bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Investigating Psychological Profile of Families with Mentally Retarded Children Based on the Family Content Process Model in Elementary Schools in Shiraz
Authors: Zeinab Mahmoodi  , Ladan Moein  , Nazanin Honarparvaran
Published: November 2022

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the psychological profile of families with mentally retarded children based on the family content process model in elementary schools of Shiraz in the years of 2013-2014. Methods: The present study was conducted using descriptive and casual comparative method. The statistical population includes all parents of mentally retarded students of elementary schools studying in Shiraz during the academic year of 2013-2014. The number of parents of mentally retarded students is 853 people. Using Krejcie and Morgan table, 200 individuals were selected as sample size and cluster random sampling was used. The used instrument are standard questionnaire of family process self-reporting scales, which contains 43 questions with five-point scale, and the standard questionnaire of family content self-reporting scale, which consists of 38 questions with five-point scale including seven subscales of physical and mental health, time of being with together, financial resources, physical appearance, place of living, educational facilities and social status. Results: The reliability coefficient through retest test with two week intervals and alpha coefficient for this test was 0.80 and 0.85 for the process, respectively, and this scale contains five subscales of decision making and problem solving, coping skill, coherence and mutual respect, communication skills and religious beliefs. The reliability of the questionnaires was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha method for questionnaire of family process self-reporting scales 0.85 of the reliability of the tool was confirmed by content validity method. Conclusion: The results of the research indicate a positive and significant relationship between the investigating style of psychological profile of families with mentally retarded children and family process self-reporting scales.
A Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude of Adolescents Regarding Eating Disorders in Kolkata
Authors: Ms. Panchali Datta (Pal)  , Dr. Subhrojyoti Bhowmick  , A Kundu
Published: November 2022

Background: Today, adolescents are prone to concerns about their weight, shape, size and body image, and as a result, diet to lose weight. This increases the risk of eating disorders. Aim: This study was designed to identify the knowledge and attitude of adolescents regarding eating disorders. Settings and design: A descriptive study design was adopted to assess the knowledge and attitude of the adolescents studying in a general college in Kolkata. Methods and materials:  A structured questionnaire to assess the knowledge and an attitude scale to assess the attitude of 100 adolescents of age group 16-21 were administered. Statistical analysis used:  Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to calculate the frequency and percentage of knowledge and attitude and correlation between knowledge and attitude. Results: 8% subjects had adequate knowledge and 86% had moderately adequate knowledge. 12% subjects were aware of characteristics of anorexia nervosa whereas 71% knew the characteristics of bulimia nervosa. 66% subjects were acquainted with the adverse effects of eating disorders. 46% agreed that they should not follow film models blindly. 71% strongly agreed that binge eating causes obesity. Significant correlation between knowledge and attitude was found in attitude towards healthy life style, following film models and positive parenting behavior. Conclusion: This study reflects the lack of knowledge and inappropriate attitude of adolescents towards the eating disorders which poses threat to this vulnerable population of the society and thus increasing the burden of eating disorder.
Interaction Effect of Multiple Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence on Professional Effectiveness of Teachers
Authors: Paul, T. M  , Arjunan, N. K
Published: November 2022

The present normative survey was aimed to study the main effect and interaction effect of multiple intelligence, emotional intelligence, and social intelligence on professional effectiveness of secondary school teachers of Kerala. Standardised tools to measure the variables were administered on a sample of 618 secondary school teachers, selected on a stratified random basis, from four districts of Kerala. The data, thus collected, were subjected to statistical analysis(three-way ANOVA) by keeping the objectives and hypotheses in mind. The study revealed that multiple intelligence and social intelligence have significant main effect on professional effectiveness of teachers. The main effect of social intelligence on professional effectiveness is, however, not significant. Emotional intelligence have significant interaction effect with both multiple intelligence and social intelligence on professional effectiveness of teachers. The interaction effect of social intelligence and multiple intelligence on professional effectiveness is, however, not significant. The interaction of the three independent variables on the dependent variable is significant.
Reaching-Unreachable Nurses Service among Organizational Health
Authors: Dr. S. M. Makvana  , Dr. S. S. Rane
Published: November 2022

