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Psychological Impact of Armed Conflict in Anantnag, Kashmir
Authors: Aashaq Hussain Bhat  , Dr. R. Moorthy
Published: December 2021

Kashmir Valley has been since long trapped in an armed conflict between Kashmiri insurgents and Indian security forces. The direct consequences had been many social economic and political problems for the whole State and more particularly for the Kashmir Valley. Same is true about the health related problems and more particularly the Psychological problems arising through the daily conflict and trauma in the Kashmir. Hence the study analyzes the psychological impact of armed conflict in one of the main districts of Kashmir i.e. Anantnag also known as Islamabad, which has been more involved in the armed insurgency  than other areas or districts of Kashmir and has thus faced more atrocities at the hands of armed conflict in Kashmir. The study has randomly selected 200 respondents who had faced any traumatic incident/incidents in their lives because of armed conflict and hence analyzes their psychological impact by collecting information through interview schedule.
Person of the Month: Carl R. Rogers (1902-1987)
Authors: Ankit Patel
Published: December 2021

Carl Ransom Rogers was an American psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic approach in psychology. The person-centered approach, his own unique approach to understanding personality and human relationships. Throughout his career he dedicated himself to humanistic psychology and is well known for his theory of personality development. He began developing his humanistic concept while working with abused children. Rogers attempted to change the world of psychotherapy when he boldly claimed that psychoanalytic, experimental, and behavioral therapists were preventing their clients from ever reaching self-realization and self-growth due to their authoritive analysis. He argued that therapists should allow patients to discover the solution for themselves. Rogers received wide acclaim for his theory and was awarded various high honors.
Study of Somatic Complaints among Children with Poor Academic Performance
Authors: Dr. Jitendra Mugali  , Dr. S S Chate  , Dr. N M Patil  , Dr. Bheemsain Tekkalaki  , Dr. Sandeep Patil  , Dr. Nitin Pattanashetty  , Dr. Mallikarjun A. Pattanashetti
Published: December 2021

Objectives: 1 To study the nature and prevalence of somatic complaints among children with poor academic performance., 2. To study the associated Psychiatric problems among children with poor academic performance were presenting with somatic complaints. Material and Methods: Total of 1480 children studying in 3 CBSE schools, aged between 6 and 12 years were screened. 312 children were found to be performing poor in academics. After simple randomization and further screening procedure 115 children were included in the study. Each child was assessed by interviewing with MINI-KID Questionnaire and CBCL. Statistical analysis was done using Epi Info 7 software. Results: The prevalence of poor academic performers was found to be 21.08%. The prevalence of somatic complaints among children with poor academic performance was found to be 29.57%. Majority of poor academic performers have single somatic complaints accounts to be 21.74% and multiple somatic complaints accounts to be 7.83%. Prevalence of types somatic complaints like head ache, abdominal pain / discomfort and other complaints among poor academic performers were 20.87%, 11.30% and 9.57% respectively. Conclusion: Somatic complaints in school going children leads to poor performance in academics and school drop outs. Prevalence of somatic complaints were more in boys. Headache is the most common type of somatic complaint presented by the children.
Ethical Correlates of Environmental Consciousness among Members and Non-Members of Nature Club
Authors: Shahina H  , Dr. Neelima Ranjith
Published: December 2021

The need and relevance of the concerns for nature and a pro-environmental attitude and behaviour is at its peak in the present world. It has been long recognized that ecological balance and safety of nature is central to human existence on earth. Despite this understanding, human activities are deteriorating the earth. If this situation is allowed to continue, the earth will soon turn out to be a useless and lifeless planet, along with marking the very end of human existence. One way to tackle this crisis is to reduce and prevent human actions that pose threats to nature and environment. A sustainable change in such actions is achieved effectively only by bringing about a change in ethics, values and attitudes of people. Ethics refers to a code of conduct. Values held by people contribute to their ethics. Since values are acquired, it can be instilled into people through different means; also implying that they are changeable. The concept of environmental consciousness refers to specific psychological factors related to individual’s propensity to engage in pro-environmental behaviors (Zelezny & Schultz, 2000:367). Environmental consciousness can also be addressed as the psychological dimension of pro-environmental behavior. Objectives: The purpose of the present study is to investigate the ‘ethical correlates of environmental consciousness among members and non-members of nature club’. Method: (a) Participants: The study was conducted on 54 high school students from various schools in Ernakulam district, Kerala. Participants included both members (n=21) and non-members (n=33) of any kind of nature club. (b) Materials: The Ethical Values Assessment (EVA- Jensen & Padilla, 2004) and New Ecological Paradigm Scale- Revised (NEP Revised-Dunlap, R. E., & Van Liere, K., Mertig, A., &Jones, R. E., 2000). EVA measures 3 categories of ethics, namely: Ethics of Autonomy, Ethics of Community and Ethics of Divinity. NEP scale assesses ecological worldview along 5 dimensions, namely: Reality of Limits to Growth, Ant anthropocentricism, Fragility of Nature’s Balance, Rejection of Exemptionalism and the Possibility of Eco-crisis. (c) Analysis: Analysis was done using ‘t- test’ and ‘correlation’. (d) Results: There is significant difference between members and non-members of nature club in the dimensions Ethics of community, Overall ethics, Overall ecological worldview and Awareness of the possibility of eco-crisis. Students with membership in nature clubs have higher Ethics of community, Overall ethics, Overall ecological worldview (significance at 5% level) and Awareness of the possibility of eco-crisis (significance at 1% level). Also, Overall ethics has a significant positive correlation with Overall ecological worldview. Conclusion: Membership in nature club is found to enhance better environmental consciousness and ethics. The study implies that making students part of nature clubs facilitate pro-environmental behavior and better ethics.
Management of Mathematics Anxiety through Behaviour Modification, Super brain Yoga and JPMR in Ninth Standard Student
Authors: Dr. Rajesh Ganesan  , Pankaj Singh
Published: December 2021

