study was conducted on the sample of 170 (non- internet addict (45), moderate addict (85) and severe addict (40)) college students of Madhya Pradesh (M.P.), age range between 18 to 23 years. Young Internet Addiction (IAT), Sleep Wake Pattern Assessment Questionnaire (SWAPQ) were used for this study. Descriptive statistics, One-way ANOVA and Post-Hoc mean comparison test were applied to determine the significant difference on “Morning lateness” subscale of SWAPQ between internet addicts and non internet addicts. The significant differences were found between them.
A Preliminary Report on SMART RIDERS: an Intervention to Promote Safe and Respectful Two- Wheeler Riding In Youth
Authors: Dr. Seema Mehrotra  , Dr. Paulomi, M Sudhir  , Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma  , Dr. Michael Rajeev Jospeh  , Dr. Neelima Chakrabarty
Published: December 2021

The available research highlights the vulnerability of the motorized two- wheeler riding youth as well as the importance of psychological factors in road traffic injuries. However there is scarcity of intervention programs for promotion of safe riding in youth. This study describes the preliminary field testing of an intervention program called SMART RIDERS aimed at promoting safe and respectful riding behaviors in motorised two- wheeler riding Indian youth. The SMART RIDERS program, developed through pilot surveys of two wheeler riders and pillion riders was field- tested using a controlled trial. Seventy five college-going youth formed the intervention group while 40 formed the control group. The intervention group underwent a brief interactive workshop followed by a one month application phase to popularize safe riding in their peers. The findings indicate significant positive changes in knowledge, attitudes relevant to road safety; self reported aggressive responses to frustrations, decreased easy provocability and general experience of negative emotions while riding a two wheeler in the intervention group as compared to the control group. The SMART RIDERS intervention program has the potential to promote safe and respectful road behaviors in youth using motorised two wheelers and warrants further examination of its utility.
A Comparative Study of Cognitive Style among Boys and Girls Graduate College Students
Authors: Dr. Ina Nath
Published: December 2021

Aim of the study: To find the Systematic Styles among boys and girls graduate college students. To find the Intuitive Styles among boys and girls graduate college students. Hypotheses: There is no significant difference in the Systematic Styles among graduate college students in relation to their gender. There is no significant difference in the Intuitive Styles among graduate college students in relation to their gender. Sample: The sample size of the study is 100 belongings to Aurangabad, which includes college student. Out of 150 populations, 100 – college Student sample has been derived by Stratified Random sampling method. 50 boys’ graduate college students and 50 girls’ graduate college students. The age range of subjects was 18-25 years. Tools the tool used in this study was Cognitive-Style Inventory developed by Praveen Kumar Jha (2001). Variable Independent variable Gender: i) Boys ii) Girls Dependent Variable Cognitive Style – Systematic Styles and Intuitive Styles result girls college student found significantly better Systematic Style than the boys college. Girls’ college student found significantly better Intuitive Styles than the boys’ college.
Prevalence and Pattern of Psychiatric Disorders in School Going Adolescents
Authors: Ajitha Cholakottil  , Firoz Kazhungil  , A M Kunhi Koyamu
Published: December 2021

Background: Studies on prevalence and pattern of psychiatric disorders in adolescents using semi structured interview techniques and sound methodology is limited in developing countries. Knowing the magnitude of problem will help us for policy making. Aim: To study the prevalence and types of psychiatric disorders in school going adolescents Methods and materials: Adolescents from 8th, 9th and 10th standards of four schools in two districts of Kerala were selected by random sampling method. Students with Children Behaviour Questionnaire score (CBQ) more than 9 and their parents were evaluated using DISC-C and DISC-P for psychiatric disorders. Results: 38.3% of disturbed adolescents had psychiatric disorders. Most common psychiatric disorder was conduct disorder (12.5%) followed by oppositional defiant disorder (8.3%), depressive disorder (5%), generalized anxiety disorder (5%) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (3.3%) Conclusions: Psychiatric disorders are highly prevalent in school going adolescents in India. Such a high prevalence should be tackled using appropriate treatment and preventive strategies.
Attachment & Coping Strategies of Emerging Adults in Romantic Relationship
Authors: Shivani Mathur  , Dr. Jigisha Gala
Published: December 2021

