bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Nationalism as a Mental Construct: The Linguistic Basis of the Sinhala-Tamil Conflict
Authors: Akhilesh Pathak
Published: December 2021

Nationalism as a concept could be the concern of political scientists, but is it purely political in nature? Are there neurological connections that revolve around one of the highly evolved capacities of human beings as compared to other species; that is the ability to use language for communication? It is only because we are endowed with a machinery of cognition that receives and analyzes information from the external world and initiates us into identifying and assigning a set of characteristics to the objects and ideas we encounter in our everyday encounters with the multitude of events of the world. Karl Popper hinted towards the dichotomous relationship between ‘nominalism’ and ‘essentialism’, with the aid of which we classify and label the entities around us. While the debate between ‘reason’ and ’emotion’ has stayed alive for thousands of years tracing its origin to the antiquity coinciding with the heydays of the Hellenic glory or the ancient times of the Nyaya-Mimansa school of Indian philosophy, scholars and thinkers have shown a strong tendency to separate out the ‘objective’ from the ‘subjective’, a necessary corollary of the distinction between ‘reason’ and ’emotion’. The difference could be very well transposed upon the difference between ‘objects’ and ‘ideas’. Hence, one needs to attempt at unravelling the emotional-psychological basis of nationalism.
Survivors of Trauma and Positive Psychological Attributes: A Correlational Study
Authors: Pooja Prasad  , Deepti Swamy
Published: December 2021

The current paper titled: ‘Survivors of Trauma and Positive Psychological Attributes: A Correlational Study’ attempted to understand the impact of trauma on the variables- Grit, Flourish and Posttraumatic Growth. For the purpose of assessment, the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory, Grit Scale, Flourish Scale and a revised version of Pennebaker and Susman’s Recent Traumatic Events Scale and Childhood Traumatic Events Scale were utilized. The study was administered on 67 working individuals between the ages 25-35 who have had experienced at least one traumatic event in their life. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation was used to find the relationship between the variables. The results showed that impact of Trauma is negatively correlated with Grit and Flourish and there is a positive correlation between Trauma and Posttraumatic Growth. But there was no significant relationship that existed between the impact of trauma and the variables of Post-traumatic Growth, Flourish and Grit.
Body Image Issues Faced by Adolescents in India
Authors: Shefali Sharma
Published: December 2021

Body image is a self-attitude towards one’s body, such as, with respect to its size, shape and aesthetics. Increasing importance is given to physical appearance in modern societies as is evident from media depictions and boom in the grooming industry. These patterns can be observed all over the country due to increasing impact of globalization and modernization in India. The influence of such changing demands can act as a strong factor in determining self beliefs of adolescents. A negative body image at an early age can over shadow the self-concept and self-esteem beliefs of an individual. In the present study, using a self report questionnaire, a total of 115 participants between the ages of 14 to 16 years were asked questions about their body image and related self beliefs. As indicated in previous researches, preoccupation with body image was observed in adolescents with many adolescents reporting negative attitudes towards self. In addition, it was seen that body image disturbances were consistent across gender. Thus, it is important for schools to recognize that they need to provide guidance to students on issues like body image and self beliefs as they can have a significant impact on mental health of adolescents. The paper concludes by suggesting some measures for schools to promote positive body image building in students as well as help enhance their understanding of self and surroundings.
Locus of Control and Machiavellianism: A Study on College Undergraduates
Authors: Swati Singh  , Rita  , Kanika Suri
Published: December 2021

In recent decades, the relationship between Machiavellianism and Locus of Control has received increasing attention in psychological research. Machiavellianism, which is one of the key traits of the dark triad, offers a keen interest in the study of self-identity traits of a person. The objective of the present study is to examine the Locus of Control and the Machiavellianism trait among 100 undergraduate students (18-21 yrs). Subjects consisted of 50 male and 50 female students of HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar (Uttarakhand). Locus of Control was assessed using Rotter’s Locus of Control Scale (Dr. N. Hasain & Dr. D. D. Joshi, 1992), and Machiavellianism was assessed using A Scale of Machiavellianism (Mach IV) by Dr. S. N. Rai & Dr. Manjula Gupta. Pearsonian correlation analysis of the variables (Locus of Control and Machiavellianism) on subjects’ scores revealed a negative correlation. No significant difference was found across the genders. Mean scores indicated the male students to be slightly higher on the Machiavellianism trait, and female students showed a higher mean score on Locus of Control indicating an internal Locus of Control.
Influence of Demographic Variable of Emotional Intelligence with Conflict Management Styles in IT Based Organization
Authors: Goodwill Khokhar  , William Selvamurthy  , Goodwill Khokhar
Published: December 2021

