bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Reflexiones sobre Calentamiento Global y Turismo. Principales riesgos ambientales y regiones turísticas afectadas
Authors: Padilla Noelia Aymara
Published: May 2021

Los efectos ambientales relacionados al calentamiento global ponen en riesgo el desarrollo turístico y la estabilidad económica de varios países con una marcada dependencia hacia la actividad. Bajo conceptos provenientes de la Teoría Social del Riesgo y el Binomio Clima-Turismo, se realiza un análisis de los efectos ambientales del Calentamiento Global, tales como, el derretimiento de las nieves eternas, el aumento del nivel del mar, los cambios en las corrientes marinas y los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos (huracanes, inundaciones, precipitaciones, sequias, olas de calor) que afectan al turismo directa e indirectamente. Teniendo en cuenta las regiones de la Organización Mundial del Turismo (OMT), se especificaron casos emblemáticos cuya selección responde al papel del turismo en el desarrollo económica del lugar o a su riqueza en materia de atractivos turísticos. Los resultados permiten dar cuenta de la modificación de situaciones climáticas que favorecen al turismo, la mayor ocurrencia de desastres naturales, la presencia de atractivos en riesgo, la destrucción de infraestructura básica, entre otras cuestiones. Por ello, cobra importancia planificar la actividad turística teniendo en cuenta las amenazas y riesgos derivadas de un aumento de la temperatura atmosférica.
Susceptibilidad a procesos de remoción en masa: Aproximación metodológica para la construcción de un índice de amenaza en Álvaro Obregón-Ciudad de México
Authors: Cortés Ortiz María Alejandra
Published: May 2021

Este artículo presenta una aproximación metodológica para la evaluación de la amenaza, por medio de un índice que determina la susceptibilidad por procesos de remoción en masa (PRM) y sus niveles de amenaza en los periodos de lluvia, a partir de un método mixto (cualitativo y cuantitativo), derivado de una investigación doctoral, sobre la configuración del riesgo en espacios periurbanos de la Ciudad de México. Se empleó una sumatoria multifactorial, que combina parámetros geomorfológicos y morfométricos determinantes y detonantes en la ocurrencia de PRM, aplicado en la Alcaldía de Álvaro Obregón- al poniente de la Ciudad de México, dada su alta ocurrencia de desastres en el país. El resultado de factores como: la litología, el uso del suelo y vegetación, la categoría geomorfológica, pendiente, geometría de laderas, energía del relieve y como detonante, la lluvia, por medio de la precipitación máxima histórica mensual de la mitad lluviosa del año (mayo-octubre), determinaron que, más del 50% del territorio es susceptible a PRM, particularmente en los tres meses con mayor intensidad de lluvias. Este resultado busca servir de base para la discusión teórica y metodológica en el conocimiento de la evaluación multicriterio de la amenaza, con un aporte en la construcción de escenarios de riesgo y su gestión.
Cristóbal, la tormenta tropical del 2020 que dejó precipitaciones atípicas en la Península de Yucatán
Authors: Lomas Barrié Claudia Tania , Hernández Cerda María Engracia , Azpra Romero Enrique
Published: May 2021

Los ciclones tropicales en sus diferentes etapas depresión, tormenta y huracán, han sido tema de investigación en las últimas décadas, este trabajo estudia la variabilidad espacial de la precipitación generada por la tormenta tropical Cristóbal en su formación y paso por la Península de Yucatán, México. Esta perturbación, surgió de la depresión tropical número tres a finales de mayo de 2020. Fue declarada tormenta tropical en la Sonda de Campeche el 31 de mayo antes del inicio de la temporada oficial de ciclones del Atlántico. Cristóbal se mantuvo anormalmente estacionario por tres días en el sur del Golfo de México, entrando a tierra en la entidad de Campeche para desplazarse al norte, y terminar impactando en Luisiana, Estados Unidos de América. En la Península de Yucatán provocó precipitaciones diarias que superaron 240% a la media del mes de junio (110-220 mm), el récord histórico en cuatro estaciones meteorológicas y el acumulado de los seis días alcanzó el 90% respecto a la media anual en determinadas áreas, lo que dejó daños en la actividad agropecuaria y en la infraestructura urbana.
A geochemical study of the Crown Formation and Bird Member lavas of the Mesoarchaean Witwatersrand Supergroup, South Africa
Authors: Humbert F. , Hofmann A. , Kock M. de , Agangi A. , Chou Y-M. , Mambane P.W.
Published: May 2021

