bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Quality of Life in Allergic Rhinitis Patients
Authors: Geetanjali Chauhan,  , Prof. C. P. Khokhar
Published: September 2020

The quality of life is an individual`s perceptions of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns. The term “health-related quality of life’’ refer to the physical, psychological, and social domains of  health, seen as  distinct areas that are influenced by a person’s experiences and perceptions. In Allergic rhinitis patients, (HRQL) issues include learning impairment, inability to integrate with peers, anxiety and family dysfunction. The pathophysiology of allergic rhinitis often disrupts sleep, leading to fatigue, irritability, memory deficits, daytime sleepiness and depression. The total burden of this disease goes beyond impairment of physical and social functioning. Deleterious impact of allergic rhinitis-related to sleep disorders has negative effect on patients capacity to perform activities of daily living is an important component of the morbidity of the disease. With an accurate diagnosis, there is various available treatment that can reduce the burden of allergic rhinitis. The present investigation has been conducted to study quality of life in allergic rhinitis patients a total sample of 200 (100 allergic rhinitis patients and 100 non rhinitis subjects) has been randomly drawn from the clinics and hospitals of district Hardwar and as per the availability of the patients for measuring quality of life, the WHOQOL-BREF Questionnaire was used. The scale has four dimensions i.e. physical, psychological, social and environment. T- Test has been used to find out significant mean differences. Results show a significant difference between allergic rhinitis patients and non rhinitis subjects in terms of four dimensions i.e. physical, psychological, social and environment. However in other comparison there were no significance difference between gender and age.
Getting to Know Learning Disability and its Management
Authors: Suhana Syed Burhan  , Prof. Sara Begum
Published: September 2020

The study aims to give an essay type theoretical background about the perspectives and knowledge of the Learning disability. The study initialized by addressing the conception and discovery of Learning disability. It brings to our knowledge that the Learning disability is still misinterpreted, unapproved, misdiagnosed and mishandled. A sadder part is parents and teachers still struggle to notice the presence of disorders of learning disability in the child therefore they need a simplistic and convenient benchmark to know its existence. They need to have certain instructions to deal with academic difficulties and behavioural issues which arise out of the different disorders of Learning Disability: Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia and Dyspraxia. In this context to understand and not to misjudge or label the child, there is a need to educate oneself through various organizations and meet ups with professionals of the field. Thus the current study has suggested some useful guidelines to identify the characteristics, common errors, direction for management and remediation of the Learning disability. On the whole people seem to be oblivious to such an Invisible disability. Also the study has analyzed the importance of teamwork around the Child with Learning disability which transforms into an optimistic circle thereby passing guidance and solutions to each other.
Parenting Characteristics of Families of Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder
Authors: Mathew. K.J  , Vinod Kumar Sinha  , Deepanjan Bhattacharjee  , Sakshi Rai
Published: September 2020

Aim: The aim of the study was to examine the parenting characteristics of adolescents with bipolar disorder.
Methods: Parenting style of 30 adolescents with bipolar disorder was assessed and compared with normal group of 30 adolescents. Multidimensional Parenting Scale was used for assessing parenting style.
Results: There were significantly lower levels of love, encouragement, acceptance, progressivism, democratism and higher levels of hate, rejection, autocratism, discouragement, conservatism and dependency found among families’ of adolescents with bipolar disorder compared to the normal group.
Conclusion: Results of the present study indicate that there may be such factors related with parenting style which may have a significant role in the onset and course of bipolar disorders in child and adolescent population. Early identification and targeted interventions in these areas might be required for prevention, management, rehabilitation and preventing relapses of children and adolescents with bipolar disorders.
Role of Emotional Maturity on Stress among Undergraduate Students
Authors: Masaud Ansari
Published: September 2020

An attempt was made to study impact of Emotional Maturity on Stress among Undergraduate students. The sample of the study was selected by using the purposive sampling technique. The sample consisted of 150; participant’s age range was 18 to 20 years. Emotional Maturity Scale constructed by Yashvir Singh and Mahesh Bhargava (2005) and Stress questionnaire developed by Latha and Satish (1997), was used for data collection. The Simple Linear Regression was used to determine the Correlation as well as Coefficient between Emotional Maturity and Stress among undergraduate students. The findings of the study revealed that a significant impact of Emotional Maturity was found on Stress among undergraduate students. There was also found significant negative correlation between Emotional Maturity and Stress. The result revealed that, when emotional maturity increases stress decreases and when emotional maturity decreases stress increases.
Emotional Intelligence and Gender Differences in the Adolescent Children of Employed Mothers and Homemakers
Authors: Batul H. Sukhsarwala  , Dr. Arefa J. Mansuri
Published: September 2020