Demographic variables such as age and gender, was earlier reported to Influenced Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Conflict Management (CM) Styles. However, a comprehensive study on Indian population in the IT sector has not been done yet. We have studied this aspect on 100 volunteers of both genders in the age ranging from 25 to 50 years serving in Human Resource and Administration wing of an IT based organisation. Standard questionnaire was used to measure Emotional Quotient Index (EQI) (Self Rating) and EQI (Observer Rating) and Conflict level using Rahim Organisational Level Conflict Inventory II. The findings indicated that there was no influence of age on both EI and CM Styles. However, subjects in the age group of above 40 years, tend to have higher score of emotional intelligence. This was more evident in self-awareness, empathy and social skills. Similarly the age group of above 40 years adopted more collaborative and compromising style of Conflict Management as compared to other two age groups below 30 and 30-40 years of age. Similarly there was no significant gender difference in various domains of emotional Intelligence and Conflict Management Style. Though we are reporting the negative findings of age and gender influence on EI and CM which is important in the context of existing reports available in the field of other study populations. The study findings are discussed in this paper.
Job Stress, Well-Being and Coping: A Correlational Study among Police Personnel
Authors: Vageesha Rao  , Shalini Singh
Published: December 2021

Long working hours, shifts in working, intense work demands and high job demands from supervisors cause job stress among police personnel. Job stress adversely effects the physical and mental wellness of police personnel. But at same time what coping strategies do they adopt to free from this distress is matter of grave concern .Thus, the present study was designed to investigate the relationship among Job stress, Coping strategies and General well-being of police personnel. Job stress survey (Speilberger & Vagg, 1999), Brief cope scale (Carver,1997) and PGI General well-being scale were administered on 75 police personnel at entry level from Police Training Centre of Bhaundasi, Gurgaon and now serving as ASI with Haryana Police. All belonged to an age group of 21-25 years. The data was analyzed by using Descriptive statistics and Correlational analysis. Results revealed that job stress was related to poor well being lack of organizational support led to psychological distress and emotion focused coping correlated negatively with well being. While problem focused coping was found positive in enhancing well being.
Prevalence of Internet Addiction among College Students
Authors: Nitu
Published: December 2021

Internet Addiction is a very common issue in present era. It is influencing the life style and behavior of common people especially students. The present study was conducted on undergraduate students. The sample size consists of 60 undergraduate students (30 boys and 30 girls) of Ranchi city. The sample was selected by stratified random sampling and from different stream (arts, science, and commerce) randomly. Objectives: To know the prevalence of Internet Addiction among the sample groups; to know level of Internet addiction among sample and to examine the impacts of gender on Internet Addiction. Hypothesis: The prevalence of Internet Addiction will vary among the sample groups; levels of Internet addiction will be vary and gender will have no impact on Internet Addiction among under-graduate students. Methodology: The sample was selected by stratified random sampling. Young’s Internet Addiction scale was used for collecting data. The data were statistically analyzed using percentage analyses, Means, SD and t-test. Conclusion: According to the analysis, it was observed that prevalence of Internet addiction among under-graduate students was 13.33%.Mean score of boys and girls were 33.7 and 33.5 respectively. It is found in this study that gender does not affect Internet addiction behaviour.
An Experiment on Children with Special Needs (CSWN) To Check the Effect of Exclusive Approach on Reading, Writing and Arithmetic Skills
Authors: Mohammad Un Nisa  , Madan Mohan Chell  , S Rehan Ahmad
Published: December 2021

Everyone has a difficulty in one area or the other. Most of time, it does not interfere with day to day functioning. However, when the area of difficulty is in the cognitive region, it impedes academic learning, which is largely pegged on the 3R’s (reading, writing and arithmetic) in the current educational system. Learning disabled are those children who have normal characteristics as their peer group but lack in their academic skills, and thus they are left aside as referring them as troublesome children. It is estimated that five to fifteen school-going children are affected by learning disorder. Diagnosis of learning disabled children can help parents and teachers to provide early intervention and support services. Studies have shown that learning disabled children are in alarming condition that needs help. Learning disability may continue life-long, if not cured early. Teachers, parents, school administrators, community members, resource persons and special educators with effective modules and strategies, taking into account strength and weakness of the children help in their identification and remediation programmes. The result proved that strategies used by the investigator can be helpful for teaching the learning disabled children of elementary stage to a certain extent so as to improve their reading, writing and arithmetic skill.
An Exploratory Study of Nomophobia in Post Graduate Residents of a Teaching Hospital in Central India
Authors: Dr Pritam Chandak  , Dr Deepika Singh  , Dr Abhijeet Faye  , Dr Sushil Gawande  , Dr Rahul Tadke  , Dr Vivek Kirpekar  , Dr. Sudhir Bhave
Published: December 2021