This study attempts to comprehend the nature of conflicts and subsequent coping styles and its impact on romantic relationships of emerging adults in relation to attachment framework. We have tried to unravel the differences in the variables that revolve around gender and two cities viz. Vadodara and New Delhi. Present study is quantitative study. Wherein, data was obtained using the standardized questionnaires that is Experiences in close relationship and Conflict Style Questionnaire. Total of 120 emerging adults were approached equally distributed among the aforementioned contextual variables to examine their attachment style and coping strategy. The data revealed that men are securely attached than women and the coping style that scored highest was solution focused style.
Coping Behavior Assessment Scale (Indian Adaptation): Establishing Psychometrics Properties
Authors: Dr. Gaukaran Janghel  , Dr. Priyamvada Shrivastav
Published: December 2021

The stress coping behavior scale (SCBS) was designed to measure the stress coping behavior of the Indian adult population. The brief cope scale was originally developed by Carver (1997). This measured stress coping styles and used as a base for the development of SCBS in Indian context. The main objective of the present study was to determine the psychometric properties of SCBS. The SCBS has 28 items assessing stress coping behaviors among adults. The analysis included basic items and scale description as well as concurrent validity data revealed 28 items SCBS. The statistical analysis of content through internal consistency of alpha (α) and construct validity as well as exploratory factor analysis, reliability provided evidence of significant, convergent and discriminate validity is significant evidence of the scale. The result of exploratory factor analysis revealed two important factors namely- Adaptive Coping and Maladaptive coping behavior, which are 15 items in adaptive coping behavior and 08 items in maladaptive coping behavior. The psychometric properties reveal that the scale is reliable and valid in the Indian population.
Psychosocial Impacts on Families of Patients with Mental Illness: A Systematic Literature Review
Authors: Dr. M. Senthil
Published: December 2021

Background: Family members play a major role in providing care giving assistance to patients with mentally illness and while providing care they may experience considerable amount of distress and may have a poor quality of life, if they are unable to cope with the stress associated with the process of caregiving. The effect of stressors on family members caring for a patient with mentally illness in the family has been referred to as caregiver’s burden. Caregiver burden in mental illness can either be objective or subjective. Numerous studies have demonstrated that family caregivers of persons with a mental illness suffer from significant stresses, experience high levels of burden, and often receive inadequate assistance from mental health professionals. So this study was carried out to review the literature and to describe the psychosocial issues facing by family members of patients with mental illness. Method: An electronic search of articles from Google was conducted for articles published. The purpose of this article was to present a review of the literature related to families of persons with mental illness. There is general agreement in the literature that a multitude of psychosocial variables affect families of persons with mental illness. Therefore, this literature review examined the most frequently investigated variables such as family burden, stigma, stereotypes and prejudices, quality of Life, disability and dysfunction in family life and psychological distress as they are related to families and mental illness. Results: A systematization of information revealed the existence of significant stresses, experience high levels of burden, stigma, poor quality of life and various psychological strains while providing care to their ill relatives. Conclusions: The findings of this study urges the mental health care professionals to actively work with the caregivers of patients with psychiatric illness to decide suitable psychosocial intervention strategies to address their burden associated with mental illness, to improve their quality of life and enhance their coping skills which will in turn provide good quality of care to their mentally ill patients.
Resilience as Predictor of Mental Well-Being among Cardiovascular Disorder
Authors: Aqueleem Un Nabi  , Mohd. Ilyas Khan
Published: December 2021

To deal with the chronic illness is one of the difficult tasks. Resilience and positive emotions in patients could enhance coping strategies and reduce disease complications. This study aimed to determine the level of resilience as an important predictor of mental well-being among cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally. As the disease progresses, it carries with it a tremendous increase of mental health consequences such as depression. This study provides an important contribution to a growing field of research of resilience that tries to predict the mental well-being of cardiovascular patients. This study was conducted on 100 CVD patients referring to Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Hospital (JNMCH, A.M.U, Aligarh, India). The study included two groups of cardiovascular patients, each of 50 members. Group 1 consisted of male cardiovascular patients and group 2 consisted of female cardiovascular patients. Data were collected using the Resilience Scale (Wagnild & Young, 1993) and Mental Well-Being Questionnaire (Tennant et al., 2007). Significant correlation was observed between the resilience level and mental health of cardiovascular patients. Resilience was found to be a strong predictor of mental well-being among both the groups (males and females).
Scientific Temper and Academic Achievement among Tribal and Non-Tribal Students
Authors: Azad Ahmad Andrabi  , Nayyar Jabeen
Published: December 2021