Organization is just like structure as well as human body. It has some essential features e.g. structure, process, relationship, authority, responsibility, performance, individuals group behaviour, which is used to man and woman in different status with specific relations. Present study aimed and objective examine the relationship between Nurses services reference to Gender and experience of Organizational health for reaching the unreachable. The Nurses working of organizationl health in implies not only his bicultural approach but she’s wide approaches of ‘tricultural’ during service like values of stress, tension, anxiety, conflict etc. of different places with concerned peoples. Fordyce and well, (1971), discussed detailed characteristics of healthy and unhealthy organizations. Schein, (1973). “The researcher has used two Independent variables of present study as well as The variables namely (A) Types of Gender (B) types of experiences as a factors effected of organizational health. The perceived organizational health Inventory Constructed & standardized by Miles M.B (1973), Dr.Makvana (2010) and Samira Khalifa was used in (2017). The scale consisted in total statement was 40, five type key answer as a completely agreed, Agreed to a great extent, some extent, little extent to completely disagree.. A sample of 240 respondent’s viz. Male and female was selected from Navasari district different primary health centre and CHC (Chikhali-168 to 170,Gandevi-171,Navasari-172-73,Vasada-174-75, and Jalalpur-176-77) situated at Navasari district. Hence, this gives rise to a variables of Gender and experience for the analysis of the data. Statistical technique like ‘t’ was resorted in order to get the results.
• There is no significant difference between less than 10 years and more than 10 years experience of Navasari district rural area male do not reaching at nurses service of the organizational health.
• There is no significant difference between less than 10 years and more than 10 years experience of Navasari district rural area female do not reaching at nurses service of the organizational health.

No significant difference was found between Organizational Health in relationship of less than 10 years and more than 10 years experience of Navasari district urban area male do not reaching at nurses service. 
• There is no significant difference found between the organizational Health and experience (less than 10 years and more than 10 years experience) of Navasari district urban area female nurses service.
A Study on Personality Profile of Alcohol Relapse Patients
Authors: Gurumoorthy. V  , Balasubramani. N
Published: November 2022

Introduction: Relapse is an important problem in recovery from alcohol dependence. A Significant number of patients getting treated relapse back to alcohol dependence. Among the numerous factors determining relapse, personality traits of the individual play a significant role. Objectives: The present study attempted at the evaluation of the personality profile of alcohol relapse patients, to find out whether certain traits occur more frequently in them and to correlate them with socio-demographic variables. Methodology: It is a cross-sectional, hospital-based, case-control study conducted at the Institute of Mental Health, Chennai. The study involved 30 cases and an equal number of controls. A minimum period of one month of abstinence from alcohol after treatment was used as inclusion criteria and each case was matched with a control with regard to the duration of relapse. We used 16PF personality questionnaire for assessment. Results: There was no significant difference in the socio-demographic profile of the two groups. A history of alcohol dependence in family members was found to be statistically significant among cases when compared with controls. In the domains of rule consciousness, social boldness, perfectionism, dominance, vigilance, and tension, a statistically significant difference was noted between cases and controls. Conclusion: Overall the findings suggest a certain degree of association between some personality traits and alcohol relapse. Along with prospective studies, it might help in planning interventional strategies in future.
Sexual Self Concept In Relation To Shyness among Young Adults
Authors: Madhu Karnat S  , N L Srimathi  , Lancy D’souza
Published: November 2022

More learned persons feel awkward to speak about sexuality and have negative opinion. Psychological disturbances are arising within individual and also with the partner. The present study aims at finding out the relationship between sexual self-concept and shyness among young adults. A total of 400 young adults of the age 18 to 25 years (200 males and 200 females) were selected a simple random sampling technique, was drawn from in and around Mysore City.  They were administered multidimensional sexual self-concept scale developed by Snell (1996) and shyness assessment test – SAT developed by D’Souza (2006). To find out the mutual relationship between subscales of sexual self-concept and domains of shyness, Pearson’s product moment method was applied. Results revealed that few of the Cognitive/affective domain, physiological domain of shyness and action oriented domains of shyness was correlated negatively and few of them positively with sexual self-concept. Specifically sexual self-efficacy, sexual consciousness, sexual optimism, sexual self-esteem, and sexual problem prevention of sexual self-concept were negatively related to shyness. Sexual depression and internal sexual control of sexual self-concept were positively related to shyness.
Effect of Suggestion and Nature of Stimulus Rhythm on Temporal Estimation
Authors: Anamika Mitra  , Jayantika Chakraborty  , Rupam Banerjee
Published: November 2022

The effect of rhythm and suggestion has been studied extensively, but rarely has the concomitant effects of the two been under scientific scrutiny. Rhythm being composed of distinct temporal components such as pattern, meter, and tempo, is perceived differently by different people. Each feature requires different computational processes: meter involves representing repeating cycles of strong and weak beats; pattern involves representing intervals at each local time point which vary in length across segments and are linked hierarchically; and tempo requires representing frequency rates of underlying pulse structures. (Thaut et al., 2014) On the other hand, different human beings receive and process suggestions in different manners. The way they evaluate suggestions are contingent on their own unique history and mental frame at that particular instance.  In this paper, the effects of rhythm and suggestibility have been studied on 30 male university students. A temporally varied set of 8 regular and irregular beats were customized, with one standard beat. With each set of data, a corresponding set of suggestion was provided to each subject. Results were analysed using Chi-square and it was concluded that the nature of stimulus rhythm, coupled with the inducement of a state of mind through suggestion, has an effect on the fine discrimination abilities of temporal duration of the subjects.
Childhood Adverse Experiences Questionnaire- Initial Scale Development and Validation
Authors: Fatemeh Moradi  , Neelkanth. B. Bankar
Published: November 2022

