bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An Unusual Case of Phobia: Hodophobia
Authors: Dr. Hemendra Singh  , Hannah Awayz  , Dr Murali T
Published: December 2021

Phobia to situation and objects is a common presentation of anxiety disorders. The DSM- IV TR (Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed., text rev.) includes distinct types of phobias. We report an unusual case of hodophobia which has been successfully treated with combination of pharmacotherapy and systematic desensitization. Since phobia of travelling impacts person’s professional life, early treatment and awareness is required.
Job Satisfaction and Occupational Stress among Permanent and Temporary School Teachers
Authors: Dr. Tribhuvan Sunil Laxman
Published: December 2021

Aim of the Study: 1.To search the job satisfaction among permanent and temporary school teachers. 2. To examine the occupational stress among permanent and temporary school teachers. 3. To find out the negative correlation found between job satisfaction and occupational stress among school teachers. Hypotheses: 1. there is no significant difference between among permanent and temporary school teachers dimension on job satisfaction. 2. There is no significant difference between among permanent and temporary school teachers dimension on occupational stress. 3. There is negative correlation between job satisfaction and occupational stress among school teachers. Sample: Total 120 school teachers were selected. Among them 60 among permanent school teachers and 60 among temporary school teachers. The age range of school teachers were 20 to 30 years (M =26.45, SD = 5.78). Non-probability purposive sampling was used. Tools 1. Teacher Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (TJSQ): (1996) this scale was constructed and standardized by Dr. Pramod Kumar and D. N. Mutha. Occupational Stress Index (OSI): This scale was constructed and standardize by Dr. A. K. Srivastava and A. P. Singh. Variable: Independent variable: Type of School Teacher a) among permanent b) temporary. Dependent Variable: 1. Job Satisfaction 2.  Occupational Stress Conclusion: 1. permanent school teachers found significantly high job satisfaction than the temporary school teachers. 2. Temporary school teachers found significantly high occupational stress than the temporary school teachers.3. There is negative correlation found between job satisfaction and occupational stress among school teachers.
Perceived Level of Burden of Care and Its Association with Socio-Demographic Profile of Patients with Schizophrenia and Their Caregivers
Authors: Dr. Shubhangi S. Dere  , Dr. Bindoo S. Jadhav  , Dr. Dipak C. Patil  , Dr. Hemangi S. Dhavale
Published: December 2021

Background: Schizophrenia is a clinical syndrome of variable, but profoundly disruptive, psychopathology that involves cognition, emotion, perception and behaviour. Caregiver burden refers to negative response that occurs when the caregiver assumes an unpaid and unanticipated responsibility for the person with disabling mental health problems. The burden varies with socio-demographic parameters of patients and caregivers. Aims & Objectives: To study socio demographic details of schizophrenia patients and caregivers. To assess perceived level of burden in caregivers and it’s association with socio demographic profile of patients and caregivers. Materials & Methods: Ethics committee approval and informed consent was taken. 100 consecutive patients with their primary caregiver, presenting to psychiatry OPD of general hospital, satisfying inclusion criteria, were included in the study. Socio-demographic details of caregiver were collected using semi-structured proforma. Caregiver’s perceived burden was assessed with Burden Assessment Schedule. Data thus obtained, was pooled & analyzed by using SPSS software, descriptive statistics, mean, percentage, Chi- Square test. Results: The sample consisted of 52 female & 48 male patients. Prevalence of burden in caregivers was found to be 52%. The perceived burden was found to be high in caregivers of female patients, patients of older age, less educated, single, and unemployed patients. Majority of caregivers were female and of older age. The burden perceived was found to be significantly high in female caregivers, especially mother.
Role of Psychological Predisposition on Employability of Management Students: Moderation Analysis through Soft Skills Training
Authors: Tanusree Chakraborty  , Dishari Gupta  , Raiswa Saha
Published: December 2021

Purpose- The present study purports to probe into the nature of psychological predispositions like- leadership, initiative taking, critical thinking, self motivated outlook, risk taking ability and team skills of the aspirants of management programmes who opt for either MBA or PGDM courses and their relation with employability skills. The study attempted to understand the role of psychological predispositions on employability of management students and see whether the training on soft skills received during the management programmes moderates the impact on employability of those students. Design/methodology/approach – The study comprises of 330 postgraduate management students from across the four metro cities in India. The data has been collected from the respondents from various management colleges by group administration as well as through Google forms. Overall probabilistic sampling technique was used to collect the samples. Data was collected in three phases. The age group of the participants ranged between 22-27years. Findings – Findings suggest that other than leadership ability, all factors- initiative taking, critical thinking, self motivated outlook, risk taking ability and team skills are significant predictors of employability; intensity of soft skills training given by the institute has been found to moderate the relation between psychological predispositions and employability of the students; and among the two categories of educational background covered, management education significantly differentiates the levels of psychological predisposition among management students. Practical implications – The practical implication of this paper is that it is highly focusing on the need and indispensability of soft skills training among budding managers who are receiving the technical training in management. The study has clearly demonstrated that intensive soft skills training, in terms of time duration, variety and coverage, moderates the role of psychological predisposition on employability of management students. Originality/value- This original elementary study gives insight into the role of psychological predispositions and importance of soft skills training in employability of management graduates.
Values and Sex Behavior Attitude among Engineering College Students in Relation to Socio-economic Status
Authors: Mr. Ashok B. Patil  , Dr. G. B. Chaudhari
Published: December 2021