The present study assessed the impact of maternal employment on the emotional intelligence of the adolescents. The sample consisted of 69 adolescents of employed mothers including 35 girls and 34 boys and 74 adolescents of homemakers including 41 girls and 33 boys. Total sample size was 143 adolescents of Ahmedabad City, studying in 8th and 9th standard. The Emotional Intelligence Scale translated into Gujarati by Dr. Pallavi Patel and Dr. Hitesh Patel was used to collect data. The data was analyzed using „t‟ test. The result revealed that the adolescent children of employed mothers had high emotional intelligence. The female children of employed mothers showed more emotional intelligence, while there were no gender differences in the emotional intelligence of adolescent children of homemakers.
Psychology of Lying
Authors: Farisha. A. T. P  , Sakkeel. K. P
Published: September 2020

Lying is a part of communication and a form of social behavior which is involved in interacting with others. Lying means saying a statement that he/she knows themselves as false to others to whom he/she want to perceive it as true. It can be explained by different psychological principles of psychodynamic theory, humanistic theory, behavior theory etc. Lying arises from hedonistic nature of humans that to avoid pain and to increase pleasure. It can be also seen that we lies not only for personal gains but also for others gain too. That is to avoid harm affecting ourselves and to avoid hurting others. Lying can be accepted if it saves someone’s life-ourselves or of others.
Adjustment and Psychological well-being among of Call center employees
Authors: Nitin R. Korat  , Mohit M. Pandya
Published: September 2020

The purpose of present study was to find out correlation between the Adjustment and their Psychological well-being among of Call center employees. The said sample was 240 both males and females in equal numbers was selected through random sampling. Adjustment Inventory &Psychological well-being Inventory are tailor-made instruments, having sufficient reliability and validity. For the purpose of analysis, The Karl-Pearson „r‟ technique was used. Present study reveals the result that there is significant Positive correlation between the Adjustment and Psychological well-being among of Call center employees. The authors suggest that there is a need to explore the rural and the urban correlation in the line of above study.
Impact of Spiritual Practices on Well-Being among Madarsa and University Students
Authors: Mohd. Ahamar Khan
Published: September 2020

The purpose of this study was to find out the impact of spiritual practices on wellbeing among Madarsa and University students. The sample consisted of 100 (n=50 Madarsa and n=50 University students) participants. Spiritual Practices Scale (M) and Well Being Scale, was used to collect the data. Simple Linear Regression, Correlation and t-test were used for data analyses. The findings of this study revealed that, there is positive and significant influence of spiritual practices on overall wellbeing of students. There was also significant influence of spiritual practices on wellbeing of Madarsa as well as University students. Further t-test was applied and significant difference was found between spiritual practices as well as wellbeing of Madarsa and University students. This study has good significance in practical life; it could serve as a guide to increase student‟s spiritual practices to maximize wellbeing.
Level of Anxiety and Depression among Postgraduate Psychology Students
Authors: Taniya Ahuja  , Dr.Arun Kumar
Published: September 2020

The authors examine the level of Anxiety and Depression among Postgraduate Psychology Students. The study was conducted using Hamilton Anxiety Scale in Clinical Evaluation (HAM – A) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The results elicit that the level of Anxiety is high as compared with the level of Depression. Among Social Drinkers, the level of Depression was found to be high and among Non – Social Drinkers the level of Anxiety was found to be high. The results elicits a significant positive correlation between Anxiety and Depression. From the HAM – A tool, the domains of Anxiety were also studied, viz., Psychic Anxiety and Somatic Anxiety, which infers in the study that the level of Psychic Anxiety is high as compared to Somatic Anxiety in both the groups.
The Mediating Effect of Coping Styles on the Optimism Athletic Performance Relationship among Track and Field Athletes
Authors: Dr. Seena M. Mathai
Published: September 2020

Athletes are forced to cope with the stresses that arise from competing head-on with others in activities that are important to the athletes and to others, such as parents, coaches, and peers. Some athletes learn to cope successfully with these stresses, and for them sports are enjoyable and challenging. Others who are unable to cope find sport participation to be a stressful and threatening experience. Coping is defined as an individual’s cognitive, emotional, and action tendency efforts to manage specific external and/or internal demands. (Crocker, Kowalski & Graham, 1998; Lazarus, 1999). According to Lazarus & Folkman (1984) “coping” should be viewed as a process which is dynamic, depending upon the individual’s evaluation of a given situation. But inappropriate and unproductive coping styles have been found to have a variety of harmful outcome, such as adjustment difficulties and health problems on the athlete (Nicolotti, Elsheikh and Whiteson, 2003).
Mental Retardation: Early Identification and Prevention
Authors: Mr. Mubashir Gull
Published: September 2020