Background: The extensive use of mobile phones and its addiction brings in newer psychological problems like nomophobia which necessitates close examination of its impacts on people’s health. Despite growing concerns over the increasing incidence of nomophobia there is paucity of research on the various factors affecting it. Aim: This study aims at assessing the prevalence of nomophobia and its relationship with various clinical and socio-demographic factors. Materials & Methods: 100 post graduate residents were included in the study after informed consent and ethics committee approval. Self reported semi-structured questionnaire which included details about socio-demographic profile, questions pertaining to factors affecting nomophobia and Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) were administered. Data was analyzed statistically. Results: Nomophobia was seen in 38% of the participants with significantly more prevalence in younger age group and in females. Majority of the participants were using mobile phone since 5-10 years (71%). Around 46% participants used mobile phone for 2-3 hours per day with most of them(47%) checking their phones 25-50 times per day. More than half of the participants (59%) spent 500-1000 rupees per month as their mobile expenses. Physical symptoms due to mobile phone use were reported by 37% of the participants and they were seen significantly more in those with nomophobia. Conclusion: This study not only gives useful insight into nomophobia and its risk factors, but it is also one of the few studies to explore the relationship between clinical and socio-demographic factors related to nomophobia.
Understanding Schizophrenia: A Case Study
Authors: Shobha Yadav
Published: December 2021

Schizophrenia is characterized mainly, by the gross distortion of reality, withdrawal from social interaction, disorganization and fragmentation of perception, thoughts and emotions. Insight is an important concept in clinical psychiatry, a lack of insight is particularly common in schizophrenia patient. Previous studies reported that between 50-80% of patients with schizophrenia do not believe, they have a disorder. By the help of psychological assessment, we can come to know an individual’s problems especially in cases, where patient is hesitant or has less insight into illness. Assessment is also important for the psychological management of the illness. Knowing the strengths and weaknesses of that particular individual with psychological analysis tools can help to make better plan for the treatment. The present study was designed to assess the cognitive functioning, to elicit severity of psychopathology, understanding diagnostic indicators, personality traits that make the individual vulnerable to the disorder and interpersonal relationship in order to plan effective management.
Effect of Yoga on the Mental State of People
Authors: K. Madhava Chandran  , P. Unniraman  , Rajan Malayil  , N. Devadasan
Published: December 2021

Background: Yoga is considered to be effective in overcoming various physical and mental health problems. Effect of yoga on promoting mental health has been reported. Aim: This study was undertaken to analyze the effect of yoga on mental state of people, which indicates the psychological condition of the mind. Research Design: Survey method was adopted under the study. Sample: Consisted of 100 randomly selected yoga practitioners. Tools used: Used an interview schedule containing questions on how much yoga has contributed to improvement in their “mental state” through yoga, and what period of time were they able to experience the improvement in the mental state. They were given five point responses, which were scored from 5 to 1. The interview schedule also asked the respondents about the diseases / medical problems which have reduced through the practice of yoga, when compared to taking treatment alone (which was scored based on the percentage of reported diseases which have reduced), the number of years of yoga practice and the average number of days of yoga practice per week. The data was analyzed through correlation, regression and t test. Results: While about 45 % of women report maximum improvement in their mental state through the practice of yoga, only about 21% of men report maximum improvement. While 34% of women experience improvement in mental state for 75 to 90% of the time, only 18.6 % of men experience improvement for this period of time. The score for the level of improvement in mental state through yoga for women and men are 4.23 and 3.78 respectively, with statistically significant difference between them. Regression analysis indicates that 77% of the variation in the level of mental state improvement through the practice of yoga is explained by the parameters, namely, reduction in diseases / medical problems due to the practice of yoga, number of years of yoga practice, number of days of yoga practice and the time period of mental state improvement through the practice of yoga. Among these, number of days of yoga practice and time period of mental state improvement through yoga exerts more influence on the level of mental state improvement. There also exists good correlation between various parameters considered in the study. Conclusion: The study establishes the effect of yoga in maintaining good mental state among the practitioners. Hence, practice of yoga will ultimately help in reducing various psycho-somatic disorders also due to improvement in the mental state of people
Why Indigenous Psychology? A Review Article
Authors: Divya Padalia
Published: December 2021

Indigenous Psychology is an emerging field in psychology (Kim et al., 2006, p.3). It has received great attention in the last 30 years with a number of articles and books been dedicated to the topic. Any discussion on this topic is often surrounded by a dialogue on cultural psychology and cross-cultural psychology. The primary aim of this paper is to understand the purpose behind the origin and development of indigenous psychologies that has been seen in various parts of the world and view it in light of cultural psychology.
Effects of Socialization on Emotional Efficacy of Elderly
Authors: Ms. Jesna Sivasankar  , Dr. Vidhya Ravindranadan
Published: December 2021