Chakraborty T, Gupta D, Saha R (2017), Role of Psychological Predisposition on Employability of Management Students: Moderation Analysis through Soft Skills Training, International Journal of Indian Psychology, Volume 4, Issue 2,DIP: 18.01.172/20170402, DOI: 10.25215/0402.172In this era, the value and sex behaviour attitude of the Youth plays important role for the healthy society. The present study is conducted to investigate the values and sex behaviour attitude among engineering college students of Jalgaon city. Kamal Dvivedi and Shagufta Hafeez (1995) Values Scale and Dr Yashvir Singh (2004) Sex Behavior Attitude Inventory is used for the for the sample of 40 students of age group 18-22 years from engineering college of  Jalgaon City.
Job Stress, Social Anxiety and Social Skills in Male and Female I.T. Executives
Authors: Urvashi Singh  , Shalini Singh  , Poonam
Published: December 2021

The present study was conducted to investigate the gender difference in job stress, social anxiety and social skills between male and female IT executives. A total sample of 200 I.T. executives (100 males and 100 females) was taken from the private I.T. companies of Gurgaon and Faridabad. Job Stress Survey (Spielberger and Vagg, 1999), Social Skills Scale (Albert, 2005) and Social Anxiety Scale (Liebowitz, 2004) were administered to measure these variables. Data was analyzed by using t-test. Results clearly revealed the significant gender differences in the above measures. Job stress and social anxiety were found high in males while females had better social skills than male IT executives.
Planning and Designing of Deaddiction Centre
Authors: Dr. RK Ranyal  , Dr. Sameer Mehrotra  , Dr. Shiva Devarakonda  , Dr. Sunil Basukala
Published: December 2021

Substance use estimates, however, are liable to change over time, depending upon diverse factors such as availability and cost of the substances in the community, existing legislations and their implementation, social perception and attitude about use of particular substances, peer pressure and other socio-cultural factors. About 122 drug dependence treatment centres or De-Addiction Centres (DACs) have been established by The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOH&FW), Government of India. While most of these government centres are associated with either general hospitals at the district levels (district hospitals or civil hospitals), some have also been attached with departments of Psychiatry at certain medical colleges. Only a few centres (about 42, mainly those in the north-eastern states of the country) receive recurrent grants from the union health ministry. Most others have been dependent on the state governments for the recurring expenditure (on staff salaries, supplies etc.).
Qualitative Analysis of Modified Hand Test
Authors: Fayyaz Ahmed Anjum  , Dr Iffat Batool
Published: December 2021

Qualitative analysis of modified Hand Test was carried out on 500 participants further bifurcated into 350 normal, 50 maladjusted, 50 neurotic and 50 psychotic participants. Their ages ranged from 11 years to 90 years with mean age of 34.44 SD (17.34). The qualitative analysis based up on seventeen categories which includes ambivalent, automatic phrase, cylindrical, denial, emotion, gross, hiding, immature, impotent, inanimate, movement, oral, and perplexity, sensual, sexual and original. Original Purposive sampling technique was used. Modified Hand test with four new adapted stimulus was administered in accordance with described instructions by its author. Testing the limit procedure was applied only for psychotic group. Post-test inquiry was held to clarify certain responses. The results of the study depicted interesting features which differentiates four groups. E.g. normal group did not produce any sexual, hiding, repetition responses. More number of repetitive responses were found in mal adjective and neurotic groups. Certain new areas were also explored like introjections produced by psychotic group. Need for altruism by doctors sub group of normal population. Direction by teachers. Interesting results are expected with other different sample and are likely to provide insight in order to understand human behavior in tradition of idiosyncratic approach.
Creativity among the Students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and Kendriya Vidyalayas
Authors: Kiran NC  , C. G. Venkatesha Murthy
Published: December 2021

In the present study, the researchers have attempted to assess the Creativity among 770 students of JNV and KV comprising 320 from JNVs and 450 from KVs. There was a significant difference between the students of JNV’s and KV’s on Creativity in favour on JNV’ students. While boys and girls of JNV’s did not differ on Creativity. Among the students of KVs, the boys and girls differed significantly on creativity in favour of boys. Finally, there was no significant difference between the boys and girls of JNV’s and KV’s put together on Creativity. The implications of nurturing creativity among students are discussed.
Initiatory Experiences of Amaibi: A Phenomenological Study
Authors: Yumlembam Aditi
Published: December 2021