Mental retardation is a serious intellectual disability. The diagnosis of Mental retardation in a child can trigger a range of emotional responses in parents & across the whole family. Parenting a child with a Mental retardation is a very difficult task as lot of stress, frustration, and hopelessness is experienced by them. The need of the study is to determine the early identification steps and preventive techniques of the mental retardation so that immediate steps would be taken by the parents to prevent and control the disability.
Psychological Correlates of Contextual Performance at Work: An Empricial View
Authors: Dr. Chandrani Sen  , Aditi Kaul
Published: September 2020

In the present corporate scenario employees’ need to look beyond their assigned duties at work and adopt a holistic approach .Competitive employee tends to exceed the required role demands and goes that extra mile in order to excel in their overall performance. Contextual performance refers to this discretionary behaviour which goes beyond the boundary of assigned duties and contributes to the overall functioning of the organization. Through this study, the researcher attempts to study the relationship between contextual performance and its psychological correlates i.e. work engagement, psychological empowerment and spirit at work. A sample of 80 corporate executives was considered for the purpose of the study. Through application of correlational analysis, the hypothesized positive relationship between contextual performance and all psychological correlates was found to be significant. Further, through regression analysis psychological empowerment was found to be the strongest predictor of contextual performance among all the psychological correlates under study.
A Study of Mental Health Status of College Going Youths of Kashmir
Authors: Rizwan Hassan Bhat  , Jahangeer Majeed
Published: September 2020

This study was conducted to evaluate the mental health status among youths. Descriptive survey Method was used in this study to obtain pertinent and precise information. The hypotheses of the study were to know the relationship between mental health status and emotional stability, overall-adjustment, autonomy, self concept, security-insecurity and intelligence of youths, to find out the difference in mental health status of youth boys and girls, to find out the difference in emotional stability, overall-adjustment, autonomy, self concept, security-insecurity and intelligence. The sample of this study included 300 youths selected by stratified random sampling from the district Baramulla Kashmir. The one standardized tool was used by the investigator to evaluate the mental health status of youths in relation to their emotional stability, overall-adjustment, autonomy, self concept, security-insecurity and intelligence. In order to draw out the results the investigator used statistical techniques like t‘tests, mean and standard deviation with graphical representations. The conclusions of the study are that there exists no significant difference between Mental health status and emotional stability, Mental health status and overall-adjustment, Mental health status and autonomy, Mental health status and self concept, Mental health status and security-insecurity, Mental health status and intelligence of youth boys and girls.
Limerence Causing Conflict in Relationship Between Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law: A Study on Unhappiness in Family Relations and Broken Family
Authors: Harasankar Adhikari
Published: September 2020

This paper examines the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship and its causes and consequence for future of family. For this study, twenty five each, mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law were interviewed and interacted to know the status of the above relationship. From this study, it revealed that their relationship was suffering from various causes. Among these, limerence ( an emotional state of being love) was the prime. The son(her husband) was the limerent object to whom her mother(-in-law) was attached from his birth and she did not like to shift it to her wife(daughter-in-law). This was the main reason of their conflict which was creating psychological and social problems in their family life. This same gender discrimination was the burden of peaceful living. In this global era, it would be overcome through adjustment and sharing of their place of limerence.
Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and the Academic Achievement among College Students
Authors: Pavithra Raj  , Dr. V. Chandramohan  , Pavithra Raj
Published: September 2020

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is considered as a successful predictor of academic achievement. Researchers have claimed that EI predicts success in schools/colleges/universities. The present study is an attempt in this direction. Three hundred Post-graduate girl Psychology students, studying at Indian Institute of Psychological Research, Bangalore, constituted as a sample for the present study. The students were administered with Emotional Intelligence Scale to measure their EI. EI score were compared with final semester examination marks. EI in its five domains such as Self-recognition, Self-regulation, Self-motivation, Empathy and Handling relations was positively associated with academic achievement. Over all EI score showed that 23% of the students were emotionally intelligent and excellent on academic achievement. Students, who were high on EI, were academically excellent. Results clearly indicated that there is a significant difference (P > 0.0001) existing between the EI and academic achievement among college students. EI played a major role in promoting academic achievement among college students. Also, the study has brought out the fact that the emotional well being could be emphasized on academic achievement
Mental Health of Employed and Unemployed People in Ahmedabad
Authors: Jain Ashika  , Dr. S. M. Kaji
Published: September 2020

The present study examined the effects of mental health of employed and unemployed people in Ahmedabad. The sample consisted of 120 people out of which 60 were employed people and 60 were unemployed people. For this purpose of investigation „Mental Health Analysis Inventory‟ by A. B. Jansari, Harkant Badami, Charulata Badami was used. The data obtained were analyzed through„t‟ test to know the mean difference between the two groups. The result shows that there is no significant difference in mental health of employed and unemployed people and employed male and female in Ahmedabad. There is significant difference in mental health of unemployed male and female people at 0.05 Levels.
Effectiveness of the Art of Living YES! Programme on School Students
Authors: Sweta Sharadkumar Chauhan
Published: September 2020