Human beings are social animals and socialization is considered to be one of the most important milestones in human development. Elderly people’s socialization pattern gets interrupted and restricted due to a number of factors Including retirement, physical illness, other physical deformities, etc. This might influence their emotional intelligence; the way they handle their emotions. The present study attempts to understand the effect of socialization on personal, intra personal, inter personal and overall emotional efficacy of elderly. The sample for the present study consisted of 74 participants at the age group of 60-75 years, who are diabetic patients for at least past 5 years. Among which 40 of them are part of intense socialization program for a period of past 1 year composed of the study group and 34 of them with little opportunity to socialize in their daily life. The instrument used for present study is the Emotional Intelligence Inventory (EII) by Dr. Immanuel Thomas and Sushama S. The results showed that there exists highly significant mean difference in emotional intelligence between the study group and the control group. All the mean differences on personal efficacy, interpersonal efficacy, intra personal efficacy and overall efficacy were found highly significant. Thus the results of the present study imply that the immediate need for socialization of elderly has to be taken care of.
Adolescents’ Perception of Father’s Nurturance and Its Relation with Self- Efficacy and Academic Motivation
Authors: Alethea Baracho  , Anthea Mendonsa
Published: December 2021

The present study was conducted to examine the role of Adolescent’s Perception of Father’s Nurturance on Self- efficacy and Academic Motivation. It also aimed at exploring whether Adolescent Perception of Father’s Nurturance differs in relation to type of family and religion. A total of 200 adolescents from North and South Goa (91 females and 109 males) between the ages of 16-18 years were selected for the purpose of the study. The Nurturant Fathering Scale (FNS) by Finley & Schwartz; The Self- Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (SEQ-C) by Muris and The Academic Motivation Scale for High School (AMS-HS-28) version by Vallerand et al were administered to obtain quantitative data on the variables. The data was analyzed with the help of z- test, Pearson Correlation and ANOVA. Results of the study revealed that there is a weak positive correlation between Adolescent’s Perception of Father’s Nurturance and Self-Efficacy and Academic Motivation. With respect to type of family, no difference was found in Adolescent Perception of Father’s Nurturance. However, a significant difference in the same was found in relation to religion. Limitations of the study and implications for future research have been discussed.
A Study of Impact of Laboratory on Academic Performance of 9th Class Students in Science Subject
Authors: Dr. Shivali Bajaj *
Published: December 2021

The laboratory has been given a central and distinctive role in science education, and science educators have suggested that rich benefits in learning accrue from using laboratory activities. The present study was carried out to assess the impact of laboratory on academic performance of 9th class students of Jammu city in science subject in private schools of Jammu city. In the present study, the data was based on the sample of 250 students of 9th grade level, 125 student’s males and 125 females from five Private schools of Jammu city. The Incidental sampling technique was employed for this purpose. The academic performance of students in science subject was identified on the basis of records maintained by the schools. Questionnaire related to the laboratory usage for learning science subject was prepared specifically by the investigator for students. The results of the present study revealed that the female students used more of laboratory as compared to the male students. The study also showed that the students of age group 12 years used more laboratories for learning science subject as compared to that of 13 and 14 years students in Private schools. The results revealed that some students were facing problems in usage of laboratory. Overall it was found that there was a positive impact of laboratory usage on students’ science achievement. The results have wider implications for the stakeholders.
Barriers of Education in Kharwar Tribes
Authors: Dr. Aparna Vajpayee
Published: December 2021

It has been reflected from the data of number of educational statistics of literacy rate, that the literacy rate of Kharwar tribe is very poor. Mostly children are not taking admission in school. Some who take admission among them, dropout rate is very high. In the present study a survey have been done to identify the reason because of which children are not admitted in school. One more effort was made to identify the reason of dropout from the school. Lastly, the focus was on the policy implication strategy is discussed to enhance the literacy rate by removing the barriers in education.
Role of Spiritual Values on Spiritual Personality among MBBS Students of AMU
Authors: Armeen Khan
Published: December 2021

The present study is an attempt to explore the influence of spiritual values on spiritual personality among MBBS students of AMU. The sample of the present study consisted of 50 (male and female) MBBS students of AMU. Spiritual Personality Inventory (SPI) developed by Husain, Luqman and Jahan (2012) and Spiritual Values Scales (SVS) developed by Najam, Husain, & Khan (2015) were used. Result indicated that male and female students were significantly differed on spiritual values but they are not significantly differed on spiritual personality. Spiritual values and spiritual personality were significantly positively correlated with other and furthermore, spiritual values were emerged as significant predictor of spiritual personality and among demographic and religion was significant predictors of spiritual personality.
Attitude of Prospective Teachers towards Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities In Relation To Gender and Academic Stream
Authors: Dr. Harneet Billing
Published: December 2021