The present investigation is a comparative study in which a total of 564 tribal and non-tribal adolescent students of Jammu And Kashmir State were selected by stratified random sampling technique. The tribal and non-tribal students were compared for the relationships between academic achievement and scientific temper. Data collected by The Scientific temper scale (2008) by Showkat and Nadeem showed a significant relationship between academic achievement and scientific temper in non-tribal adolescents only. Further gender wise comparisons revealed that male and female students of non-tribal group had significant relationship between the two variables as compared to tribal group.
Child Sexual Abuse: Can They Ever Overcome It
Authors: Rashi Ahuja  , Dr. Rachna K Singh
Published: December 2021

The present case includes the study of a 5 year old girl who was raped by a stranger for three hours. The study was carried out in Artemis Hospital. Through observation during initial sessions, it was gauged that the child could not express her grief verbally. Thus, the Art and Play Therapy was used, through which her exact mental state and what she had gone through was efficiently understood; helping to take appropriate measures for dealing with post-trauma of the victim.
Study of Psychosocial Factors, Modes of Attempt and Psychiatric Morbidities of Suicidal Attempters
Authors: Dr. Sivabalan. E
Published: December 2021

Background: Suicide and suicidal attempt is growing concern around the world. We are now at the stage to formulate effective preventive strategies to decrease number of suicides, which is rising significantly for the past few decades. To make effective preventive programme we must study the people who attempted suicide for number variables because they are having the high risk of committing suicide later years. Aim: To analyze psycho social factors, methods of attempt and diagnosis of patients admitted for attempted suicide. Method: It is a retrospective study and includes 548 patients admitted for attempted suicide during the period of June 2014 to May 2016 have been registered in psychiatry department of SRM Medical College and Hospital analyzed retrospectively regarding age, sex, marital status, modes of attempt and diagnosis, results will be discussed. Results: Among total no of attempted suicide, female outnumber male that is 59% of attempted suicide were female, regarding marital status 54% of attempted suicide persons were unmarried, 57% of attempted suicide were less than 30 years of age, regarding method tablet poisoning was most common mode of suicidal attempt that is 52% followed by Insecticide poisoning that is 38%,and 29% of suicidal attempters diagnosed as primary psychiatric diagnosis, depression (41%) is common diagnosis among all psychiatric diagnosis followed by adjustment disorder (21%). Anxiety disorders (20%). Conclusion: We cannot explain suicide and suicidal attempt as a single perspective and we need to look into all factors on every suicidal attempt. For making effective preventive strategies we must be evaluate every individual in all Bio-psycho-social aspects. High prevalence of major mental disorders among the suicidal attempters is alarming because still there are remarkable percentage of individual not getting adequate psychiatric treatment if we identify them at early stages and initiate appropriate treatment we can prevent large proportion of individual who committed suicide ultimately.
Emotional Intelligence and Intimacy in Relationships
Authors: Jagjit Kaur  , Mohita Junnarkar
Published: December 2021

Emotional Intelligence is the ability to understand, manage one’s own and other’s feelings in order to adapt to the demands of the environment. Intimacy refers to the feelings of closeness and bondedness in close relationships. Emotional Intelligence help enhance intimacy by open expression of emotions and empathetic response to the partner’s self-disclosure. The study examined the relationship between emotional intelligence and intimacy in 108 young adults currently in a heterosexual romantic relationship, belonging to the age group of 20-35 years (M=24.1 years, SD= 3.23 years) consisting of 36 (30%) males and 72 (70%) females. The study employed three scales namely Sternberg’s Love Triangular Scale (1988), Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (1998) and Intimacy Attitude Scale Revised (1985). Data was collected through Google forms by emailing the questionnaire to the participants known to be in relationship through common friends and also by personally giving the questionnaire to students of universities in Delhi, NCR region. Positive correlation was found between Attitude towards intimacy and emotional intelligence; commitment and managing owns emotions subscale of emotional intelligence; attitude towards intimacy and managing other’s emotions subscale of emotional intelligence. Thus emotionally intelligent individuals have a greater desire towards intimacy and commitment in their relationships.
Academic Achievement, Behavioral and Emotional Problem among Marginalised Children
Authors: Gauri Shankar Kaloiya  , Sharat Chandra Basu  , Subhash Chandra Basu
Published: December 2021