Peer Pressure is very much common during Examination, sports and entrance tests. It is experienced in human relations too. So how can we cope with everything? The Art of Living YES! (The Youth Empowerment Seminar) programme is a life skills programme. It is composed of three modules: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind and Healthy Lifestyle. The Art of Living YES! Programme is based on- Sudarshan Kriya, Meditation and breathing techniques, Techniques for mental focus and concentration, Techniques for overcoming fear and anxiety, Interactive process, team games, Food awareness, Group discussions, Learning through fun and games, service to others, confidence building and leadership. YES! programme was applied by the Art of Living teacher. The researcher developed a rating scale for measuring YES! programme. Post test only experimental group design was used in this research. The students of SSRVM School, VallabhVidyanagar made the population for the study. For content analysis X2 was found out and interpretation is derived from the result. School students have shown positive tendency about YES! programme. Students were more positive. YES! programme was found more effective on the students of SSRVM School. It is suggested that such progammes can be implemented on various groups at Schools to enhance the positive life skills and better living and life style.
A Qualitative Study of Attitudes, Motivation and Perception of Blood Donors towards Blood Donation in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Authors: Dr. Sunil Basukala  , Dr. Sameer Mehrotra  , Dr. Punit Yadav  , Dr. Sania Shahbaz Hasnain
Published: September 2020

BACKGROUND: There are various barriers to donating blood that influence the behavior of people towards blood donation such as cultural beliefs in some ethnic groups, socio-economic factors, their knowledge or lack of knowledge with regards to blood donation and other issues AIM & OBJECTIVE: To establish motivational and socio-demographic factors for the development of a long-term commitment as a blood donor. METHODOLOGY: Questionnaire-based study collected from 310 participants containing 22 items, including socio-demographic information, donors’ evaluation of blood bank service and 23 statements on motivation. Data on motivation was analyzed using factor analysis. RESULTS: Representation of males (85.4%) for donation was much higher compared to females (14.6%).Unemployed individuals were found to be under-represented. The single, most important, recruitment channel was the influence of active blood donors. CONCLUSION: Most donors were recruited by other donors. Their continued involvement as blood donors was primarily linked to altruistic and empathic reasons.
Levels of Processing
Authors: Dipal Patel  , Dr. Mehul Jadav  , Fr. Sanil Mathew SJ
Published: September 2020

The aim of this experiment was to investigate the impact of levels of processing (Independent Variable) on our memory (Dependent Variable). We hypothesized to find that a deeper level of processing lead to a better memory and in turn, greater recall. The experiment controlled variables such as environmental conditions, age of the target population and educational background of the participants. The experiment uses the Independent Measures design and the participants are a convenience sample of teenagers. We reduced Practice Effect and Fatigue Effect by using the Single-Blind Technique. The results proved the hypothesis: Semantic encoding lead to greater retention and a deeper trace of memory whereas Structural encoding lead to a shallow processing of memory. These results are replicated in Craik and Lockhart‟s (1972), Levels of Processing model. The researches done by Hyde and Jenkins (1973) and Craik and Tulving (1975) also prove the same results: deeper levels of processing lead to better recall. The Mann-Whitney U test also made a clear distinction in the number of words recalled due to deep and shallow processing. The study also raised some limitations such as generalizations, rehearsal, ecological validity and others. In totality, the experiment effectively manipulated variables and reproduced accurate results.
Impact of Self-Efficacy on Psychological Well-Being among Undergraduate Students
Authors: Shamsul Siddiqui
Published: September 2020

The present investigation was carried out to study the impact of Self-efficacy on Psychological Well-being among undergraduate students. The sample consisted of 100 (50 Male and 50 Female) students selected from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. In order to collect the requisite data, General Self-Efficacy Scale (S. Sud, Schwarzer and Jerusalum, 1995) and Psychological Well-being (Carol Ryff, 1989) was used to study the mentioned problem Simple Linear Regression was used analysis impact the self efficacy on psychological well being among undergraduate students. The findings of the present study show that, correlation between Self-efficacy and Psychological Well-being among Male students was found R = .596 and actual contribution of predictor variable to criterion variable was found to be 35.6% whereas among Female students correlation between Self-efficacy and Psychological Well-being was found R = .551 and actual contribution of predictor variable to criterion variable was found to be 30.4%. Further t-test was applied between Self-efficacy as well as Psychological Well-being of both groups, where it was found that there was insignificant difference between Self-efficacy of Male and Female students but a significant difference was found between Psychological well-being of both groups.
Empowerment of Women: A Conceptual Framework
Authors: Dr. Anu Dandona
Published: September 2020