The present study aimed to investigate the attitude of prospective teachers towards inclusive education in relation to gender and academic stream. The respondents were teacher trainees of district Mohali of Punjab. A sample of 100 B.Ed students (N=50 boys and 50 girls) by employing simple random sampling. Descriptive survey method was employed; attitude towards inclusive education scale was used, Analysis of Variance and for the significant F- ratio, the t-test was used for testing the significance of difference between the mean scores different groups on variables under study. The study revealed that (a) There exists significant differences in attitude of prospective teachers towards the concept of inclusive education for children with disabilities with respect to gender (b) There exists no significant differences in attitude of prospective teachers towards the concept of inclusive education for children with disabilities with respect to academic stream and (c) There exists no significant differences in attitude of prospective teachers towards the concept of inclusive education for children with disabilities with respect to interaction effect of academic stream and gender.
Music Therapy on Cancer Patient: A Case Study
Authors: Dr Pubalin Dash
Published: December 2021

The present investigation evaluated the utility of music therapy on cancer patient who met diagnostic criteria of medical science. Music therapy, as an adjunct to traditional therapies and treatment for those with mental health needs, has been demonstrated to be an effective intervention. It can allow individuals to explore personal feelings, to make positive changes in mood and emotional states, to practice problem solving, and to develop the skills required for wellbeing. Empirical studies of the use of music with oncology patients have demonstrated that music can reduce anxiety, stress and physical symptoms, can help to manage pain, can encourage a reflective awareness of emotion, and can enhance communication and quality of life. The participant of the present study is a forty years old professional detected blood cancer in 2013 having severe depression. The intervention was to use standard procedures of music therapy in order to design interventions that would be effective in reducing depression and stress of the individual. The treatment consisted of 10 sessions. The treatment was evaluated qualitatively by means of interviews with the participant and his family and quantitatively by means of repeated applications of depression scale. The results showed a decrease in the client’s depression, stress and an increase in pro social behavior. The client ultimately ceased from maximum depressive behavior and this outcome was sustained during his last two months in therapy.
Person of the Month: Jean Piaget (1896-1980)
Authors: Ankit Patel
Published: December 2021

Jean Piaget was born on August 9, 1896 in Neuchatel, Switzerland and died September 17, 1980. He was an influential experimenter and theorist in the field of developmental psychology and in the study of human intelligence. His father was devoted to his writings of medieval literature and the history of Neuchatel. Piaget learned from his father the value of systematic work, even in small matters. His mother was very intelligent, energetic, and kind, but had a rather neurotic temperament that made family life troublesome. Her mental health influenced his studies of psychology and he became interested in psychoanalysis and pathological psychology. Piaget’s godfather was the Swiss scholar Samuel Cornut who nurtured in him an interest in philosophy and epistemology during his adolescence.
Cognitive Emotional Regulation, Perceived Stress and Psychological General Well-Being In Patients With Skin Diseases: A Comparative Study
Authors: Ms. Riya Jose  , Dr. Sukhanya B Menon
Published: December 2021

Skin has long been recognised as “organ of expression”, according to Sack, as cited in (Walker & Papadopoulos, 2005) and serves as the boundary between ourselves and outside world. While the skin and central nervous system are ectodermal derivatives, a good part of an individual’s perception takes place through skin. Psychopathological factors can play a significant role in development of skin disorders, can exacerbate pre-existing skin disorders, or dermatology patients may suffer the psychosocial consequences of disfigurement.

The purpose of the study was to compare patients with acne, psoriasis, and melanosis on perceived stress, cognitive emotional regulation and psychological general well-being and also to compare patients with skin disease with non-disease group. The study included 30 skin patients (acne =10, melanosis=10, psoriasis= 10) ages ranging from 20 to 40 years and 30 non disease individuals of same age group. Perceived stress scale, cognitive emotional regulation questionnaire, psychological general well-being inventory were administered to the patients. Analytical evaluation was done by independent t test and ANOVA.

The results of the present study revealed that there is significant difference for perceived stress and psychological general well-being among skin patients and non-disease group. There is significant difference between psoriasis, melanosis and acne with respect to perceived stress and positive wellbeing. Psoriasis patients have comparatively higher perceived stress and acne patients have comparatively higher positive well-being. The study is to stimulate professionals working in the field of dermatology and mental health to explore their supportive communication and increased awareness regarding the difficulties that patients with skin diseases face.
Neurofeedback & Memory Functioning: Rehabilitation & Enhancement
Authors: Menezes, R  , Kacker, P  , Mukundan, C. R
Published: December 2021