The drive of this study was to develop a theoretical tool to measure the construct of adverse experiences in childhood. The psychological conception underlining adverse experiences during this period is studied. Many dimensions have been identified to measure the construct and developed 30 items. Expert’s ideas from India and Iran have been considered. The scale was verified for validity, reliability and factor structure. The tool can be used for clinicians and research purpose to screen the level of difficulties. The exclusive effort of this scale is that it assess a broader range of events occur in childhood which might be traumatic. The findings of this paper will help the identification of stressor types and rate in the childhood period of the person and promote well-being. It clearly needs to take action and facilities into account for this issue regarding high risk group. These tool might be suitable for future research, policy, and treatment efforts aimed at understanding and preventing mental illness.
The Effect of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression on Iranian Couples’ Sexual Life Satisfaction
Authors: Zohreh Zare Toofal  , Pegah Zarif  , Mohammad Reza Khodabakhsh
Published: November 2022

There are many psychological and physical factors which can affect our lifespan to make us being happy or sad. In this study, we investigated the life of 110Iranian couples who were involved in stress, anxiety, and depression by giving them a 24-item self-administered questionnaire of psychometric property of the depression anxiety stress scale (DASS) to measure three emotional states; depression, anxiety, and stress, Kanzas marital satisfaction (KMS) scale, Larson’s sexual satisfaction scale, and interviewing couples. This study is aimed to find the newest and the most salient symptoms of sexual dissatisfaction in life of human beings. The findings of this study showed that many couples’ life would be affect by these psychological disorders, and it had direct, positive, significant relationship with humans’ life, and their sexual marital satisfaction.
Exposure to Crime Reporting: Predictor of Perceived Stress and Mood among Young Adults of Lahore
Authors: Muniba Fatima Zahra  , Dr. Afsheen Masood  , Rubab Musarrat
Published: November 2022

This research aims to evaluate the young adults’ exposure to crime news as predictor of perceived stress and mood. This is hypothesized that there is likely to be the significant association in exposure of crime new and perceived stress and mood of views. The measures for collecting data included Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale and Patient Health Questionnaire (mood scale). The sample for the current research was comprised of 180 young adults (Students= 90, teachers= 90) aged between 18 to 35 years from Lahore city. The data was analyzed through SPSS version 22.  Pearson product moment correlation was used to analyze the relationship between exposure to crime news, perceived stress and mood of respondents. To examine the difference Independent Sample t test was used to do gender and occupation based comparisons in terms stress and mood. The findings revealed that there is direct correlation between exposure to crime news and mood of the young adults.
Social and Family Role Stress, Feminist Identity Development, Meaning In Life and Quality of Relationships among Working and Non-Working Women
Authors: Dr. Monica Sharma  , Divyanshi Garg
Published: November 2022

Indian women have had their fair share of power struggle over the decades. Even though the gender equality and women empowerment has been on the rise, Indian women still continually face increased stressors in their personal as well as professional life domains. This study was designed along the same lines to investigate the social and family role stress, feminist identity development, meaning in life and quality of relationships among working and non-working women in Jaipur city. The sample size of 100 was segregated on the basis of their working status (50 non working women and 50 working women). The objective of the research was to find the discrepancy in the aforesaid variables among the two groups. The following research tools were employed to test the hypotheses: Social Family Role Stress Scale (SFRS) (Vadra & Akhtar, 1990), Feminist Identity Development Scale (FIDS) (Bargad & Hyde, 1991), Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) (Steger et al., 2006), and Relationship Assessment Scale (Hendrick, 1988).
Occupational Stress among Teachers Working In Private University
Authors: Dr. Sarika Mohta  , Ruchi Sharma
Published: November 2022

The present study was done in a private university of district Sikar, Rajasthan to access the level of occupational stress among university teachers and to know the difference between level of occupational stress among male and female university teacher working in different colleges of same university. Sample of 70 university teachers has been selected 35 male and 35 female through random sampling. ‘Occupational Stress Index’ developed by Dr. A.P Singh and Dr. A.K Shrivastava (1981) has been administered for data collection. Data was analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t- test, all hypotheses were tested on 0.05level of significance and found that university teachers are having low level of occupational stress and no significant difference was found among stress levels in male and female university teachers working in different colleges of university.
A Comparative Study of Quality of Life and Life Satisfaction of the CISF, ITBP and State Police Personnel
Authors: Dr. Anagha Lavalekar  , Mr. Pramod Shripad Phalnikar  , Kanchan. D. Pande
Published: November 2022