The term empowerment has been widely used in the social sciences across a broad variety of disciplines. Empowerment in woman‘s development is a way of defining, challenging and overcoming barriers in her life through which she increases her ability to shape her life. The process of empowerment will not only be able to improve their skills and access to productive resources, but also succeed in enhancing quality, dignity and work in the society status. The effect of empowerment of women creates a powerful influence on the norms, values and finally the laws that govern these communities (Cheryl 1999; Czuba 1999; Nanette 1999; Page 1999). Empowerment includes cognitive and psychological elements, such as a women‘s understanding of her condition of subordination and the causes of such conditions. This requires an understanding the self and the cultural and social expectations, which may be activated by education.
GAME: General Aggression Model in Education
Authors: Dr. Tanu Tandon
Published: September 2020

Women in India have been victim of violence and discrimination since ages but this aggression has also led to empowerment of women in some cases. This study deals with study of such aggressive women who transformed their aggression to empowerment. Grounded theory methodology has been used to explore and understand the process and role of education in transformation. This study focuses on route aggression takes and role of education in channelizing the aggressive energy so as to lead to empowerment. General Aggression Model (GAM) given by Anderson and Bushman (2002) is a dynamic, social, cognitive developmental model which draws heavily on social-cognitive and social learning theories. Aggression depends on how an individual perceives and interprets his/her environment and people there in, this model has been revised and a new model has been devised namely General Aggression Model in Education or GAME, which shows path towards empowerment from aggression.
Effect of Gender and Faculty on Emotional Maturity of College Students
Authors: Gunde Rajendra. V.  , Parit A. S.
Published: September 2020

The present study has been undertaken to know the effect of gender and faculty on emotional maturity of the college students. The sample consisted of 180 college students (60 from Arts, 60 from commerce and 60 from science faculty). Half of the subjects were male and half of them were female studding in first year degree course. The Ss were selected from the colleges situated in Gadhinglaj Tehsil form Kolhapur district. The data was analyzed by using t- test and one way ANOVA. Schefe’s post hoc test is used to find out the significance for inter group differences. The results reveal that the male and female college students differ in their emotional maturity. The faculty of college students also affect significantly on their emotional maturity.
Coping Strategies Used By Students with Disabilities in Managing Social and Higher Educational Experiences
Authors: Dr. Nageswara Rao Ambati
Published: September 2020

This study attempts to understand social and educational experiences of students with disabilities in institutions of higher education and is exploratory in nature. To understand the educational experiences of these students, it is not enough to know only the availability of services and resources. It is also necessary to understand the students personally, and the circumstances in which they live. To answer the research questions posed in this study, the researcher has used mixed methods and three universities were selected through purposive sampling in so as to gain maximum diverse variation. For this study, in-depth interviews were conducted with hundred students with disabilities in selected universities in Andhra Pradesh, India. In this study, quantitative and qualitative data analyses were used and in most cases quotes of real text for each theme were maintained and used extensively. The findings of the study show the students were very categorical about their special needs in order to achieve their goals. A greater understanding has been gained regarding coping strategies adopted by them to manage their higher education needs. Based on findings of the study the researcher has brought out the factors which influence the creation of an inclusive environment in institutions of higher education.
Theoretical Review of Boredom and Ways to Eliminate
Authors: Kanchi.Madhavi
Published: September 2020

Boredom is frequently considered inconsequential and has received relatively little research attention. We argue that boredom has important implications for human functioning, based on emotion theory and empirical evidence. Specifically, we argue that boredom motivates pursuit of new goals when the previous goal is no longer beneficial. Exploring alternate goals and experiences allows the attainment of goals that might be missed if people fail to reengage. Similar to other discrete emotions, we propose that boredom has specific and unique impacts on behavior, cognition, experience and physiology. Consistent with a broader argument that boredom encourages the behavioral pursuit of alternative goals, we argue that, while bored, attention to the current task is reduced, the experience of boredom is negative and aversive, and that boredom increases autonomic arousal to ready the pursuit of alternatives. By motivating desire for change from the current state, boredom increases opportunities to attain social, cognitive, emotional and experiential stimulation that could have been missed. We review the limited extant literature to support these claims, and call for more experimental boredom research.
The Role of Spiritual Psychology for Holistic Living
Authors: Ankur Mahida
Published: September 2020