Memory is an important element of cognition and plays a crucial role in the daily routine of an individual. Impairment in memory may occur due to aging or due to neurological disorders such as stroke, dementia, traumatic brain injury and so on. Neurofeedback training is a technological advancement in the field of neuropsychological rehabilitation. It is a non-invasive technique that aims at resolving issues in the neural networks of the brain instead of repressing them. It is based on the concept of training one’s brain to control the different brain waves and involves strengthening as well as suppression of certain frequencies of brain waves. Neurofeedback training has found a major application in remediation of cognitive deficits as well as enhancement of memory functions. This aim of this paper is to briefly review the potential and the duality of the therapeutic role played by neurofeedback training in remediation of memory deficits and enhancement of memory in normal individuals of any age group. It is an approach that needs serious consideration and wide acceptance in the field of neuropsychological rehabilitation as well as in enhancement of memory.
A Study of Suicidal Tendency and Self-Efficacy with Reference to Family Income among Higher Secondary School Students
Authors: Trupti Ambalal Chandalia  , Minakshi D. Desai
Published: December 2021

The aim of the present study was to find out the difference in suicidal tendency and self-efficacy with reference to gender and family income among higher secondary school students. The participants were 70 higher secondary school students from different schools in the Rajkot city in Gujarat. The sample falls in the age range of 16-18 year. Suicidal tendency scale constructed by Bhatt and Meghanathi and Self-efficacy scale constructed by Schwarzer and Jerusalem was used to measure suicidal tendency and self-efficacy respectively among higher secondary school students. The result of ‘t’ test revealed significant impact of gender and family income on suicidal tendency among students. It was observed that the boys had less suicidal tendency and higher level of self efficacy than girls. Moreover, it was observed that family income had significant impact on suicidal tendency where students with high family income experienced more suicidal thought than students of low income group. Family income had no impact of self-efficacy of students. The correlation between suicidal tendency and self-efficacy reveals negative but significant relation.
Case Studies of Media Personnel
Authors: Dr. Niharika Gautam
Published: December 2021

This is a case study excerpt from my Ph.D. thesis entitled “Comparative Study of Psychological Traits in Media Personnel”. The present study covered two forms of Media: the old media and new media with an intention to study the psychological traits as Well Being, Personality, Stress and Anger in Old Media Personnel and New Media personnel. The 10% of the total sample size (120) was taken as a case study research. The desired tests were distributed to the media personnel as PGI General Well Being Scale, NEO FFI Personality Inventory, Stress Scale, NOVACO Anger Scale, followed by the personal interview of 12 media personnel (6 old media personnel and 6 new media personnel).
An Overview of Destination Addiction
Authors: Dr. Nidhi Chadha
Published: December 2021

The focus of this research paper is on a lesser-known but extremely pervasive addiction afflicting millions of people today, many who don’t even know it. Whenever we hear the word addiction, we usually think of drugs, alcohol and smoking; but there exists a different kind of addiction known as Destination Addiction. It implies getting addicted to the idea or a belief that possessing a better job, more money, lavish house and expensive car will make us more happy and successful. We keep rushing around and forget to live and be grateful for the present moments of life. Individuals keep chasing happiness through their destinations or goals of life without realizing that happiness is internal to us. Thus, this study is in a growing line of research that attempts to draw relationships between core beliefs of one’s mindset and happiness.
Job Satisfaction of Teachers In Relation to Professional Commitment
Authors: Liyaqat Bashir
Published: December 2021

Teaching is a highly noble profession and teachers are always a boon to the society. The ultimate process of education could be simplified as a meaningful interaction between the teacher and the taught. The teacher thus plays a direct and crucial role in molding a pupil towards education. Since a teacher is a role model for the students, job satisfaction and professional commitment of teachers become very vital in the fields of education. Thus the researcher felt the need to investigate the job satisfaction in relation to professional commitment of secondary school teachers. The sample of this study consisted of 300 teachers selected from Punjab in India. Job Satisfaction Scale standardized by Dr. (Mrs.) Meera Dixit (1993) and Professional Commitment scale developed by Dr. Ravinder Kaur and Sarabjit Kaur (2011) was administered to collect the data. The result indicates that there exists a significant difference between male and female secondary school teachers in their job satisfaction and there exists no significant difference between male and female secondary school teachers in their professional commitment. Further result shows that there exists positive significant relationship between job satisfaction and professional commitment. This proves that job satisfaction and professional commitment are significantly related to each other.
Self Efficacy and Spiritual Values as Predictors of Life Satisfaction among School Teachers
Authors: Masaud Ansari
Published: December 2021

The present investigation was intended to ascertain the role of self efficacy and spiritual values on life satisfaction among school teachers. Sample consisted of 120 school teachers from different districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. They were assessed by Teacher’s Self Efficacy scale (Ansari M., Khan S.A. and Khan S.M., 2017), Spiritual Values Scale (Husain A., Zehra S. and Jahan M., 2015) and Life Satisfaction Scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen, and Griffen, 1985). Pearson product moment correlation was applied to study the relationship among self efficacy, spiritual values and life satisfaction, whereas it was found that these all variables are positively and significantly correlated with each other. Before proceeding to regression analysis robustness of the data was examined and found appropriate to go ahead. The multiple linear (stepwise) regression was administered to study the contribution of teacher’s self efficacy and spiritual values on life satisfaction, result shows that teacher’s self efficacy and spiritual values are accounted for a significant amount of variance in life satisfaction of school teachers.
Cyber bullying among Adolescents
Authors: Jain George  , Jinson Alias  , Nisbin A. Khader  , Sahadiya Jabbar  , Dr. Neelima Ranjith
Published: December 2021