Background: Socio-economic status of a family is a key factor in parenting and nurturing as well as schooling and education of children. Due to socio- economic disadvantage, they suffer from inferiority and marginalisation from the mainstream of this society. These marginalised populations become incompetence and have difficulty in coping with the educational system, resulted in lower academic achievement and further higher level of behavioral problems and emotional problems. Aim: To compare academic achievement, behavioural and emotional problem in marginalised children living at the hostel and living with parents. Sample: The sample size consisted of sixty children, aged between 8-13 years, studying in class 3rd to 5th, out of which thirty were living in the hostel and another thirty were living with parents. Methods: The children were examined for behavioural and emotional problems by using DPCL, and progress report used for academic achievement. Results: The statistical findings showed that the children living with parents had the lesser severity of emotional problems than children living at the hostel, but both had no significantly differ in terms of behavioural problems and academic achievements. The children with less behavioural and emotional problems found better in academic achievement than the children having more behavioural and emotional problems.
Mental Health Problems among Prisoners and a Peer-help Counselling Model for Suicide Prevention
Authors: S. T. Janetius  , P. Govindarajan
Published: December 2021

A correctional institution to incarcerate people is indispensable for every social system in the world since crime and criminals are seen in all the cultures in human history. A prison is a place of punishment in which people who violate the law are penalised as per the Indian Penal Code. The history of prison in India and constant changes in various prison conditions reflect the varying social attitude towards crime, prison and prison inmates. NCRB estimates that there are 36,900 to 3,84,700 prisoners in India and more than 10 million people all over the world (Jain, 2014). It is a known fact that a prison is a place people least prefers to visit. Life inside a prison is traumatic, stressful and a lot of mental health problems are observed inside the prison (Tosh, 1982; Janetius & Mini, 2013; Bartol & Bartol, 2014). Suicides in prison are also a global phenomenon. In 2014, prisons in England alone had 82 suicides. In India, the average annual death rate inside the prison is 375 but the reported suicide rate is less than 20 percent (Jain, 2014). Although social workers are employed in every prison, a variety of mental health service is offered mainly by social workers, psychologists and other service personnel from NGOs and other institutions in an unorganised way that reduces the stress, depression and other mental health problems of prison inmates. This empirical study describes the situation of prisoners and various causes of mental health problems, with the special reference to suicides, and evaluates the various services offered and proposes an Evidence-Based Peer-help counselling Model for suicide prevention in the prison.
Psychological Capital (PsyCap) and Mental Well-being among Medical Students
Authors: Nida Nafees  , Musaddiq Jahan
Published: December 2021

Currently, PsyCap study has drawn the attention of many researchers in order to help the stressed persons to cope up with adverse environments. In light of PsyCap, present study was planned to examine the influence of PsyCap on the mental well-being of medical students pursuing either MBBS or BUMS form Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. We have given an emphasis on PsyCap in order to visualize its influence on the well-being of undergraduates of the medical students. It was observed that medicos who were more hopeful, optimistic, efficacious, and resilient have had more ability to withstand against unfavourable environmental or in other words, they perceived academic environment as being less perturbing more than likely to see in their peers with lower PsyCap. This type of resilient adaptive characters and cognitive differences is considered to reconcile the effects of stress on well-being for medical students. It was, therefore, observed that PsyCap will mitigate the effects of stress on mental well-being of medical students. In this way, PsyCap were found to be positively correlated with mental well-being of the medical students. In order to impart PsyCap among the medical student there is urgent need of conveyance of a larger scale of consistent trainings, workshop, discussions on PsyCap which is particularly adaptive to medical students that will surely resolve the issues what they find challenging.
Relationship of Parental Responses to Pain Catastrophization, Pain Intensity and Functional Limitations in Children with Functional Pain
Authors: Jim Varghese  , Sahana Madhyastha  , Vijay Kumar
Published: December 2021

Introduction: Pain is primarily a psychological experience. Based on social learning theory, studies have examined association between parental behaviours and child’s functioning in various pain situations. Objectives: 1) to examine relationship of parental responses to pain catastrophization, functional disability and pain intensity in children with functional pain complaints. 2) to explore psychosocial problems associated with functional pain. Methodology: Participants were 43 children diagnosed with functional pain, referred from Paediatric units of Kasturba Hospital, Manipal. Measures examining parental responses to pain, pain catastrophization, pain intensity, functional limitations and psychosocial problems were administered. Results: Analyses revealed significant associations between pain catastrophization and some of its types and functional disability. On the whole, statistically significant relationship between parental responses and pain catastrophization was not observed. But, on gender based analysis, solicitous parental response predicted pain rumination aspect of pain catastrophization in females. Among psychosocial problems, school and family problems were predominant. Conclusions: This study highlighted the role of pain catastrophization in predicting functional limitations in children and role of parental attention in increasing pain rumination in females. Hence, intervention should target the exaggerated pain perceptions, parental attention and psychosocial problems to ameliorate the functional limitations.