The ca. 2.97 to 2.80 Ga Witwatersrand Supergroup, South Africa, represents the oldest intracontinental sedimentary basin of the Kaapvaal craton. Two volcanic units occur in this supergroup: the widespread Crown Formation lavas in the marine shale-dominated West Rand Group and the more geographically restricted Bird Member lavas, intercalated with fluvial to fluvio-deltaic sandstone and conglomerate of the Central Rand Group. These units remain poorly studied as they are rarely exposed and generally deeply weathered when cropping out. We report whole-rock major and trace elements, Hf and Nd-isotope whole-rock analyses of the lavas from core samples drilled in the south of the Witwatersrand basin and underground samples from the Evander Goldfield in the northeast. In the studied areas, both the Crown Formation and Bird Member are composed of two units of lava separated by sandstone. Whereas all the Crown Formation samples show a similar geochemical composition, the upper and lower volcanic units of the Bird Member present clear differences. However, the primitive mantle-normalized incompatible trace element concentrations of all Crown Formation and Bird Member samples show variously enriched patterns and marked negative Nb and Ta anomalies relative to Th and La. Despite the convergent geodynamic setting of the Witwatersrand Supergroup suggested by the literature, the Crown Formation and Bird Member are probably not related to subduction-related magmatism but more to decompression melting. Overall, the combined trace element and Sm-Nd isotopic data indicate melts from slightly to moderately depleted sources that were variably contaminated with crustal material. Greater contamination, followed by differentiation in different magma chambers, can explain the difference between the two signatures of the Bird Member. Finally, despite previous proposals for stratigraphically correlating the Witwatersrand Supergroup to the Mozaan Group of the Pongola Supergroup, their volcanic units are overall geochemically distinct.
Sub-lithospheric mantle sources for overlapping southern African Large Igneous Provinces
Authors: Ashwal L.D.
Published: May 2021

At least four spatially overlapping Large Igneous Provinces, each of which generated ~1 x 106 km3 or more of basaltic magmas over short time intervals (<5 m.y.), were emplaced onto and into the Kaapvaal Craton between 2.7 and 0.18 Ga: Ventersdorp (2 720 Ma, ~0.7 x 106 km3), Bushveld (2 056 Ma, ~1.5 x 106 km3), Umkondo (1 105 Ma, ~2 x 106 km3) and Karoo (182 Ma, ~3 x 106 km3). Each of these has been suggested to have been derived from melting of sub-continental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) sources, but this is precluded because: (1) each widespread heating event sufficient to generate 1 to 2 x 106 km3 of basalt from the Kaapvaal SCLM (volume = 122 to 152 x 106 km3) would increase residual Mg# by 0.5 to 2 units, depending on degree of melting, and source and melt composition, causing significant depletion in already-depleted mantle, (2) repeated refertilization of the Kaapvaal SCLM would necessarily increase its bulk density, compromising its long-term buoyancy and stability, and (3) raising SCLM temperatures to the peridotite solidus would also have repeatedly destroyed lithospheric diamonds by heating and oxidation, which clearly did not happen. It is far more likely, therefore, that the Kaapvaal LIPs were generated from sub-lithospheric sources, and that their diverse geochemical and isotopic signatures represent variable assimilation of continental crustal components. Combined Sr and Nd isotopic data (n = 641) for the vast volumetric majority of Karoo low-Ti tholeiitic magmatic products can be successfully modelled as an AFC mixing array between a plume-derived parental basalt, with <10% of a granitic component derived from 1.1 Ga Namaqua-Natal crust. Archaean crustal materials are far too evolved (εNd ~ -35) to represent viable contaminants. However, a very minor volume of geographically-restricted (and over-analysed) Karoo magmas, including picrites, nephelinites, meimechites and other unusual rocks may represent low-degree melting products of small, ancient, enriched domains in the Kaapvaal SCLM, generated locally during the ascent of large-volume, plume-derived melts. The SCLM-derived rocks comprise the well-known high-Ti (>2 to 3 wt.% TiO2) magma group, have εNd, 182 values between +10.5 and -20.9, and are characteristically enriched in Sr (up to 1 500 ppm), suggesting a possible connection to kimberlite, lamproite and carbonatite magmatism. These arguments may apply to continental LIPs in general, although at present, there are insufficient combined Sr + Nd isotopic data with which to robustly assess the genesis of other southern African LIPs, including Ventersdorp (n = 0), Bushveld (n = 55) and Umkondo (n = 18).
Y a-t-il une logique de l’absence dans la ponctuation d’Yvain du manuscrit BnF Fr. 12560 ? Note méthodologique
Authors:   Université de Liège (Bélgica), Mazziotta Nicolas
Published: May 2021

Este artículo pretende demostrar que la consideración de usos puntuarios interesantes pero aislados en los textos medievales lleva en ocasiones a conclusiones precipitadas. Analizamos, en concreto, la puntuación de Yvain en el manuscrito BnF Fr. 12560, códice en el que los versos se hallan puntuados de modo prácticamente sistemático a final de verso. Los llamativos casos en que se produce ausencia de puntuación en ese contexto parecen responder a una primera explicación: tal ausencia se debería a la presencia de palabras gramaticales y a una forma de continuidad sintáctica. Pero esta explicación no es suficiente, cuando contrastamos los casos de ausencia y los casos de presencia de puntuación, en un estudio del texto en su conjunto.
Caractéristiques de la ponctuation dans un corpus de lettres écrites en français par des Finlandais aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles
Authors:   University of Helsinki (Finlandia), Härmä Juhani
Published: May 2021