Amaibis are priestesses and healers of the Meitei, one of the ethnic groups of Manipur, India. In the present paper, narratives of two Amaibis were subjected to an adaptation of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to explore and make sense of the experiences that constitute their life-world. Sickness and initiatory crises; dreams and altered states of consciousness; attempts to shield the initiate; heeding the call and search for “Ema Guru”; training and initiation of vocation; and adherence of rules and restrictions were found to be the six super ordinate themes which encapsulate the participants’ journey of shamanic initiation and ordeals towards the path of Amaibihood.
Development of Psychology in Sri Lanka in comparison to Germany: Origin, Development, and Limitations
Authors: Asanka Bulathwatta
Published: December 2021

Development process of any other field is not a quick one. It may come across steps throughout the history. When we compare the European region with the Asian region the situational processes they came across have similarities and differences. Germany is the birthplace of many psychological schools in which Sri Lanka still have some shadow of those schools and keep continuing some parts of psychology adapted from this society. Nevertheless, there are some trends of having own psychological practices affirming the cross-cultural framework. Sri Lankan universities are now trying to give a proper place for Psychology but still the tendency is not adequate compared to the placement given into other disciplines.
Predicting Cancer from Depression: A Systematic Review of Prospective Studies
Authors: Deepa K Damodaran  , Varghese Paul K
Published: December 2021

Past research has proposed depression as a risk factor for developing cancer. Because results of previous prospective epidemiological investigations are found to be conflicting and inconclusive, the current review evaluates the substantiation of cancer resulting from depression by reviewing prospective cohort studies.  Identified studies, through a sensitive search strategy with the help of keywords, from Medline and Embase were retrieved as per the developed protocol and the PRISMA 2009 recommendations. The screening for the relevance of studies and the entire process of selection was done with criteria. A validated checklist ensured methodological quality whereas accuracy was made certain by double-data extraction technique. Results suggest a possible causal link between depression and the risk of cancer. When chronic and severe depression predicted greater risk of cancer, findings are inconclusive on the link between less severe depression and cancer. With the high prevalence of mood disorders, this review draws the attention towards a common biological pathway linking depression and cancer. This also highlights the necessity to discover means to control it, and hints the toxic effect of depression on risk factors in elevating the risk of cancer. Research and clinical implications are also dealt.
Organisational Diagnosis on Effectiveness: A Comparative Study of Public and Private Sector Organisations
Authors: Dr. Sudhir K. Samantaray
Published: December 2021

Changes have taken place in the lives of Indian organisations due to globalization and developments in information and communication technology revolutions. The present research focused on comparative perspectives and conceptual frame work suggested by Daft (1995) to study public and private sector organisations relating to culture, structure and strategy on organisational effectiveness. 400 front line managers comprising of 200 public and 200 private sectors, were taken into consideration. Group t-tests were conducted to assess the similarities and dissimilarities among HR personnel. The findings made a modest empirical contribution to understanding the fundamental challenges of sectoral perspectives. On one hand, the findings confirmed significant differences between public and private sector employees in their perceptions of organisational culture, structure and strategy; and on the other hand, examined the theoretical model of the relationship between organisational effectiveness as a series of work-related outcomes stating no significant differences across the sectors. The study provided practical implications for organisational development in linking structural variables to performance; focused on organisational culture in organisational efforts; addressed organisational issues holistically; suggested future studies in the areas of measurement improvement; and explored further research questions.
Brain’s Hemisphere Lateralization and Learning Styles in Engineering Education
Authors: A. Gomathi  , Dr. K.V. Krishna
Published: December 2021

The study explored various functions of the brain or hemisphere lateralization and it relevance to learning style and education namely how it relates to other style constructs (visual, Aural, verbal, physical, logical, social and solitary), gender and department stream how these are likely to impact upon learning in educational setting. Generally learning style can be described as a set of factors, behaviors, and attitudes that facilitate learning for an individual in a given situation.  Students learn differently from each other and it has been determined that brain structure influences language structure acquisition. It has also been shown that different hemispheres of the brain contain different perception.  The implications of these finding for the assessment of brain lateralization and their learning style preferences are discussed.
Career Profile, Continuing Professional Training and Motivation in BICICI Employees
Authors: Tombezoogo Sylvestre Innocent  , Loba Saga Bernard  , Yao René Yao  , Kassi Jean –Fréjus
Published: December 2021