This study aims at comparison between the quality of life and Life satisfaction of the paramilitary forces in CISF (Central Industrial Security Force), ITBP (Indo Tibetan Border Police) as well as the state police force (Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh). The total sample of 744 was collected by purposive sampling method within clusters. The tools used were Comprehensive Quality of Life scale (Robert A. Cummins 1997) and Life Satisfaction Scale (LSS), developed at Jnana Prabodhini’s Institute of Psychology (2001). Data was analyzed using ANOVA (One Way) for group comparisons. In the overall factual quality of Life (F-QOL), significant differences were found on the dimension of health, productivity, safety, intimacy, emotional well-being, material well-being and place in community. Material Well Being and place in community were considerably low for all the three groups. For satisfaction dimension of quality of Life (S-QOL), significant differences were found on all the dimensions of Cummins’ QOL. Though score on material well-being seems to be low on factual level it is not reflected in perceived satisfaction with the same. While the factual dimension of safety is at a relatively better position in all the three dimensions, the respective perceived satisfaction seems to be very low in CISF and State Police. In the different dimensions of Life Satisfaction, few significant differences are obtained on economic, socio spiritual and total life satisfaction scores. ITBP is the highest on total or composite satisfaction, followed by CISF and then State Police. The findings have been studied under the light of relevant literature.
Family Mentality for Control and Motivation in Organizations: A Theoretical Perspective
Authors: Dr. G. Nagusubramaniyan  , Adithya Vikram Sakthivel  , Anuj Sunil
Published: November 2022

This paper explores the concept of “Family Mentality” and its nature as a motivational tool. Family mentality is a method used in many social institutions and organizations with a view to sustainable growth in popularity towards aggrandizement. The characteristics of this mindset are analyzed with both pros and cons being listed and weighed. Several real life cases have gone through to obtain a realistic understanding of this technique for motivation and control, and its inherent morality is found in both industrial and social organizations especially in this sandwich generation by the sociologists and psychologists.
Comparative Study between Happiness and Adjustment Levels of Middle School Students and High School Students
Authors: Shiv S. Juneja
Published: November 2022

Adolescence is a critical transitional period in every teenager’s life and is marked by a plethora of physiological, physical and psychological changes, as well as a melange of polar emotions. Adolescents tend to seek autonomy from parental figures and want independence in domains of education and decision making. Furthermore, as explained in Erik Erikson’s psychosocial stages in 1968 of development, adolescents search for their personal identity and seek to achieve their sense of the self. This is marked by a phase of exploration – the experimental stage that is called the ‘moratorium’ – which, if marked by successful identity achievement, may lead to the formation of one’s own set of beliefs on what is right and wrong, their own moral system. This success is marked by a formed sense of the self, which allows adolescents to accept individual differences and keep them from conforming to societal pressures. An alternate outcome of this phase is ‘identity crisis’, which causes an adolescent to have an unclear sense of the self and it leads to a prolonged stage of experimentation, in the journey to find oneself. This may be dangerous if it leads to delinquency, substance abuse, eating disorders, etc. The primary aim of this study is to examine the difference in adjustment and happiness between students of middle school (age 12-14 years) and high school (age 15-18 years). The sample size consists of 30 middle school and 30 high school students. Tests employed were ‘Satisfaction With Life Scale’ based on ‘subjective well-being’ by Ed Diener (1984). Following the collection of data, the raw scores were analyzed using Ed Diener’s standardized analysis for SWLS.
Job Stress among the Employees at HDFC Bank of Hyderabad
Authors: Smitha Sambrani  , Behrouz Ansari Tavana
Published: November 2022

The present world is fast changing and there are lots of pressures and demands at work. These pressures at work lead to physical disorders. Stress refers to individual’s reaction to a disturbing factor in the environment. In Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), the employees are having stress because of the heavy work load and other factors. Hence this study would help the organization to know the factors of stress and the impact of stress in employees. Since it is well known fact that healthy employee is a productive employee, so this empirical study was conducted to find out the ways of reducing stress of employees in HDFC using questionnaire method. Results revealed that around 60% of the employees believed sometimes the company imposes heavy work for a single person, about 40% did agree to assign additional workers for reducing stress and 45.2% of the respondents were satisfied with the motivational programs conducted by the organization. Around 73.2% of the respondents agreed sometimes the company arranges for informal trips for reducing stress and around 52.88% of the respondents believed that good working ambient along with proper planning reduce stress. Finally, majority (60%) of the respondents confessed that always there is a stress feeling among them. Therefore, Bank managers should employ some methods to remove stress problem in their workplaces.
Personal Reflections on the Decision-Making Process of a Mobile Company Which Decided to Entirely Change Their Product Line
Authors: Nirmal Acharya  , Abhishek Sharma  , Padmaja Kar
Published: November 2022