In this modern era, despite several advantages of communication technologies, some people particularly school and college students’ misuse these technologies. They often engage in a phenomenon called cyber bullying. Objective: To find out the cyber bullying activities of adolescents. Seven different cyber bullying activities such as flaming, harassment, intimidation, denigration, masquerade; outing and exclusion are being measured across three dimensions such as bullying, victimizing and witnessing. Method: (a) Participants: 1014 higher secondary and college students was (aged 16-20 years) randomly selected from 8 schools and 8 colleges located in Ernakulum district, Kerala. (b) Material: Cyber Bullying Survey Questionnaire developed by the investigators (c) Statistical Analysis: Percentage of activity in each of the seven areas across three dimensions was calculated. Result: All cyber bullying activities exist among higher secondary and college students. The percentage of students who witnessed cyber bullying activities is comparatively higher than that of victimization and bullying. Conclusion: The misuse of technology was seen in adolescents of Kerala community.
Effectiveness of Psycho-Education on Quality of Care among Female Primary Caregivers of Alzheimer’s Patients
Authors: Vijayalakshmi, K.  , C. G. Venkatesha Murthy
Published: December 2021

In the present paper the researchers have attempted to study the effect of psycho-education as an intervention in increasing clarity among Female Primary Caregivers in handling the Alzheimer’s disease patients and in improving the Quality of care rendered by Female Primary Caregivers for their Alzheimer’s patients. The participants were 10 Female Primary Caregivers of Alzheimer’s disease who resided at home. The Female Primary Caregivers were provided with psycho-education intervention for 10 days. The Alzheimer’s disease Clarity Test [ADCT] was administered to measure Clarity on Theoretical issues of Alzheimer’s disease and Capacity building of female primary caregivers. The Quality of Care Check list was used to observe and measure the presence or absence of care and also record the extent of care in physical and psychological areas received by the patients. The results revealed that the 10 days psycho-education has significantly enhanced the clarity levels among the Female Primary Caregivers after the intervention while, one month psycho-education intervention has to be something continued constantly over a period of time regularly to sustain or retain the effect on caregivers. Therefore, it implies that more the intervention gap then less will be the beneficial effect among the caregivers.
Construction and Standardization of Job Involvement Scale
Authors: Sheikh Aabid Azad  , Dr. P. N. Nataraj
Published: December 2021

An attempt has been made to construct and standardize the job involvement scale for the high school teachers. A well structured scale was administered among them. The sample consists of 100 high school teachers randomly selected from the high schools situated in Anantnag District; J&K. Initially it was constructed with 30 statements related to job involvement of high school teachers. The scale was standardized using‘t’ test and finally 25 statements were retained for the final study. The present research discusses about the development of the scale to measure the level job involvement among the high school teachers.
Stress and Quality of Life among Diabetes Mellitus Patients
Authors: Mangalapalli Tirumalesh  , Dr. K. Chandraiah
Published: December 2021

In particular, stress can have influence on glycemic control in different ways, especially in some “stress reactive” individuals (Riazi et al 2004). Diabetes itself is an important cause of stress in these patients .in fact ,this disease involves life style changes ,diet, frequent medical examinations, drugs, serious complications. Objectives: 1. To assess stress and quality of life among diabetic patients both male and female working in sedentary and non sedentary jobs. 2. To examine the difference if any between patients practicing exercise and non practicing exercises and both type1 and type 2 categories and there quality of life. Sample: The sample for the present study consists of 400 diabetic patients who attending for treatment in and around Tirupati, Kurnool city were selected for the present study. Results: the male and female patients found to be different in the experience of quality of life and no difference in the stress experience. The study also reveals that there are differences between patients of sedentary and non sedentary jobs with regard to their stress and no difference on their quality of life. The study further, shows that type 1 diabetic patients experiencing more stress and less quality of life then compare to type 2 diabetic patients, Study also indicates that there are differences between patients with exercises and without exercises with regard to their stress and no difference on their quality of life.
To See the Level of Depression in Person’s having Skin Disease
Authors: Shama Hamdani  , Ashok Parasar
Published: December 2021