Many studies have provided evidences that religion and spirituality are positively associated with indicators of mental health. The present research paper is going define the role of spiritual psychology for Holistic living. Holistic living offers a way to balance our life in all areas health, relationships, spirituality, and finances — to achieve a happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lifestyle. Spirituality includes our perception of us, an adherence to values, of being ethical, and being connected with others, while maintaining a belief system that typically includes some religious dimension. Many spiritual activities like prayer, meditation, reading holy books, charity, yoga, worship and attending spiritual speeches and seminars helps us to balance our emotions, develop healthier thinking patterns and spirituality helps one to discover the trurh, exploring existential questions, doubts and confusion. By doing these activities every day we can have a better life styles and values towards our life. In this global world, spiritual psychology can play very important role for holistic living and there are many practitioner who wished to apply religion and spirituality as a part of treatment.
A Comparative Study on Dimensions of Role Efficacy between Top and Lower Management of Universities in Rajasthan
Authors: Chaudhary A. K.  , Jain N
Published: September 2020

The purpose of the present research work is to compare role efficacy of middle and lower management employees of universities of Rajasthan. Respondents were directly contacted for filling up the standard questionnaire of Role Efficacy Scale, developed by Dr. Udai Pareek. The ten dimensions of role efficacy namely (Centrality, Self-role integration, Proactivity, Creativity, Inter-role linkage, Helping relationship, Super ordination, Influence, Personal growth and Coordination ) were analysed through t-test. The results conclude that there is significant difference on dimension such as self role integration, proactivity, creativity, inter role linkage, helping relationship, personal growth and coordination of role efficacy of top and lower management. The significance of the study is based on the challenges facing higher education and to improve their academic standard through role efficacy of top and lower level management.
Burden, Stress and Coping Strategies of Intellectually Disabled Children
Authors: Dr. Thiyam Kiran Singh  , Priyanka Panday
Published: September 2020

Aim of this research is to find out the burden, stress and coping strategies of intellectually disabled children on parents. In this study two groups one is male and other is female were selected. A total of 51 samples were collected out of which 26 are Male group and 25 are Female group. Data were collected from SMS Psychiatry Centre, Jaipur. Tools used for data collection are caregiver burden questionnaire developed by Kaur and Arora (2010), Perceived stress scale by Cohen (1983), Coping inventory by Carver and Scheier (1989). In this study 2×2 factorial design was adopted for analyzing data. The Result of this study showed there is significant difference between male and female on burden indicating higher burden on male parents. There is significant difference of stress between male and female parents indicating higher perceived stress on female parents. There is significant difference between male and female parents on coping indicating male parents are having good coping skills in comparison to female parents. The study concluded that male parents are getting more burden, female parents gets more stress and when concerned about coping male parents are good in coping strategies than female parents.
Cross Cultural Differences in Cultural Intelligence and Quality of Life among Adults
Authors: Nayanika Singh  , Prathma Sharma  , Mahasweta Bose
Published: September 2020

Cultural Intelligence refers to an individual’s ability to successfully adapt oneself to culturally diverse environments’, the capacity to act and behave appropriately, according to one’s cultural environment. It refers to an individual’s capability to function effectively across cultures. To have high levels of cultural intelligence may be based on various aspects of intelligence like social and emotional intelligence (Earley and Ang, 2003).The idea of cultural intelligence has emerged in the last few years, owing to the process of globalization which has turned the world into a global village. There are mainly four factors affecting cultural intelligence: Motivational which refers to an individual’s drive and interest to adapt one to a cross-cultural environment; Cognitive which id the knowledge dimension of CQ; Metacognitive which includes awareness, planning and checking and Behavioral component which refers to the verbal, non verbal speech acts. The term quality of life (QOL) references the general well-being of individuals and societies. The term is used in a wide range of contexts, including the fields of international development, healthcare, and politics. This study attempts to study the effect of gender and culture on both the cultural intelligence and the quality of life of adults. The sample consisted of 120 adults aged between 18-40 years, with 60 males and 60 females belonging to Himachali and Punjabi cultures. The Cultural Intelligence scale developed by Soon et al (2007) was used to measure the cultural intelligence of the adults. This scale measures the 4 components of CQ- motivational, cognitive, meta-cognitive and behavioral. Quality of life was measured by using the Quality Of Life Scale (Burakhardt, Carol S., 1993). This questionnaire is a self – report inventory that consists of 16 items, pertaining to the various aspects of quality of life i.e. emotional, cognitive and behavioral. The hypothesis stated that males of both the cultures (Himachali and Punjabi) will have a higher cultural intelligence than females of both the cultures, there will be no significant differences in the quality of life of males and females. Punjabi adults will have a better quality of life and higher cultural intelligence than Himachali adults. Findings of the study indicated a) that male adults were found to be higher than their female counter parts on cultural intelligence, b) no significant differences were found between male and female adults on QOL, c) Punjabis were found to higher on both cultural intelligence and QOL than their Himachali counter parts; significantly proving the stated hypotheses. This is one of the first of its kind study conducted in the Indian set-up and further research is needed to substantiate the same.
Relationship between Depression and Psychological Well-being of Students of Professional Courses
Authors: Pragya Tiwari  , Dr. Nishi Tripathi
Published: September 2020