El corpus seleccionado para este estudio está constituido por la correspondencia mantenida entre cuatro finlandeses de finales del siglo XVIII y principios del XIX. Los autores de esta correspondencia comparten ciertos rasgos: todos eran funcionarios de alto rango, que desempeñaron su labor durante un importante periodo de transición en la historia de Finlandia, pertenecían a la nobleza y tenían el sueco como lengua materna; mantenían su correspondencia en sueco y en francés y mezclaban en ocasiones ambas lenguas. Las cartas en francés no muestran una influencia determinante del sueco, salvo los usos de la puntuación. Me concentraré aquí en la raya, cuyo uso quedó establecido en el siglo XIX en varias lenguas europeas.
Aprendizaje de francés a través de videojuegos cooperativos: Portal 2
Authors:   Universidad de Córdoba (España), Muñoz González Juan Manuel , de Castro Castro Carmen ,   Universidad de Córdoba (España), Brazo-Millán Ana Isabel ,   Universidad de Córdoba (España)
Published: May 2021

Partimos de una experiencia didáctica centrada en el uso del videojuego cooperativo Portal 2 y hemos descrito la experiencia de nuestro alumnado en cuanto al aprendizaje de FLE a nivel universitario mediante un cuestionario de elaboración propia. En él se han analizado las diferencias estadísticas significativas siguiendo un método descriptivo y cuantitativo. Los resultados consideran las cuatro dimensiones obtenidas en el análisis factorial exploratorio y se presentan las relaciones entre los cuatro factores, así como el establecimiento de un modelo predictor de la valoración de la experiencia. Las conclusiones revelan que la incorporación de un videojuego cooperativo y la inclusión de sesiones didácticas ha llevado a una consideración bastante positiva del alumnado con respecto a la dinámica de aprendizaje planteada.
The Ethnophraseological Expression c’est pas grave and Its Translations into Russian
Authors: Debrenne Michèle , Dubovitsky Ivan N.
Published: May 2021

The article is devoted to the analysis of translatability of the French ethnophraseological unit “c’est pas grave” into Russian. Its ethnophraseological nature has been established according to Bert Peeters’ criteria: it has to be regarded as “typical French” by speakers of other languages, used as a title of movies, songs, books or articles. 964 translations of this expression into Russian were analyzed, and 40 possible variants were identified. In most cases, the translation of the phraseological unit into Russian is represented by affirmative constructions, in spite of the fact that it is negative in French, as for instance “это нормально / все нормально” (it’s ok; everything is fine). Some translations are sentences in the imperative mood: “забудь” (forget it), “не волнуйтесь” (don’t worry). The paper describes each type of translation. In the conclusion the phraseological unit “c’est pas grave” is presented in Natural Semantic Metalanguage which allows us to conclude that this saying is used after some event happened in which the speaker and his/her partner are involved. The speaker says that the event is not bad, has no negative consequences and that it is not worth worrying about. She / he asks the other communicant not to worry, thus implying that she / he himself / herself will not think about it anymore. The frequency of this saying, the fact, that it is regarded as “typically French” by others, and a large number of translation variants prove its ethnolinguistic character and its link with hypothetical French cultural values, which can be described as “insouciance”.
The Cognitive Aspect of English Polysemantic Adjectives
Authors: Antonova Marina B.
Published: May 2021

This paper presents an analysis of the deep language factors that predetermine polysemy of English adjectives denoting moral and mental qualities of human beings. In line with a well-established point of view in cognitive linguistics, this study treats the semantics of a word as a two-level phenomenon possessing the semantic (external) level and the conceptual (internal) level. Given polysemy belongs to the external level, this study aims to reveal the internal language factor allowing for umbrella adjectives to develop meanings of moral and mental qualities. This is the first research that has analyzed English adjectives from this perspective; it is proposed to unearth the deep language foundation of polysemy by modeling the conceptual foundation of polysemantic adjectives, which is undertaken via analysis of their etymological data. The choice of the adjectives encoding moral and mental qualities is substantiated by the following reasons: first, these words name the major human characteristics, whose recognition and verbalization can be traced back to the Pre-Old English period; second, they denote abstract qualities unperceivable by senses but estimated due to their indirect manifestation in individuals’ judgments, conduct and activity; third, since these adjectives convey evaluation of the quality, they reflect cultural axiological standards. The findings show that the semantics of the English adjectives in question is governed by a certain set of conceptual metaphors. The commonality of the adjectives’ conceptual basis seems to be the internal language factor that accounts for polysemy, i.e. an ability for an adjective to comprise meanings of mental and moral characteristics. In addition, the results demonstrate that the unearthed concepts form oppositions, namely, LIFE - DEATH, MOTION - STILLNESS, FRIEND - FOE. The opposed concepts are endowed with the positive or negative value that appears to determine the evaluative meaning of the adjectives. Besides, the research has shown that, while participating in the formation of adjectival semantics, the concepts can demonstrate ambiguous value, which enables a concept to underlie both the positive and negative evaluative meanings of an adjective; therefore, an adjective may comprise meanings of mental and moral characteristics that are opposite in their evaluation.
Liminal World in Yakut Culture: The Role and Place of Man in the Space of the Road
Authors: Noeva (Karmanova) Sargylana E.
Published: May 2021