Skin disease often present mood disorders, depression, anxiety disorders and psychological conditions. Seborrheic dermatitis and psoriasis, both characterized by chronic inflammation of skin, have been linked to emotional states. Skin disease here refers to disorders of exclusively (or predominantly) the superficial layers of the skin. Psychological factors have long been associated with the onset, maintenance and exacerbation of many cutaneous disorders (Newell, 2000, p. 8; Papadopoulos, Bor & Legg, 1999, p. 107). Depression is a major cause of morbidity worldwide (WHO, 2001). “Depression is the common cold of psychopathology, at once familiar and mysterious” (Seligman, 1973). The aim of the present study is to see the level of depression in peson’s having skin disease. Methodology- The sample size consisted of 40 patients suffering from common skin problems. The study was conducted at dermatlogy outpatient clinic Bhilai, Durg, C.G.. The samples were selected by purposive sampling method The tools used for assessing the variables are Sociodemographic, self made consent form and Beck Depression Inventory (Beck,1961). Result & Conclusion:- Minimal depression was found in 40 % of patients, while 7.5 % had mild and 20 % had moderate level of depression. 32.5 % of them suffered from severe depression.
Working Memory and Learning Disabilities: A Review
Authors: Pradeep Kumar Gupta  , Dr. Vibha Sharma
Published: December 2021

Working Memory provides a mental work place to support everyday cognitive activities that require both processing and storage. It has been found to be associated with a range of cognitive functions. Recently, a strong link between working memory and learning has been reported. This finding can be implicated in learning disabilities. It is likely that limited working memory functioning of children with learning disabilities hampers their learning skills; possibly because of the crucial role played by working memory in learning process. The current paper reviews working memory functioning in subtypes of learning disabilities (Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia) and provides a detailed account of pattern of deficit seen in working memory in the three subtypes of LD. Review of literature suggests that working memory functions differently in children with LD than normal achieving children. Children with LD often fail to learn because high working memory demand of the learning task often exceeds their working memory capacity. Some researchers suggest that working memory deficits are not entirely a capacity deficit, rather a strategy deficit. Evidences suggest that learning performance of these children can be improved by teaching appropriate strategy to reduce working memory load of the task, and through remedial training. Failure to identify working memory problems at early stage and rectify resultant learning problems may leave the child struggling with this invisible handicap and can even lead to dropout from school.
Brief Body Scan Meditation Intervention on Positive and Negative Affect among Alcohol Dependence Patients
Authors: Shobha Yadav
Published: December 2021

Although effect of mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) are effective and highly valued, but all the patients will not be interested due to extensive time and cost. Brief interventions (e.g., body scans) may be used by individuals, at a lower cost and with little training. Aim: To study the effect of body scan meditation on negative and positive affect in patients with alcohol dependence. Method: The present study was conducted on patients with alcohol dependence in Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi. The study samples were collected from 30 in-patients with alcohol dependence syndrome (ADS) using a self-rating scale. After that the subjects who were randomly assigned to receiving body scan meditation underwent 45 minutes guided meditation and 15 minutes discussion for one week. Subjects assigned to other group did not receive body scan meditation. However, both the groups received pharmacological treatment as usual. After the intervention, subjects in both the groups were revaluated. Results: Patients in experimental group had significantly less severe dependence on alcohol and did not show significant reduction in negative affect and increment in positive affect after one week intervention of body scan meditation. Conclusion: There is no significant reduction in negative and increment in positive affect after receiving one week of body scan meditation intervention in alcohol dependence patients.
Academic Achievement among Secondary School Students in Relation To Area
Authors: Falguni. P. Parmar
Published: December 2021

The aim of the present study is to focus on study of academic achievements among secondary school students with respect to rural and urban area. The total Random samples consist of 30 students of rural area and 30students of urban area of Mehsana district. The questionnaires prepared from Manual for Academic Achievement Motivation Test by Dr. T. R. Sharma was administered as tool for study. The ’t’- Test was used to analyses the data. The interpretations of the results indicate that there was no significant mean difference between academic achievements among secondary school students with respect to rural and urban area.
A Study of Mental Health, Perceived Stress, and Self-Esteem among Students in Higher Education
Authors: Komila Parthi  , Shilpa Singh Rohilla
Published: December 2021

Now a day’s mental health has become one of the most critical issues among individuals of all ages. Due to the demanding nature of academic field more and more students in higher education are now experiencing elevated level of health difficulties. The consequences of these problems can be devastating for some individuals (Abouserie, 1994) leading to discontinuation of studies also at times. Therefore, the present research was designed to understand the mental health status and the contributing factors if any for the students to drop out of higher education. For the present study the sample comprised of 200 students, 100 from Ph.D. research programs and 100 from post-graduation with equal number of males and females under each group. The students were randomly selected from Panjab University Chandigarh. The participants were administered the following measures viz., General Health Questinnaire-12 (GHQ-12, Goldberg & Williams, 1988), Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen & Williamson, 1988) and Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965). Results indicate significant differences on mental health among research students and post graduate students.