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of career and continuing professional training on work motivation among BICICI employees. To achieve this, a sociological survey was carried out among 221 workers in this banking structure. These workers were selected using the probabilistic method. The method of data collection in the field was carried out by means of a questionnaire comprising essentially four axes. The chi-square statistical test was used to process the collected data. This treatment resulted in two levels of outcomes. One reveals that the career profile determines the motivation to work in the study subjects. The other shows that the motivation at work of the respondents depends on continuing vocational training. Herzberg’s bifactorial theory and Becker’s human capital assisted in interpreting these results.
Meditation and Locus of Control in Relation to Altitude
Authors: Capt(ex) Deepika Chamoli  , Dr Rita Kumar  , Prof. (Dr.) Abha Singh
Published: December 2021

The present study analyses the effect of meditation on locus of control of two groups(regular practitioners of meditation and non meditators) at two different altitudes (2535ft and 13500ft above sea level). The two groups comprised of Buddhist monks/Regular practitioners of meditation) and some locals in Yol Cantt (2535ft) and Lamayuru (13500ft). In the study it has been hypothesized that group one (Buddhist monks/Regular practitioners of meditation) at both the altitudes are inclined towards internal locus of control (internalism) whereas the second group is more inclined towards external locus of control (externalism). Total 100 individuals, 25 monks and 25 laymen from both areas were assessed by administering Rotter’s locus of control scale. Self-reported responses of the subjects were recorded, scored and subjected to ‘t’test analysis. It was established that group practicing regular meditation (monks) is more inclined towards internal locus of control. The study has suggested that the individual practicing meditation at both the altitudes have more inclination towards internal locus of control and non regular practitioner have also shown inclination towards internal locus of control at higher altitude. Subjects who are following some religious practices, creative art etc. also have more of internalism. Internalism is also more prevalent in high altitude.
The Study of Mental Health and Mobile Phone Addiction among Adolescences
Authors: Borale Yogesh Prabhakar  , Dr. Khalane Shashikant Hari
Published: December 2021

Aim: According to the world health organization, health means the person is not only free from any physical and psychological illness but (s)he should be fit socially too as well as no health without mental health. The present study aimed to investigate the level and difference of mental health and mobile phone addiction among adolescences. Methods: This study was done on 400 adolescences (200 boy and 200girl students) through random sampling technique. Mithila Mental Health Status Inventory and mobile phone addiction were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by using Mean, S.D, t-test and f-test. Results: Result proves it there is interaction affect among gender and level of mobile phone addiction in terms of mental health as well as no significant difference in mental health among adolescence between low mobile phone addiction and average mobile phone addiction level.
Study of Psychiatric Morbidity among Health Professionals of Different Groups Using the General Health Questionnaire-28: A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Dr. Vinod A  , Dr. Shriniwas B Choudhari  , Dr. Sucheta Waghamare  , Dr. Rajshri  , Dr. Khushboo Dewani  , Shankar Moni
Published: December 2021

Background: Psychological stress is well documented among the health care professionals. An assessment of individuals in this field is warranted for screening of minor psychiatric disorders which impedes their quality of life, adversely affects the patients being treated and adds to the burden of health care costs. Aims and Objectives: 1. To assess psychiatric morbidity in the different group of health professionals. 2. To compare psychiatric morbidity in government and private set up. Materials and Method: A sample of 448 health professionals completed the GHQ-28 which comprised of  64 dentists, 64 medicine & allied group, 85 surgery & allied group, 88 pre and Para clinical group , 71 nursing group and 76 medical officers(MO) and program officers(PO) group . Descriptive statistics was used. Frequencies and percentages were calculated and Chi square test was applied to find significant relationship between the variables. Results: Psychiatric morbidity defined as ‘caseness’ was present in 41.1% of the sample. The morbidity was maximum in the age group 25-30 (45%) and more among females (45.6%). The group of MO & PO reported highest distress (51.3%) while lowest was reported in the pre and paraclinical group (23.9%). Higher ‘caseness’ was reported in the government sector (45.8%). The relationship between ‘caseness’ and occupation was found to be statistically significant. Conclusion: The Medical officer & Program officer group and nursing group suffer from greater degree of morbidity probably due to increased workload and working environment. Further studies with larger sample are required to assess significant relation between gender and sector of work with psychiatric morbidity.
The Contribution of Muslims and Islamic Concepts: Rethinking and Establishing the Actual Origin of Concepts and Thought in Psychology
Authors: Ajmal Majeed  , Jabir K.P
Published: December 2021