The paper provides the decision-making experience in a mobile company which decided to entirely change their product line. The case analysis also identifies the decision-making issues that were aroused in the case as well as why those issues aroused. The theory used in the analysis include: Bounded Rationality, Personality, Motivation, and Porter’s five forces. Finally, it also gives critical reflection and how I might have dealt with those issues using theories such as: Herzberg’s Motivation Theory, SWOT Analysis and Analytic Hierarchy Process.
Lived Experiences of Faculty Affected During Floods
Authors: Priya. S  , Dr. Latha Venkatesan  , Dr. Vijayalakshmi. K
Published: November 2022

The   environment   is  a  balance  of  impacts  which  can  either be   positive  or  negative. One  of  the  negative  impacts  which  can  cause  a  marked  disaster  to     life  is  flood.  A qualitative study was conducted to explore the lived experiences of faculty affected during the floods at selected nursing college in Chennai.  Methods: This study was conducted using, a qualitative research design with phenomenological approach at selected nursing College in Chennai, Tamil Nadu- South India. Twelve faculty members who were severely affected during floods were selected through the purposive sampling technique. Data was collected using Open ended, probing and leading questions to explore the lived experiences of faculty through in depth personal interview that facilitated free conversation. Results: Data was analyzed based on the Van Kaam’s methodology. From the collected data six essential themes were developed which were on the following dimensions such as physical dimensions, psychological dimensions, social dimensions, spiritual dimensions, financial dimensions and academic dimensions. The themes, which emerged reflected the need for holistic dimension of disaster care for the faculty affected during flood.
Alcohol and Cognitive Impairment – A Review
Authors: Dr Prosenjit Ghosh
Published: November 2022

Background- Alcoholism results from an interplay between genetic and environmental factors, and is linked to brain defects and associated cognitive, emotional, and behavioral impairments. Objectives- To find the impact and factors related to alcohol induced cognitive dysfunction. Method- Internet search was carried out with alcohol, cognitive functions etc Results- It was found that the effects of alcohol depend on various factors like – age, gender, general health and family history. Various structural, functional neuroimaging and neuropsychological tests have shown that a latge proportion of alcoholics suffer from cognitive dysfunction. Conclusion- The underpinnings of alcohol-induced brain defects are multivariate; to date, the available literature does not support the assertion that any one variable can consistently and completely account for these impairments.
Relationship between Prejudice, Social Media Addiction, Empathy and Trust
Authors: Khadeeja Ahmed Ali  , Ayesha Arif Zinna
Published: November 2022

The study examined the relationship between prejudice, social media addiction, empathy and trust among teenage boys and girls. The study also investigated if there were any differences in prejudice, social media addiction, empathy and trust between teenage boys and girls.  The sample consisted of 200 students out of which 100 were male students and 100 were female students.  The data was collected through online forms as well as physical copies of the questionnaires distributed in schools.  The students were administered Social Dominance Orientation Scale by Pratto et al (1994), Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale by Andreassen (2012), Toronto Empathy Questionnaire by Spreng et al (2009) and General Trust Scale by Yamagishi, T. & Yamagishi, M. (1994). Pearson correlation coefficient was used to investigate the relationships between prejudice and social media addiction, prejudice and empathy, prejudice and trust, social media addiction and trust, social media addiction and empathy and empathy and trust.  Independent samples t-test was used to examine the gender differences in prejudice, social media addiction, empathy and trust.  The analysis revealed that there were significant gender differences in prejudice and empathy among teenage boys and girls, with boys having higher prejudice and girls having higher empathy. There were no significant gender differences in social media addiction and trust among teenage boys and girls. There was a significant negative correlation between prejudice and empathy in teenagers, both boys and girls. There were no significant relationships between prejudice and social media addiction, prejudice and trust, social media addiction and trust, social media addiction and empathy and empathy and trust among teenagers, both boys and girls.
Efficacy of Cognitive Drill Therapy in Managing test Anxiety of Students
Authors: Bhavana Arya  , Deepak Kumar  , Rakesh Kumar
Published: November 2022