The relevance of this article is dictated by the need to study one of the main components of the Yakut geocultural landscape - the liminal road space, which is considered to be an fictional system of its own. In this regard the scientific novelty of the article is obvious: the need to view the liminal (intermediate) space as a semantic structure manifested in the constancy of images, universals that have cultural, historical, and mental commonality. The study of one of the interesting aspects of the local text, the intermediate space, has not received detailed development in Yakut science to this day. The purpose of this article is to identify the borderlines and space boundaries in particular in the context of the chronotopic system of the Yakut novel. The author emphasizes the interest in the liminal chronotope and the road as a special chronotopic complex that strengthens other spatial structures, or rather topos of the alas (villages) and cities, without which it is impossible to build a complete geopoetic picture of the Yakut world. In the context of the above theme, the image of a literary hero, whose consciousness is extremely responsive to modifications of the surrounding landscape, acquires a new semantic function. The author of the article adheres to the viewpoint that the process of evolution of the hero of the path, which is fully revealed in the space of the road, most clearly shows cultural signs of the perception of the problem of life and death which in different literary periods acquire unexpectedly interesting properties. The results of the research undertaken in this article can be used in the fictional landscape study, which is becoming the most relevant in recent times in Russian Text Linguistics.
Autism Spectrum Disorder-Impact on Parenting & Coping Strategies
Authors: Dr. Deepak Sharma  , Anju Joshi Sharma
Published: May 2021

The purpose of this study is to determine what kind of impact the diagnosis of ASD can have on parents and what can be done to decrease the amount of stress these parents experience. Within recent decades the chances of a child being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder has increased dramatically. Some believe this is due to the increased recognition of an autism spectrum disorder in doctors as well as parents/caregivers, teachers and other individuals that may work with children. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of developmental disabilities that can cause significant social, communication and behavioural changes. There is no known cause and no cure for ASD. A two year old child, who appeared to be developing normally, fails to develop language, shows little interest in other people, and engages in repetitive behaviours. Parents begin a journey into the world of autism, navigating through the diagnostic process while trying to understand why their child is no longer developing normally. This paper gives a brief history of ASD, identifies the main characteristics of ASD, identifies suspected causes, explores the sense of loss and grief parents often may experience, discusses parental stress, coping strategies, the special challenges faced while parenting a child with ASD and positive personal growth parents may experience because of the child’s ASD. Through parent interviews, it was evident ASD added stress to the families. It is the parent’s ultimate decision on what they consider is a comfortable means of coping. There was a consensus that parents would like to talk to others who have experience in ASD – whether it is professionally or personally.
Effect of Socio Economic Status on Academic Performance of Secondary School Students
Authors: Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat  , Dr. Jyotsna Joshi  , Irfan Ahmad Wani
Published: May 2021

Aim: – The most important task of the educational system is to prepare students to acquire knowledge and career and cognitive skills to enter the community. Therefore, identifying the factors leading to the students’ academic achievement is very important. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between socio economic status and academic achievement of secondary school students belonging to different educational zones of Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir State. Methods: – This descriptive analytical study was done on 120 students of secondary Schools in 2012-13 through random sampling. Socio economic status scale constructed and standardized by Rajbir Singh et al., and Previous Academic Progress Record from schools were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by using Mean, S.D, M.D and students t-test. Results: – Result proves it beyond any shadow of doubt that there is a significant difference in the academic achievement of high socioeconomic status of students in comparison to low socioeconomic status of students. Significant differences were found between the students with (high and low) and (high and middle) socioeconomic status. On the other hand insignificant difference was found between the students with middle and low socioeconomic status in respect to academic achievement.
Garments Worker’s Job Stress and Mental Health
Authors: Biplob Kumar Dey  , Abdur Rahman  , Mst. Sabiha Sultana  , Sahila Sadaf
Published: May 2021