The paper deals with contribution of Muslim philosophers, scholars, scientists and psychologists for psychology in the early development period of psychology. One of the major aim of this paper is to re-evaluate the real and factual origin of concepts about the treatments, theories, psycho-therapies, meditation etc. Today the western countries are ruling over the psychology development. The paper explains and establishes the argument that the Concepts and theories are formed with the contribution of Muslim thoughts and ideas. Islamic approaches and interpretation play a role in the advancement of psychology. The paper focuses on several Muslim scholars like Imam Ghazali, Ashraf Ali Yhanvi, Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, Abu-Ali al-Husayn ibn Abdalah ibn-Sina,etc. whose contributions are not mentioned in any academic discussion or textbooks of psychology or related publication. So the paper will be a thoughtful work for the psychologists to rethink about the contribution and the role of Islam and Muslims in psychology. Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) is one of the best person who lived in this world to lead the humans toward well- being in all perspectives of life. The paper concludes with the argument that the Islamic concepts and Muslim scholars have a great role in the advancement of psychology.
Adjustment and Social Support of Pre-University College Adolescents
Authors: Dr. Maheshbabu. N  , Mr. Chandrkanth. B. K  , Dr. Shivakumar S Chengti
Published: December 2021

The present study seeks to investigate the level of adjustment and social support of college going adolescents. Sample included 120 (simple random sampling method) randomly selected adolescents i.e. 60 boys and 60 girls college students from various pre-university colleges of Kalaburgi district of Hyderabad Karnataka. For obtaining the data on social support and adjustment, social support scale developed by Vaxu (1986), and adjustment inventory was developed by Sinha and Singh (1984) were used respectively. The statistical technique t-test and spearman rho coefficient of correlation was employed for comparing the two groups. The findings of the study showed that there exists significant difference in adjustment and social support between boys and girls. Whereas there exists no significant difference in respect to domicile between adjustment and social support. It also concludes that there exists positive and significant difference between adjustment and social support.
Academic Achievement Motivation among Junior College Science Faculty Students
Authors: Dr. Sujit Dhanraj Kumavat
Published: December 2021

For students there is great need of motivation, because motivation effects on their academic achievement. The present study is about the academic achievement motivation of the junior college 12th class Science faculty students. Achievement motivation plays an important role to achieve educational goals of the students. The objective of the present study was to find out the achievement motivation among junior college science faculty student. The hypothesis of the research was there was significant difference between boys and girl student in the dimension achievement motivation.  The sample for the present research selected from the junior college in Ahmednagar district. For the research, 12th class 96 students of science faculty were selected. The age range of the students were 17 to 18 years (M=27.79 SD=3.56). Random sample method was used to sample collection. The data was analyzed with t-test. Result was showed that Girls students had more academic achievement motivation than boy’s students of science faculty.
Self-Efficacy and Positive Life Orientation in Prostitutes
Authors: Dr. Soni Kewalramani  , Ms. Shreya Srivastava
Published: December 2021

Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual relations in exchange for payment or some other benefit. Though very common in society, this is one segment of population which is not studied psychologically in depth. Very few researches are reported in literature which studies them from the perspective of positive psychology. The present study is one such attempt. The objective of the present study is to measure Self-Efficacy and Positive Life Orientation in prostitutes and general population female. The sample of the present study comprised of 50 general population female and 50 prostitutes. Before formulating the assumption, a pilot study was done which led to the understanding that prostitutes do feel a sense of accomplishment. The result of the study, however, do not support the assumption formed that prostitutes will be higher on self-efficacy and positive life orientation. . The present study result shows that Self-Efficacy is higher in general population female than prostitutes and no such difference in Positive Life Orientation in both the population.
A Study on Mental Health and Quality of Work Life among teachers Working in Corporate Schools
Authors: G. Deepika Mudiraj
Published: December 2021

Mental Health is considered to be an important factor influencing individual’s behaviour, activities, happiness and performance. According to Laddell, “Mental Health is the ability to make adequate adjustments to the environment”. Bhatia (1982) considers it as the ability to balance feelings, desires, ambitions and ideals in one’s daily living. The factor which can contribute to Mental Health is the Quality of work life which is defined as set of favourable conditions and environments of a workplace that supports and promotes employee satisfaction by providing them with rewards, job security and growth opportunities. Therefore, a teacher’s mental health is considered to be an important aspect for an effective schooling system in India and hence, the present study aims to study how quality of work life relates to mental health and its impact on the teachers working in Corporate Schools. The sample for the study consists of 80 teachers who are currently working in different corporate schools. The tools used for this study are Mental Health Inventory (MHI) developed by Dr Jagdish and Dr. AK Srivastava and Quality of Work Life Scale by Dr. Santosh Dhar, Dr. Upinder Dhar and Dr. Rishu Roy.
Quality of Life Enhancement Program for People with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Authors: Jayasree Sampath  , Sarah Manickaraj
Published: December 2021