Background: Cognitive Drill Therapy (CDT) involves verbal exposure to the conditioned stimuli including feared consequences by changing the time perspective in conditions of excessive, unreasonable and irrational fears. Test anxiety is a common feature in students particularly those who appear in competitive examinations. Aim: In the present study, we explored the role of cognitive drill therapy in test anxiety of students. Method: A sample of 100 young students participating in coaching for engineering examinations was sampled through purposive sampling. The sample was further allocated to two groups: Group-I: Study Group (n=50) and Group-II: Control Group (n=50). Cognitive Drill Therapy was applied to Group-I and no intervention was given to Group-II. Both the groups were assessed on Test Anxiety Questionnaire at baseline and at termination of the cognitive drill therapy. A 2×2 repeat measure design was used. Results: The analysis of data revealed that there was no change in control group on pre-post status whereas the test anxiety score of study group dropped significantly. Conclusion: Cognitive Drill Therapy can be considered as a viable and efficacious intervention for dealing with test anxiety in students.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Cognitive Intervention
Authors: Dr. Laxmi Narayan Rathore  , Dr. Atul Agrawal
Published: November 2022

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder that includes repetitive thoughts and or rituals. Having a life time prevalence rate of 2-3%, this disorder is amongst the fourth most commonly made clinical diagnosis in, out patients department of mental health settings globally. OCD is associated with impairments in overall psychosocial functioning of the patient. Traditionally combinations of behavioural and cognitive therapeutic measures were used to treat patients of OCD. Use of cognitive intervention alone has been the recent trend, which has gained impetus after the popularity of cognitive models of OCD, few decades back. Present study aims to see the role of cognitive intervention on symptoms of patients with OCD. 20 OCD patients were selected using purposive sampling and were equally divided in to two groups using draw of lots method. One group was given 20 sessions of cognitive intervention using Down Ward Arrow or Socratic questioning techniques, spanned over 10 weeks. Pre and post intervention assessment was done for both groups using YBOCS and scores were compared. Results indicate significant reduction in YBOCS scores at post intervention assessment in the group which was given 20 intervention sessions in contrast to the other group. Study concludes that cognitive intervention was useful in decreasing the severity of symptoms in patients with OCD.
Well-being after Personal and Natural Trauma among University Students
Authors: Asanka Bulathwatta  , Evelin Witruk  , Konrad Rechske
Published: November 2022

Exposure to Natural and manmade disasters is associated with long-term health consequences including for mental health. Students who are in university study for their bachelor and master degrees also have come across different types of trauma in their personal life. Some of them are not identified or treated throughout their lifespan. This study (N= 357) tries to find the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and impacts upon Trauma coping. Results of Linear regression analysis points out that Wellbeing of them is positively correlate and depend on  Six factors including resilience (recovery, impairments) and other Emotional Intelligence factors (Emotionality, Self-control, Sociability) and avoidance as a coping style when they come up with Natural disasters in their life. Linear regression analysis shows some what different results for people who faced Personal Trauma during their life. There are only three variables (Two factors of Emotional Intelligence: Self-control, Sociability and PTSD factor of avoidance act as a significant factor when well being considered as the dependent variable. And all those are positively correlated with well being. Linear regression analysis points out more factors that can act as independent variables and have significant relationships than the personal traumas among the students.
Understanding Emotional Health Vis-A-Vis Mental Health: Perspectives for a Holistic Approach to a Healthy Personality
Authors: Gnana Jennifer S  , Dr. Usha Rani S
Published: November 2022

‘Emotional health’ is an emerging concept in the field of clinical and health psychology that focuses on the overall wellbeing of the person. However the concept of Emotional health, in itself, has not been much explored as most of the researches have focused on Mental Health and have presented strong emotional basis as that without which mental health is unattainable. This article explores Emotional health, in relation to Mental health, with an explanation of both, seeking to delineate the differences and lay emphasis on a perspective that understands the importance of Emotional health for a holistic well being. Thus this article intends to  contribute in terms of understanding  the concept of Emotional health, not merely as a sub domain in the field of mental health, but a perspective in itself towards overall well being of persons.
Dependence of Teenage and Adult Population over the Smartphone and Internet Services In a Tertiary Care Hospital
Authors: Mr. Suyog Wagh  , Dr. S J Kulkarni  , Dr. S V Chincholikar
Published: November 2022

Background: Today digital devices and internet has become an integral part of our life. The information is available at the swipe of the finger. The vast spectrums of services are now offered by digital devices and internet such as communication, banking, education, shopping etc. People are now becoming more and more dependent on digital devices and internet which are used as transactive memory. Aims and Objectives: 1. To study the dependence of subjects on digital devices 2. To compare these effects across different variables. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out in a tertiary health care hospital. The sample frame consisted of a) Medical students as teenagers and b) staff of a tertiary health care centre as adult population. All study participants   were permanent residents of the semi-urban area. Final sample size consisted of 245 medical students and 245 staff members of a tertiary health care centre. Results: Students use more internet and are more comfortable with digital devices than adults. Almost 75% of study participants prefer internet for seeking information while 60 % of participants were of the opinion that digital devices are extension of brain capacity. Conclusions: Both teenager and adult population are dependent on digital devices and internet, but the dependency of teenagers is much more than that of the adults
Study of Difference of Emotional Maturity among Adolescents of Dehradun
Authors: Bharat Kumar
Published: November 2022