Depression is very common disorder in our society. It is a negative aspect of well-being. In 2002, depression accounted for 4.5% of the worldwide total burden of disease (in terms of disability-adjusted life years). World Health Organization’s World Mental Health Survey Initiative has said that India has the highest rate of major depression in the world in 2011. Indians are among the world most depressed individuals. According to a World Health Organization-sponsored study, while around 9% of people in India reported having an extended period of depression within their lifetime, nearly 36% suffered from what is called Major Depressive Episode, WHO’s World Health Survey (ICD-10).
Exploring the Relationship between Spiritual Personality and Emotional Empathy among Medical and Unani Students
Authors: Ajaz Ahmad
Published: September 2020

This study was conducted to discover the relationship between spiritual personality and emotional empathy among medical and unani students. The target population consisted of students from faculty of medicine of JNMC (Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, UP) and faculty of unani of AKTC (Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, Aligarh, UP). The sample comprised of 100 participants (50 female and 50 male) whose age range was from 24 to 27 years. Out of 100 participants, 50 students were from MBBS course and the remaining 50 students were from BUMS course. The participants were selected by simple random sampling method. Data were obtained through Spiritual Personality Inventory (SPI) developed by Husain, Luqman and Jahan (2012) and Emotional Empathy Scale (EES) developed by Mehrabian and Epstein (l972). The data were analyzed by means of Pearson Product-Moment Correlation. SPSS 16.0 version was used to analyze the data. The obtained results indicated that in the MBBS male and female students, and BUMS male students only, spiritual personality is related to emotional empathy. The findings suggested that students of helping profession with spiritual personality express more empathic attitude toward others which is essential for speedy recovery of the patients.
Perceived Stress and Coping among Rural Adolescent Girls in India
Authors: G. Ragesh  , C. Sabitha  , Dr. A. Anithakumari  , Dr. Ameer Hamza
Published: September 2020

A cross sectional study was conducted among 120 adolescent girls from rural area (of Calicut, Kerala), India. Findings showed lesser level of stress but adopted maladaptive coping strategies. Importance of mental health programme in schools and colleges targeting adolescent girls was discussed.
Death Anxiety among Handicapped and Normal Women
Authors: Dr. D. A. Dadhania
Published: September 2020

The present study is main aim was to comparative study of death anxiety among handicapped and normal women. The study was conducted on a sample consisted of 90 people out which 45 were handicapped women and 45 normal women in Jamnagar city (Gujarat). Collected data from the women as Death Anxiety scale – by Prof. K. D. Broata. The obtained data were analyzed though „t‟ test to know the mean difference between the two groups handicapped women and normal women. The results show that there is significant difference in the death anxiety level of the normal women and handicapped women.
Depression and Mental Health Reference to Gender of College Students
Authors: Prof. (Dr.) Jayendra A. Jarsaniya
Published: September 2020

The present study is intended was to find out the depression and mental health of college students. The variables included for the study apart from depression and mental health is gender of college students. The study was conducted on a sample of 120 students (60 boy students, 60 girl students) simple randomly selected from the various colleges at Rajkot city. Standardized questionnaire developed by Dr. D. J. Bhatt for mental health and for depression inventory developed by Beck depression inventory (Guajarati adaption) was used in this study. The data was analyzed to examine the influence of individual factors on depression and mental health dependent variables. „t‟ test was used for calculation for independent variable of gender and the Karl-person ‘r’ method used to check the correlation between depression and mental health. The results shows that there was a significant mean difference in relation to gender and result of co-relation between depression and mental health reveals -0.418 negative correlation of college students.
Effect of “EYE to ‘I’®” – An Early Intervention Model on Social Language Development for Children with Neuro- Developmental Difficulties
Authors: Parul Gupta  , Kanica Kharbanda
Published: September 2020

Recent research on services available for early intervention in New Delhi, India highlights that, there exists a lacuna between the services available and needs of a child with neurodevelopment disorder. The dual needs of a special child, which define his age and his syndrome, are not appropriately focused by the services available in India. The focus of the services available is on making the child adaptive to environment and scholastic skills. It is strongly felt that the focus should be on skill development of the child, to make him socially interactive, expressive and developing his theory of mind. The paper presents an Early Intervention Model, Eye To ‘I’®, which includes an integration of language therapy in play -based interaction with special education, speech therapy and occupational therapy. The study highlights the significance & suggested effectiveness of this comprehensive, play-based model for Social Communication and language development in children diagnosed with neurodevelopment disorders, mainly autism.
Personality Disorders Psychiatric and Psychotherapeutic Practices
Authors: Dr. Meghamala. S. Tavaragi  , Mrs. Sushma. C  , Mr. Susheelkumar V. Ronad
Published: September 2020