People with epilepsy have challenges in their daily life and low quality of life. People clinically diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy and follow up were chosen for the study. Sample of 150 were chosen. 75 people with temporal lobe epilepsy having reduced quality of life, aged above 20 years and below 40 years, Men and women, graduates and non-graduates, lower and middle income group, rural and urban population were included in the study. People with head injury, previous history of brain surgery, depression, hearing and speech impairment were excluded from the study. They were assessment using the standard tool for quality of life of epilepsy QUOLIE – 31 (Barbara, 1993). Quality of life enhancement program was provided as a comprehensive structured program for a month. Results revealed that quality of life of people with temporal lobe epilepsy was significantly increased after the training program. Quality of life enhancement program enhances the quality of life of people with epilepsy and more effective when given as a comprehensive individual therapy along with cognitive behavior therapy.
Strengths among Contemporary Teenagers: A Comparative Study
Authors: Ritu Rani  , Punam Midha  , Ankita Budhiraja
Published: December 2021

Male and female are two indispensible wheels of a chariot, thus both complement each other and this is a fact that without any one of them, it is just impossible to imagine the smooth continuation of the journey of life. India is a country where women were worshiped as Goddess. Though the society in which we live has been shaped historically by males. But recently the existing scenario appears to be changing with the realization of strengths among females. A harmonious society appears to be emerging with the fast speed of decline in gender-specificity. In order to empirically confirm these notions, the present researchers decided to explore and compare the profile of strengths of male-female adolescents. A test of Hindi adaptation of Value In Action (VIA) Inventory of Strengths for Youth by Shree and Singh (2013) was used. A purposive sample of 150 adolescents in which 75 were males and 75 were females with the age range of 13-17 years was drawn from Rohtak city, Haryana. The descriptive statistics was used to find out the mean differences in strengths of male and female adolescents. They differed to some extent in their profile of signature strengths. Further the profile of top five strengths also called “signature strengths”, the male and female differed in two out of five signature strengths. The similar signature strengths found in both male and female adolescents were such as judgment/critical thinking, appreciation of beauty and love, however they differed on two strengths such as zest and perspective were found in male while kindness and modesty were found in female. The inference drawn from the current study is that females are more humane than the male counterpart whereas males are found to be more courageous than females. The need to foster or enhance certain strengths in specific gender are discussed in the paper.
Type- D Personality and Burden among the Caregivers of Neurological Patients
Authors: Remita Chattopadhyay  , Dr Anuradha Sharma
Published: December 2021

Care giving itself is a self rewarding task; however it is often associated with physical, emotional, social, financial burden (Chadda, 2014) especially in cases of chronic or terminal illness. But not much of the studies have focused on the internal triggers like negative affectivity and social inhibition characterized by Type D Personality to assess burden among the caregivers. This cross sectional study examines the correlation between Type-D personality and the burden experienced by the caregivers of neurological patients.110 primary caregivers were assessed using DS14 and Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) whose family members were suffering from neurological illness at least for past 3 months. Data analysis showed a high amount of burden experienced by primary caregivers of neurological illness of  Type D personality in males as well females (p< 0.01) and further statistical analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between burden  experienced and presence of Social Inhibition and Negative affectivity among males as well female primary caregivers of neurological patients (p< 0.05). But no significant difference was found between male and female caregiver burden and male female caregivers with Type D personality (p<0.05). Therefore it is important to develop screening, assessment and intervention strategies for Type D personality individuals especially for primary caregivers, healthcare professionals, employees in organizations to protect them against burnout or developing any chronic illness.
Effect of Socio-Economic Status on Coping Behaviour of Female Adolescents
Authors: Tauqeer Iqbal  , Ashfia Nishat
Published: December 2021

The objective of present study is to access the coping strategies of adolescent girls coming from low, middle and high socioeconomic status (SES). This research comprised of 201 female students who completed the Youth coping response inventory (YCRI) and Kuppuswammy Socio Economic Status scale. One Way Analysis was used to analyse the data. The results revealed significant differences among different groups of SES on diversion (F=31.625, p<.001), destructive (F=30.377, p<.001) and YCRI (F=3.220, p<.05). Implications: The study reported that individuals high on SES have positive coping strategies whereas individuals low on SES have negative coping strategies. Therefore, it is implicated that school students coming from lower SES need counselling services as they are having high rate of maladjusted coping behaviour. School management must develop programs in order to facilitate such adolescents and provide a platform with healthy competition and impartial academic growth.
Relationship between Caretakers Variable on Occupation and Coping Strategies of Caretakers Attending to Patients with Cancer Problems
Authors: M. Sandhya Rani  , Dr. P. Sree Devi
Published: December 2021

The present study makes an attempt to understand the Relationship between Caretaker Variable on Occupation and Coping Strategies of Caretakers Attending to Patients with Cancer Problems. Caretakers who were ready and willing to extend their cooperation for in-depth interview were selected as population for the study. Thus a total number of 80 caretakers were selected purposively for conducting the present study. The results revealed that caretakers used both approach and avoidance coping styles. Higher the occupational status of the care taker, better were the coping strategies i.e. they were using more approach coping strategies.
Mental Health of Teenagers With Relation to Their Gender
Authors: Dr. Tarlika L Zalawadia
Published: December 2021