The present study attempted an empirical investigation to explore the job stress and mental health of garment workers as a function of gender and salary. A total of 120 respondents constituted the sample of the study were selected purposively of Chittagong district Bangladesh. Among them 60 workers were male (20 were salary ranges of 4000-8000├, 20 were salary ranges of 8100-12000├ and 20 were salary ranges of above 12000├) and 60 workers were female (20 were salary ranges of 4000-8000├, 20 were salary ranges of 8100-12000├ and 20 were salary ranges of above 12000├). An adapted Bengali version (Rahman and Sorcar, 1990) of ‘Job Stress’ scale and Bengali version (Sorcar and Rahman, 1989) of “Mental Health” scale were used. Data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The findings of the present study showed that female workers had significantly more job stress (F=72.07, df =1, p<.00) than male workers and lowest salary ranges workers had significantly more job stress (F=20.78, df =2, p<.00) than highest salary ranges workers. No significant interaction effect found between gender and salary according to job stress. On the other hand, gender had no significant effect on mental health and highest salary ranges workers had significantly more mental health (F =5.71, df =2, p<.00) than lowest salary ranges workers. No significant interaction effect found between gender and salary according to mental health. Results also showed that job stress was negatively correlated (r = -.35, p<.01) with mental health.
Gender Differences in Prosocial Behaviour
Authors: Isah Aliyu Abdullahi  , Dr. Pardeep Kumar
Published: May 2021

The objective of current research was to examine the gender differences in prosocial behaviour. Total 60 students (N = 60, 30 Males and 30 Females) participated in the current study from Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. The Prosocial Personality Battery (PSB) consisting seven dimensions including social responsibility (SR), emphatic concern (EC), perspective taking (PT), personal distress (PD), other oriented moral reasoning (O), mutual concern moral reasoning (M) and self report altruism (SRA) has been used in the study to collect the data. The results revealed significant gender differences on two dimensions of prosocial personality battery, i.e. perspective taking (t = 2.04, p <.05) and other oriented moral reasoning (t = 2.01, p <.05), being females on the higher side. On rest of the five dimensions the differences were negligible falling far away from the probability level of .05. The results suggest that males and females are both almost equal on most of the prosocial behaviour dimensions. However, in case of perspective taking and mutual concern moral reasoning females are on higher side suggesting that they have better understanding of others’ mental state and they are more concerned about morality in the society.
Role of Play Therapy on Aggression and Learning Disabilities in Students: A Quasi-Experimental Design
Authors: Bita Sarpoulaki  , Parisa Kolahi
Published: May 2021

Objective: This study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of play therapy on children aggressive and spelling disorders. Method: Quasi-experimental design is a type of pre-exam and posttest with control group. The Samples of this research consisted of 24 male and female students who were selected according to the entering criteria of this study and based on the available sampling method in the second district of Tehran. In this study was used an aggressiveness Shahim questionnaire and self-made dictation test to collect the data. Results: Data analysis indicated that play therapy was reduced the aggression of children in post test of experimental group and could improve their spelling disorder. Overall, results showed the importance and effectiveness of play therapy on aggression and spelling disorder. Conclusion: The results indicated that the uses of play therapy as an effective method and without adverse effects are useful in clinical centers of reducing aggression and improving spelling disorder.
A Study on Anxiety Level and Academic Achievement of XI Standard Students of Thanjavur District
Authors: K. Suresh
Published: May 2021

The Normative survey research has been conducted on Anxiety Level to the random sample of 731 XI standard students of Thanjavur District, Tamilnadu State. In this study, the investigator has used independent variable is Anxiety and the dependent variable is Academic Achievement.  Gender, Locality, and Medium of Instruction are the demographic variables.  Descriptive, inferential and correlation analyses were used to testing the hypotheses. The study reveals that the anxiety level of XI standard students is moderate and the Academic Achievement is in first class; Both Anxiety and Academic Achievement are significant with Gender, Locality of School and Medium of Instruction. The correlation between Anxiety and Academic Achievement is high negative correlation.
Social Media and Social skills
Authors: Prabhakararao Sampathirao
Published: May 2021

Constant engagement of children with social media deprives them of face-face to face contacts and hence opportunities to practice social skills in real time situations. Technological Communication (internet and social media) preference strongly correlated with poor social skills and high social anxiety, while a greater restriction of technology in youth correlated with high social skills. One of the “benefits” advocated over and again by experts in various fields is that social media actually increases and supports the development of social skills. However, technological Communication (internet and social media) preference strongly correlated with poor social skills and high social anxiety, while a greater restriction of technology in youth correlated with high social skills in college. In this study the following five popular benefits from social media that were highlighted over and again, have been examined critically to show the reverse is true.
Aggressive Behaviors of Sri Lankan Preschool Children: A Mixed Method Study
Authors: Buddhiprabha D D Pathirana
Published: May 2021

Very few studies have explored young children’s aggressive behaviors in collective cultures or in South Asian contexts. The present study reconnoitres in depth; the nature, types, prevalence and antecedents of aggressive behaviors displayed by Sri Lankan preschool children. The study was carried out in two phases using a mixed method; 1. Preschool teacher interviews (N = 23) with teachers from 14 varied preschool contexts in Sri Lanka, and 2. Observations of aggressive behaviors of 16 preschool children displaying prominent overt, and relational aggression from four varied preschool communities selected from a group of 135 children.  Findings of this study make important contributions to aggressive behaviors within Sri Lankan preschool children and discuss them in the back drop of global research findings. Findings also provide new information regarding the manner in which aggression was expressed by the observed group of preschool children, labeled as ‘playful aggressive parodies’ by the author.
Risk Factors of Adolescent Aggression
Authors: Sandra Sunitha Lobo  , Dr. S.V. Surya Rekha
Published: May 2021