Personality disorder is a common and chronic disorder. Its prevalence is estimated between 10 and 20 percent in the general population, this means that at least one in every five to ten individuals in the community has personality disorder. In general, personality disorders are diagnosed in 40–60 percent of psychiatric patients, making them the most frequent of all psychiatric diagnoses. Personality disorders are a class of mental disorders characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating markedly from those accepted by the individual’s culture.
There are many different forms (modalities) of treatment used for personality disorders: Individual psychotherapy has been a mainstay of treatment. There are long-term and short-term (brief) forms; Family therapy including couples therapy; Group therapy for personality dysfunction is probably the second most used; Psychological-education may be used as an addition; Self-help groups may provide resources for personality disorders; Psychiatric medications for treating symptoms of personality dysfunction or co-occurring conditions; Milieu therapy, a kind of group-based residential approach, has a history of use in treating personality disorders, including therapeutic communities.
Mental Health: A Personality Analysis Exploring the Influence of Neuroticism
Authors: Deepa K Damodaran  , Bipin P Varghese  , Varghese Paul.K
Published: September 2020

Mental health is found to be reinforced by personality traits and among the Eysenck’s personality traits Neuroticism has a significant inverse influence on the behaviour. The current study examines the influence of neurotic personality dimension on the mental health among the youth in Kerala. The participants consisted of 211 undergraduate students between 18 to 24 years. The data were collected using the Mental Health Inventory and Eysenck’s Personality Questionnaire-R, and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results of MANOVA revealed that mental health of youth significantly differ based on neurotic dimension of their personality. The mean mental health index score was low among the high neurotics compared to the low neurotics. The results of Discriminant Analysis showed that among six dimensions of mental health, anxiety and, loss of emotional and behavioural control contribute more to discriminate the high and low Neuroticism groups. On an average, 73% of subjects originally grouped as belonging to high and low Neuroticism groups were correctly classified. The findings suggest the need for incorporating personality as a core variable in mental health promotion and illness prevention approaches to account for individual differences in thinking, feeling and behaviour.
A Study on Parent Child Relationship Hospital Nurse Groups
Authors: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Published: September 2020

The Present Study Reveals That a Study on Parent Child relationship hospital Nurse Groups. Its Show That There Is a Female are having “permissive” attitudes towards their parent’s relationship Male are having “restrictive “attitudes towards their parent’s relationship
Psychoastrotherapeutic Effect on Pathological Gamblers and their Follow-up
Authors: Vandana Sharma  , M.G. Sharma
Published: September 2020

The present study examines the effectiveness of psych-astrotherapy on pathological gamblers.75-Pre-treated and 75Post-treated pathological gamblers were evaluated at S. I. Mental and Physical Health Society (SIMPHS) Varanasi district in India. These groups were matched on age (range 19 to 44years with a mean age of 29.6 years and they had gambled for an average of 12.5 years with a mean length of uncontrollable gambling of 9.7 years). Indian adaptation of T.A.T. (Seven cards) 1, 3B, 4, 6BM, 7BM, 13MF was used to ascertain personality characteristics on the four selected dimensions viz: need, press, interpersonal relations and outcome. Mean scores obtained on different variables were analyzed using t-test of significance. Results indicated that the characteristics associated with Post- treated pathological gamblers were cognizance, dominance, autonomy, achievement, counteraction, affiliation, sex capacity, interpersonal relations and outcome whereas the characteristics associated with Pre-treated pathological gamblers were aggression, rejection, passivity, acquisition, and press.
Subjectivity in Construction: Situating Desire and Pleasure in Heterosexual Relationships
Authors: Pankhuri Chandra  , Dr. Anuradha Sharma
Published: September 2020

The present research work Subjectivity in Construction of heterosexual relationships is an attempt to understand the gender positions taken up by men and women with regard to desire and pleasure in heterosexuals. This requires an insight into the developing sexual selves of the participants. Using the qualitative technique of discourse analysis, the focus was to cultivate an image of the sexual life of these young people such that one is able to see how the elements in the construction of their sexuality have coalesced resulting in the current positions. It became evident through an analysis of the narratives, that women were very much creatures of desire and pleasure who thought about their sexual nature, their needs and fantasies. They had no qualms in admitting and accepting the same to not just themselves but also to the external world. Among the men, it was seen that men were not uni-dimensional, single-minded and self-centered with regard to sex. Intimacy and emotionality were very much part of their sexual repertoire. Thus, the focus here has not been to complete the jigsaw but to understand how these pieces have come to be a part of this puzzle, being completely aware that the results would only be an entry point to understanding how these complex structures come about.