The purpose of the present investigation was to study the relationship between Mental Health among teenagers. The sample consisted of 120 boys and girls students at various schools in Rajkot city. Dr. H.D. Badami and Dr. C.H Badami’s “Mental Health Analysis” were selected. The MHAQ is divided into two sections – Positive and Negative – and each section into five sub categories. Each sub-category consists of ten items.  Thus MHAQ consists of one hundred items.
Suicide in India: Distinct Epidemiological Patterns and Implications
Authors: Altaf Ahmad Malla  , Nasir Mohammad Bhat
Published: December 2021

Suicide is a societal crisis which also deeply impacts the personal and family realms. Indian suicidal data present distinctive epidemiological patterns when we compare it with the global suicide rates and trends. Higher proportions of young individuals are resorting to suicide compared to any other country in the world, and Indian suicide rates, especially South Indian rates, are one of the highest in the world. In this article, we present various historical aspects and theories of Indian suicide and review of available Indian research from various sources such as community, hospitals, schools and forensic settings. We discuss our findings which reveal the distinctiveness of Indian data when we compare these with global data and draw implications for practice and policy.
Study of Personality Characteristics of Children with High and Low Challenging Behavior Patterns
Authors: Anita Gautam  , Anjana Mukhopadhyay
Published: December 2021

Challenging behaviour is a broadly used term which generally refers to behaviour that is seen as abnormal within the context of person’s culture. It can denote a range of behaviours such as self injury, aggression, sexualised behaviour and destruction of property and often refers to more than one of these behaviours that co-exist. When children show persistent social, emotional and or behavioural difficulties, they need to be identified early, so that the abusive temperament may not convert into challenging personality traits. Growth period of late childhood is the period when they learn to regulate their emotions, cope with sensory input, express their desires, and develop relationships with others. Immature identity and self structure often pose vulnerability in their behaviour pattern and the child develops emotional outburst like crying, throwing, biting and deny social rules. Social agents like family, school and other systems train them to navigate the situation. However behaviour of this age group of children when appear worrisome often defined as challenging. Failing of address the challenging behaviours at this stage may create personality problem. Research outcomes indicate that services that address challenging behaviours may receive the health approach towards personality development. The broad objective of the study is to understand personality characteristics between children with high challenging behaviour and low challenging behaviour group. The sample of 150 parents and guardians are included for identifying the challenging behaviour patterns in children by administrating Coolidge Personality and Neuropsychological Inventory for Children. Out of this 30 children affected with challenging behaviour (high challenging behaviour N=15 & low challenging behaviour N=15) were selected for the study. Children Personality Questionnaire by Kapoor & Rao was administered on both the groups. To study how much they differ in terms of their personality characteristics out of 14 factors, groups differed on 5 factors A,D,E,I and Q4 differed on 5 factors A,D,E,I and Q4 of personality characteristics. High challenging behaviour children reported high warm hearted (A), excitable (D), dominant (E), tender minded (I) and with high ergic tension (Q4) (t< 0.05/ < 0.01).
Optimistic Outlook and Its Relation with Physical and Psychological Symptom Reporting
Authors: Dr. Ira Tripathi
Published: December 2021

This empirical paper presents a correlation between optimism and physical and mental health. Optimism is a positive variable and is found very much beneficial for maintaining health in several studies .Actually optimism is the belief that good things will happen and this belief can help a lot for physical wellbeing, psychological well-being, coping and stress management. Present study was undertaken on mothers and their children. Sample was comprised of 300 people. There were75 chronically ill children and their mothers (75) and 75 normal healthy children and their mothers (75). All children were aged between 8-12 years. Chronically ill children were those, who were suffering from any chronic disease. Mother’s optimism was measured through LOT and physical and mental health was assessed by PGIHQN1 (physical symptom reporting and psychological symptom reporting). Results revealed that optimism is very significantly correlated with physical and psychological symptom reporting. In all the three groups (combined, ill, and healthy) mothers who were optimistic reported fewer physical and psychological symptoms of illness. Thus it can be said that mothers felt physically and psychologically healthier with their optimistic outlook
Stress and Coping among Caregivers with Cerebral Palsy and ADHD Children
Authors: Pushpalatha. R  , Shivakumara. K
Published: December 2021