Adolescence as a transitional stage implies several changes and challenges demanding psycho-social adjustment that could be beyond one’s coping for some adolescents who end up developing dysfunctional adaptive behaviour such as aggression. The present study aimed at investigating the risk factors of adolescent aggression. A total of 297 respondents constituted the sample of the study. Among them, 63 (21.21%) adolescents were male and 234 (78.78%) were female. A survey design was used. The descriptive statistics used for analysis of demographic variables were frequency and percentage. Chi Square test and Fishers exact test were used to find the risk factors of Aggression. The findings of the present study show a statistical significant association between gender and socio-economic status on adolescent aggression.
The Mediating Role of Spirituality between Self-Value and Counselling Attitudes among Nigerian Students in Malaysian Universities
Authors: Idowu, G.T  , Hassan, S. A  , Azimi, H  , Baba, M
Published: May 2021

This study examined the mediating role of spirituality between self-value and counselling attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help among Nigerian students in Malaysian universities. The sample consisted of 394 Nigerian students who are currently enrolled in 10 randomly selected universities across Malaysia. They completed self-report questionnaires administered one-on-one in each of the selected institutions. It was hypothesized that there is no mediating relationship between self-value and counselling attitudes through spirituality.  Two levels of quantitative research are presented: descriptive and correlational. SPSS version 22 and SEM analyses (descriptive statistics/AMOS) gave a contrary result, therefore the null hypothesis was rejected and it was concluded that spirituality mediated the relationship between self-value and counselling attitudes. Limitations in the current study, such as sample size, and directions for future studies to address the limitations are discussed.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Mindfulness: hope for Depression
Authors: Monica Sharma  , Dr. Asha Hingar  , Dr. I.D. Gupta
Published: May 2021

Depression is the common cold of mental disorders. It is one of the main issues that needs to receive a great deal of attention in order to create grounds to be prevented or cured.  It is interesting to note that there is extensive literature emphasising the role and effectiveness of CBT as the treatment of depression. But few researchers talk about combined effect of CBT and Mindfulness. So to reduce this gap the present study aims to examine the application of CBT and Mindfulness to reduce the symptoms of Depression. This study adopts CBT and Mindfulness together in a case of 40 year old, married, educated woman experiencing depression from last 5 years. She was having difficulty in performing her everyday tasks and managing her work. Detailed therapy sessions were conducted to resolve the issues. The analysis of data revealed that both the techniques when used in combination were effective in reducing depression experienced by the client as there was significant reduction in the level of depression she suffered and reduced stress levels.
Women Empowerment and Its Challenges in Jammu and Kashmir
Authors: Mohd Muzaffar Banday1  , Dr. P. Ganesan
Published: May 2021

In Jammu and Kashmir Woman are the most vulnerable section due to violence caused by militancy and armed conflict. They are facing number of challenges related to health, economy,
education, politics, and more importantly they are traumatised due to prolonged depression of conflict in which number of women become widows. In this study researcher tried to access the freedom of movement within and outside their homes, freedom of acquiring education before and after their marriages and challenges faced by women were also identified with the help of primary and secondary data. Researcher found that women had high level of freedom for their education before marriage and they had high level of freedom for their movement both within and outside their villages.
Effect of Climate Change on Mental Health
Authors: Dr. Ratan P. Solanki
Published: May 2021

On 5th of June the entire world celebrated the World Environment Day (WED) WED is being celebrated every year since 1973.To involve people all over the world, a slogan has also been coined for this year’s WED. The slogan is: ‘Raise Your Voice Not the Sea Level.’ The idea is that there is need to raise voice against the ongoing climate change so that brake is applied to the raising global temperature. 23We all know that 2014 has been declared as the hottest year globally by the Meteorological department of United States of America. Climate change is a global challenge which is likely to affect the mankind in substantial ways. Not only climate change is expected to affect physical health, it is also likely to affect mental health. Increasing ambient temperatures is likely to increase rates of aggression and violent suicides, while prolonged droughts due to climate change can lead to more number of farmer suicides. Droughts otherwise can lead to impaired mental health and stress. Increased frequency of disasters with climate change can lead to posttraumatic stress disorder, adjustment disorder, and depression. Changes in climate and global warming may require population to migrate, which can lead to acculturation stress. It can also lead to increased rates of physical illnesses, which secondarily would be associated with psychological distress. The possible effects of mitigation measures on mental health are also discussed. The paper concludes with a discussion of what can and should be done to tackle the expected mental health issues consequent to climate change.
Emotional Intelligence and Adjustment of Sports persons
Authors: Dharmendra Pratap Singh  , Dr. B. K. Bhardwaj
Published: May 2021