The purpose of the study was to investigate the level of emotional maturity of adolescents and compare adolescents in terms of sex and locality on emotional maturity. The researcher employed descriptive survey method which was included quantitative method of data collection approach. Total sample of 100 subjects were contacted personally from the rural and urban schools of Dehradun district. The sample was equally classified into rural and urban and further into boys and girls using stratified random sampling technique. Emotional Maturity scale prepared by Dr. Yashvir. Singh & Dr Mahesh Bhargava (2012) was used for data collection. Mean, SD, ANOVA and correlation were applied for the purpose. The major findings of the study were (1) boys and girls differ significantly in emotional progression, a dimension of emotional maturity; (2) there exists significant difference between rural and urban adolescents in independence, a dimension of emotional maturity.
Life Satisfaction and General Health of Elderly Muslims Practicing Regular Collective Religious Prayer
Authors: Wakeel Ahmad  , Mohammad Ghufran
Published: November 2022

The present study examined the impact of five times regularly performed religious practices on and life satisfaction and general health (somatic symptoms, anxiety/insomnia, social dysfunction, and severe depression) among old age Muslims. For this purpose 100 old age subjects belonging to Muslim religious community, age ranging from 65 to 75 years, who reported to perform the religious prayers (Salat) in the mosque collectively five times a day and 100 Muslim subjects of the same age who were not regular at such religious congregation were selected. They were administered a general health questionnaire and life satisfaction scale. In order to find out the significance of the difference between the two comparisons groups, a t-test was used. The results revealed significantly greater life satisfaction, and lesser general health problems like hypochondria, anxiety/insomnia, social dysfunction, and severe depression for subjects who were regular at collective religious prayers than for those subjects who were not attending the collective prayers regularly. Thus the regular participation in the collective religious practices emerged as the factor that may enhance the life satisfaction of old age people, whereas the nonparticipation in collective religious practices may cause to develop somatic symptoms, feel more anxiety/insomnia, cause social impairment and lead experience severe depression in the old age.
Vital Young Adults: Hopeful and Gritty
Authors: Ms. Sana Kapur  , Dr. Anu Teotia
Published: November 2022

The aim of the current study was to explore the relationship among grit, hope and subjective vitality in young adults. It also investigated the gender difference in the aforementioned variables. For this purpose a sample of 120 young adults, 60 males and 60 females, pursuing graduate and post graduate programmes residing in Delhi NCR was taken. Item Grit Scale, Adult Hope Scale and Subjective Vitality Scale were used. In order to find the relationship between the study variables, Pearson correlation was run. To find out the gender difference for the variables under study, t-test was applied. The results indicated a significant relationship between hope and subjective vitality. Non-significant differences between male and female young adults on grit, hope and subjective vitality were obtained.
Difference in Social Anxiety among Students of Single-sex and Co-Education Schools
Authors: Zeba Khadhijah  , Salome Divya Vijaykumar
Published: November 2022

The purpose of the study was to understand how the classroom environment, in terms of student gender composition affects social anxiety among school students in an urban Indian context. The study aimed to examine the difference in levels of social anxiety, between students of single-sex and co-education schools. A comparative quantitative research design was adopted for this study. Convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample. The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (Liebowitz, 1987) was administered to a total of 165 students (39 girls from co-education schools, 42 girls from all-girls schools, 38 boys from co-education schools and 46 boys from all-boys schools) of class IX and X across single-sex and co-education schools in Bangalore, Karnataka. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was done to identify differences in social anxiety among the four groups, which revealed that girls of co-education schools had significantly higher social anxiety than boys of single-sex schools. The difference among other student groups was not statistically significant. The findings indicate that boys are comfortable in an all-boys schools while girls in co-education school experience high social anxiety. Implications of the study, relevant to the education system are discussed.
Effect of Education and Socioeconomic Status on Anxiety, Depression and Stress Level of Cancer Patients
Authors: Arti Sonara
Published: November 2022

The prevalence of psychological distress among cancer patients is high, and they are at higher risk of developing severe anxiety, depression and potential mood disorders.  The present research examined educational level and socioeconomic status differences in the degree of anxiety, depression and stress among cancer patients. The sample consisted of 540 patients within the age range of 25-45 years. The sample for the study was obtained from the various Hospitals of Ahmedabad city. The purposive sampling technique was used because the patients were selected on the basis of the inclusion-exclusion criteria such as 1) age range within 25-45 years; 2) willingness to participate in the present research; 3) suffering from lungs and breast cancer in the first stage; and 4) being treated in outdoor settings of public hospitals of Ahmedabad city. Results of present research work demonstrate that there is an influence of education level and socioeconomic status of cancer patients on anxiety, stress and depression level of cancer patients. The government should focus on characteristics of lower-income occupation and lower educational attainment group to develop more accurate and effective prevention and treatment strategies for cancer.
Comparative Study of General Health Status among Adolescent Girls with Early and Late Menarche
Authors: Bhanu, B. M  , Ramaswamy, C
Published: November 2022