The aim was to study stress and coping between parent caregivers of children with cerebral palsy and ADHD children. 120 parent caregivers, of them 30 male and 30 female parent caregivers having children with cerebral palsy and 30 male and 30 female parent caregivers having children with ADHD were considered for the study. The male parent caregiver’s age ranged between 28-40years and the female parent caregiver’s age ranged between 22-30 years. The disabled children age ranged between 7-12 years. A between group research design with purposive sampling technique was opted for the study. After obtaining socio-demographic details the caregivers were administered Parenting Stress Index (Short Form) and Coping Checklist. The data was subjected to‘t’ test to find the significant difference between the two sample groups. Results revealed that there was significant difference in stress and coping between caregivers of cerebral palsy children and caregivers of ADHD children.
A Study of Psychological Well-Being of Senior Citizens from Community and Non Community Living
Authors: Suprithy Paliwal  , Neha Singh
Published: December 2021

Rise in the share of elderly in total population of India posses multiple challenges viz., improving their wellbeing through providing family support, medical assistance and social support, reducing their negative aspect of life. There is an increasing interest worldwide in the study of well-being as a means to assess and need to evaluate positive dimensions of health aspects of senior citizens. In a study on the psychological well being of senior citizens residing in community and non community living, the objective was to see the difference in their psychological well being of senior citizens from community and non community living. A sample of 100 senior citizens was taken randomly from different areas in the city of Jaipur, for non community living and the sample for community living was taken from Ashiana Utsav (senior citizen homes).Out of the entire sample 50 were from community living and 50 from non community living and out of them, 25 were males and 25 were females respectively for both the groups. Standardized tool used for the study was Psychological well being scale by Dr. D.S.Sisodia and Pooja Singh. Statistical analysis used was mean, SD and‘t’ test. The results revealed that there was a significant difference in the psychological well being of senior citizens living in community living and non community living. There was also a significant difference between males and females in the different types of housing.
A Comparative Analysis of Mental Well-Being In Relation To Employment and Marital Status among Females in Haryana Region
Authors: Bindu Kumari  , Parmila Devi  , Jyoti
Published: December 2021

Marriage is a bag full of personal and social responsibilities for women in Indian context. Job is an accumulative burden on females because of highly gendered nature of domestic work in Indian families. Managing multiple roles may have an impact on the Mental Well Being of females. The present study compared the Mental Well being of working married to non working married and working unmarried to non working unmarried Indian females of age range 20-45 years using t-test as method of analysis. Previous studies provided evidence that change in job pattern may result in better Mental Health. Results of the present study also found that Mental Well Being of working females is better than non working in both married and unmarried conditions.
Adolescents’ and their Mothers: Understanding the Needs
Authors: Rubayat Kabir  , Marzia Zaman Sultana
Published: December 2021

The adolescence is indicative of being a stressful transitional stage of development. If pertinent attention or supervision is not provided at this point, it could give rise to certain behavioral and social maladjustments. This paper attempts to review various studies related to parenting style and its associated effects. A cross sectional survey was carried out among school going young adolescents and their mothers in Dhaka city. An insight into adolescence liking and disliking factors on school and home environment was noted. It was seen that 31.4 percent of the mothers followed the authoritative style of parenting. Among them, the mothers who were more approachable and shared views with children, their children were mostly responsive in sharing their feelings with parents.
A Study on Competency Levels of the Mathematics Teacher at Elementary Level
Authors: Dr. M. Sarada Devi  , S. Sravanthi Reddy  , G. Swarupa Rani
Published: December 2021

The aim of this investigation was to study the competency level of mathematics teachers and also to understand the efficacy of new pedagogy developed by Telangana state board. A sample of 56 schools and 56 mathematics teachers were selected from four districts of Telangana for the study. An interview schedule and observational checklist was developed and used for data collection. Results of the study indicate that, teachers were virtuous in organizing the content, and had great awareness about various concepts like abacus, geometry and measuring tools. Teachers were maintaining classroom discipline and were able to give more attention towards poor performing students. They were well aware of the children’s needs in mathematics and were able to teach mathematics concepts with great clarity, moreover the new pedagogy have raised up the standards in providing new challenges in dealing with concepts of mathematics.
Optimism and Quality of Life among Cardiovascular Disorder Patients
Authors: Sabiha Yasmeen  , Mohd. Ilyas Khan
Published: December 2021

The role of psychological factors in the occurrence of Cardiovascular Disorder has been, widely excepted. CVD is a family of diseases that includes hypertension, coronary artery disease (CAD) and stroke. The present study is an attempt to investigate the role of optimism on quality of life among Cardiovascular Disorder patients. 100 patients were comprised as the sample for this investigation. The sample further categorized in terms of gender i.e. male and female. LOT – Revised version of the original LOT (Scheier & Carver 1992) and World Health Organization quality of life questionnaire-short version (WHOQOL-BREF) of the WHOQOL-100 SCALE (The WHOQOL Group, 1993a; 1993b) were used. The data will be analyzed by using appropriate statistical techniques. It is expected that optimism will improve the quality of life among cardiovascular disorder patients.