The demand for adjustment is universal to all human beings and characterized by uniqueness, dynamicity, pervasiveness and indispensability. The processes and mechanisms of adjustment entail factors associated with the personal attributes of the individuals, socio-cultural milieu and genetic endowment which determine its exact nature, extent and quality. The sports relationship is unique and places a different type of demand on the part of sportspersons. Out of many stake holders of adjustment in the field of sports and games, the emotions play a pivotal role. The present research attempted to spell out the impact of emotional intelligence and gender in shaping the adjustment of the sportspersons. The study employed four hundred sportspersons with equal number of males and females as participants whose emotional intelligence and adjustment were measured through standardized psychometric tools. The results evinced that male and female differed in their four components and overall mean scores of emotional intelligence. The female participants evinced higher mean emotional intelligence score as compared to their male counterparts as well as on intrapersonal awareness and intrapersonal management dimensions of emotional intelligence. Contrarily, there were no gender differences on interpersonal awareness and interpersonal management dimensions emotional intelligence. In addition, the scores of emotional intelligence showed statistically significant positive correlations with all the four areas of adjustment such as home adjustment, health adjustment, social adjustment and emotional. The results have been discussed in the light of current theories of emotional intelligence and adjustment. The conclusions of the study have important theoretical and practical implications for the academicians, administrators, sportspersons, researchers of other professional associated with sports field and  policy maker.
Police: A Savior to Drug Addicts
Authors: Rashi Sekhri
Published: May 2021

Since independence, our society is been ingested up by abuses like drug addiction, cyber crimes, sexual assaults, gambling etc to a great extent. Above all, Drugs are the termites for our India. The fragmentation of old joint family system, absence of parental love, process of industrialization, urbanization has led to an increased number of drug trafficking and addiction among youth which has taken a frog leap in our country. Drugs have been classified as an EPIDEMIC by Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. Now it’s time for our Indian Police to act like aardwolf to eradicate these termites and makes the addiction free nation. Police (public officers for legal investigations and criminal emergencies) is the most perceptible officials in the criminal justice system that is charged with preventing crime and enforcing the law. This paper focuses on those preventive measures that can be taken by Indian Police to curb drug-addiction from the society. Evidences about the effectiveness of drug education, role plays, awareness campaigns, motivational workshops and extra-curricular activities are discussed which can be considered as nullifiers to obliterate drug abuse. Besides other states in India, Punjab has come under the red alert zone in drug trafficking and addiction. According to 2011 Report on drug abuse and alcoholism in Punjab by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, 40% of Punjabi youth of age group 15-25 years have fallen to drug-addiction. The literature referred in this paper includes qualitative and quantitative research studies on preventive measures taken in various parts of India which can be of great help to Police in encouraging the land of five rivers that is Punjab, to swipe the flood of drugs from its roots. Laws regarding the drug prevention, counseling programs and their adaptability by the society have also been studied.
A Study on Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder from Urban, Semi-Rural and Rural Areas of West Bengal
Authors: Rima Das  , Souvik Raychaudhuri
Published: May 2021

Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disorder prevalent in population across the world including India. In the present study we investigated OCD patients from Urban, Semi- rural and rural population in the state of West Bengal, India. Patients were evaluated for severity of OCD using the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) and Socio-Economic status using standard Indian scale. No positive correlation was found between the socio-economic status and severity of OCD.
Hope and Psychological Well Being among Diabetes Patients: A Correlational Study
Authors: Aqueleem Un Nabi  , Tabeer Ahmad  , Mohd. Ilyas Khan
Published: May 2021

Hope is an optimism that is experienced even though the individual may have little personal control over the situation. This nature of hope changes the behaviour of patients and these changes influence various aspect of personality psychological well-being of patients and make their behaviour somewhat positive towards their disease to cope with it. One’s capacity to hope for things places an absolute limit on one’s power. Thus, Adult hope of patients helps them to deal with their disease in a positive manner. Diabetes is a type of disease in which patients have to face crucial time during their treatment period. The present study has been done to examine the influence of hope on psychological well-being, for this purpose the sample of 100 diabetes patients (50 male and 50 female diabetes patients) were selected randomly from Rajiv Gandhi Centre for diabetes JNMC, A.M.U, Aligarh. The adult hope questionnaire and psychological well-being scale was administered on diabetes patients to collect data. T-test and Pearson product moment co-efficient of correlation were used for data analysis. The obtained result revealed significance difference between male and female diabetes patients on hope and psychological well-being and relationship between hope and psychological well-being was found significantly positive.
A Comparative Study of Adjustment among Day Scholars and Hostel Students
Authors: Chinky Upadhyaya
Published: May 2021

The purpose of the study was to find out the differences in adjustment among Day Scholars and Hostel students who are adolescents in age range (14 to 15 years). From Meerut District, in Uttar Pradesh state. 600 School students were selected by random sampling method .Sample consists of 300 Day Scholars (150 males and 150 Females) and 300Hostel students (150 males and 150 Females). The age range was 14 to 15 years. The data was collected with the help of Bell ‘s adjustment inventory. Obtained data were statistically analyzed by Mean, SD and T test. Results revealed that Day Scholars and Hostel students differed significantly on home, health, social, emotional and overall adjustment.
Effect of Integrated Technology on Self Concept of 13 To 16 Years Old Students
Authors: Shukla R  , Dr. Upadhyaya H
Published: May 2021