Research studies on adolescent girls have revealed during menarche, they undergo psychological distress.  The present study is aimed to assess the general health status among adolescent girls with early and late menarche. A total of 360 adolescent girls comprising of 180 each in early and late menarche were randomly selected from in and around Mysuru district.  They were administered General health questionnaire (GHQ) 1978, developed by Goldberg, which measured the general health status of the adolescent girls in four subscales-somatic symptoms, anxiety/Insomnia, social dysfunction, severe depression and total GHQ scores.  The data were analysed using two-way Analysis of variance, taking general health status scores as dependent and groups and area as independent variables. Results revealed that adolescent girls in late menarche had more somatic symptoms than adolescent girls in late menarche stage. Adolescent girls in early and late menarche did not differ significantly in Anxiety/Insomnia, Social dysfunction, Severe depression and total GHQ scores. Adolescent girls hailing from rural area had more somatic symptoms, suffered more from anxiety/insomnia than adolescent girls hailing from urban areas.
Assessing the Relative Impacts of Gender and Educational Levels on the Moral Foundations of the Students
Authors: Priyanka Parihar  , Gyanesh Kumar Tiwari  , Ruchi Pandey  , Pramod Kumar Rai
Published: November 2022

The study examined the impacts of gender and levels of education on harm/care, fairness/reciprocity, in-group/loyalty, authority/respect and purity/sanctity dimensions of moral foundations. One hundred ninety two male (MAge = 20.95, SDAge = 2.11) and 197 female (MAge = 20.74, SDAge = 2.05) graduates and postgraduates took part in this study. The moral foundations of the participants were measured with the help of Moral Foundation Questionnaire (Graham, Haidt, & Nosek, 2009). The findings of the study showed that the male and female participants did not differ significantly in their mean scores on the five dimensions of moral foundations. The male graduate and postgraduate students also did not differ significantly. Contrarily, the female undergraduate participants achieved significantly higher mean scores on fairness/reciprocity and in-group/loyalty dimensions of moral foundations as compared to their female postgraduate counterparts, whereas these two groups did not differ significantly on the rest of the measures. Irrespective of gender, the undergraduate participants achieved statistically higher mean scores on fairness/reciprocity and in-group/loyalty. The hierarchical regression also exhibited that gender and educational levels of the participants contributed significantly to five components of moral foundations. It was explicit that education accounted for significant variations in the scores of fairness-reciprocity and ingroup-loyality. The main effects of educational levels for fairness-reciprocity and ingroup-loyality were significant. In addition, the interaction effects of gender and educational levels were also significant for fairness-reciprocity. The findings evinced that educational level of the participants played an important role in shaping some of the dimensions of moral foundations. The findings have been discussed in the light of extant theoretical and empirical findings of moral foundations. The conclusions of the study have significant implications for understanding moral behaviours of various groups. The limitations and future directions for the researchers have also been highlighted.
Effect of Academic Achievement Motivation on Academic Performance of Students
Authors: Dr. Sushma Pandey  , Pratibha Singh
Published: November 2022

The study aimed to examine the effect of age, gender and academic achievement motivation on academic performance of students. A 2x2x3 factorial design with Two age groups (Early Adolescents: 11-14 yrs. & Late Adolescents: 15-18 yrs.) x Gender (Boys & Girls) x Three levels of academic achievement motivation (High, Average & Low) was used and a total of 240 students participated in the present study. Academic Achievement Motivation Test was applied to identify the level of academic achievement motivation in students. Further, Students’ academic performance was assessed with help of Academic Performance Test and their scholastic achievements in annual exams. Data analysis was done using Univariate analysis. Results revealed significant effect of academic achievement motivation on academic performance. Specifically, highly motivated students performed very superior on academic performance test in various subjects i.e., English, Hindi, Science, Social Science and mathematics as compared to average and low motivated  group of students. Similarly, scholastic achievement of high motivated students was found higher than their average and low motivated counterparts. Despite this, the effects of age and gender on academic performance were found partially significant. Early adolescent group performed better in Social Science and Mathematics whereas, late adolescents scored more in English subject. However, the aggregate score of all subjects was found higher in early adolescents as compared with late adolescents. Likewise, boys were found superior in Mathematics, English and as a whole whereas, girls achieved better in Hindi, Science and Social Science subjects than their boys’ counterparts. Findings are discussed.