The main objective of the present research work was to see the effect of integrated technology on the self concept of 13 to 16 years old students, for achieving this objective a purposeful sample of 13 to 16 years old 140 students from urban and rural areas of Jabalpur district were taken and was divided into experimental& control group. The researcher first administered scale of self concept (by Dr. R.K. Saraswat) as pre-test, followed by 30 days treatment, after treatment again post-test was administered (S.C.S.) on both the groups. Gain scores were obtained (Post test- Pretest = Gain score). For analysis of data 2 x 2 x 2 Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used. Results revealed that a significant main difference was found for area, gender and method at 0.01 level of significance.
Neuroplasticity of the Brain: Neurophysiological Perspective
Authors: Mukesh Kumar Garg  , Preeti Sharma  , Mustafa Nadeem Kirmani
Published: May 2021

The brain is the most important organ of human body. It is dynamic in terms of functional and structural aspects. Each human function is determined by brain. It was thought in the beginning that brain or its tissues do not regenerate once they are damaged. The recent research in neurosciences has shown that brain tissues have the ability to regenerate themselves. This phenomenon is known as neuronal plasticity.  There have been multiple mechanisms which explain this phenomenon. Post injury experiences, neurochemical and neurophysiological aspects are some of the underlying mechanisms. The current paper attempts to explain the neurophysiological aspects of neuroplasticity. It has significant therapeutic implications.
Theories of Career Development: Educational and Counseling Implications
Authors: Preeti Sharma
Published: May 2021

Career Development is a continuous lifelong process of developmental experiences that focuses on seeking, obtaining and processing information about self, occupational and educational alternatives, life styles and role options. Put another way, career development is the process through which people come to understand them as they relate to the world of work and their role in it. This career development process is where an individual fashions a work identity. In educational development, career development provides a person, often a student, and focus for selecting a career or subject to undertake in the future. Educational institutions provide career counsellors to assist students with their educational development.

It is imperative when educating the young people that the current school systems assist and consider the significance of this responsibility for the youth and their future. The influences on and outcomes of career development are one aspect of socialization as part of a broader process of human development. Theories and research describing career behavior provide the “conceptual glue” for as well as describe where, when and for what purpose career counseling, career education, career guidance and other career interventions should be implemented.  In educational development, career development provides a person, often a student, and focus for selecting a career or subject to undertake in the future. Educational institutions provide career counsellors to assist students with their educational development. The current paper will focus on the various theories related to career development and their educational implications.
Impact of Parental Personality on Crying Child Behavior and Their Future Mental Health
Authors: Rupali Chandola  , S. C. Tiwari  , Rakesh Kumar Tripathi
Published: May 2021

Background: Crying is an important means of communication for babies. It plays a crucial role in ensuring the survival, health and development of the child. Whether infants cry intensely for a few months or fuss frequently for the first year of life, a systems approach to development would suggest that the impact of extremes in crying on the infant’s immediate environment may have negative consequences for the dynamics of the parent-child relationship, which in turn would have implications for the child’s psychosocial development. Parents have important roles in child rearing, but the influence of their personality on rearing practices and their impact on the behavior of children has received surprisingly little attention. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between parent’s personality and child crying behavior and future mental health. Methods:  Study examined personality dimension of 300 parents of normal and psychiatrically ill male and female subjects selected purposively between 20-25 years age group. A question was asked to all the parents of the subjects, “What was the behavior of the subject during two years from the birth? Was he or she used to ‘cry’ often or not? The study was conducted on the parents of diagnosed 75 indoor and outdoor psychiatric patients and 75 normal controls. GHQ-12 negative subjects from the community formed the normal group.  Dimension Personality Inventory (DPI) was administered on all parents of included subjects. Result: Significant difference was found in all the dimensions of DPI between ‘crying’ and ‘non crying’ child’s parents. Conclusion: The maturity of parent’s character appears to have a key role in reducing the risk of behavior problems in their children. Suggestions are made for parental education and future research.
Self Esteem, Anxiety, Depression and Stress among Physically Disabled People
Authors: Shahnawaz Mushtaq  , Dr Deoshree Akhouri
Published: May 2021

Background: The aim of the present study is to investigate the self esteem, anxiety, stress and level of depression among the individuals who are differently able. The study investigated the psychological stressors, mental health and self image of the physically challenged people. Any physical disability leads to feelings of inadequacy which results in the feelings of depression, anxiety and low levels of tolerance. Material And Method: 50 physically challenged and 50 normal women and men were taken for the study. Result And Discussion: It was found that physically disabled people have low level of self esteem and high level of depression, stress and anxiety in comparison to normal population.