Mathematics Anxiety is an irrational fear of Mathematics. Mathematics Anxiety is defined as “the presence of a syndrome of emotional reactions to arithmetic and mathematics” (Dreger & Aiken, 1957, p.344). It creates a feeling of tension, apprehension, or fear that interferes with performance in Mathematics and also results in ‘Mathematics-Avoidance’. Further, ‘Mathematics-Avoidance’ leads to less competency, exposure and practice of Mathematics, leaving students more anxious and mathematically, unprepared to achieve. Math anxiety is a learned response that inhibits cognitive performance in the math classroom. It is widespread among students from elementary age through college. Students suffering from math anxiety have difficulty performing calculations and maintaining a positive outlook on mathematics. Math anxiety is the result of a cycle of math avoidance that begins with negative experiences regarding mathematics. These students avoid Mathematic courses and tend to feel negative towards Mathematics and this also affects student’s overall confidence level. However, Behaviour Modification techniques have proven instruments that can reduce various types of anxieties and Super Brain Yoga for improving integration of the brain. This is a case study of a student of IX standard, Kendriya Vidalaya, Who was referred by his Mathematics teacher and parent complaining that the student becomes anxious whenever he encounters Mathematic problems. After taking Math autobiography it was revealed that the anxiety began due to harsh handling by father while teaching Mathematics. Students score in recent Mathematic exam was noted very low i.e 12/40. His Mathematics Anxiety was assessed by using Suri, Monroe and Koc’s (2012) short Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale. Student’s hemispheric dominance of the brain was measured by using Taggart and Torrance’s Human Information Processing Survey (1984). This student was treated with Behaviour Modification techniques and Super Brain Yoga for six weeks.
Interventions used are:
(i) Reduction of Rate of Breathing (Ganesan, 2012).
(ii) Jacobson Progressive Muscle Relaxation (Jacobson, 1938)
(iii) Laughter Technique (Ganesan, 2008b).
(iv) Develpoment of Alternate Emotional Responses to the Threatening Stimulus (Ganesan, 2008a).
(v) Super Brain Yoga (Sui, 2005).
The anxiety level and performance in Mathematics exam was reassessed after six weeks. Results showed that Mathematics Anxiety was significantly reduced (60 to 20, 40%) and he performed better in the Mathematics exam (12/40 to 24/40, 30%). After reassessing student on Human Information Processing Survey by Taggart and Torrance (1984), it was found that student’s dominant information processing mode was ‘Integrated’ and this shows that Behaviour Modification techniques and Super Brain Yoga are efficient in treating Mathematics Anxiety.
A Study of Severity of Depression in Thalassemia Patients
Authors: Dr. Mallikarjun Pattanashetti  , Dr. Jitendra Mugali  , Dr. Nitin Pattanashetty  , Dr. Sandeep Patil
Published: December 2021

Background: Beta Thalassemia major is most common monogenic disorder in the world.. Transfusion dependent thalassemia major patients are at risk of iron overload and hence its associated complications. Thalassemia is a major sanitary problem not only for the patients and their families but also for each country’s public health systems with regard to treatment expenses including regular injections, iron chelating agents, frequent hospitalizations and other medical consistencies and they are vulnerable to, social and psychological problems. Objectives: To  determine prevalence and severity of depression in transfusion dependent Beta thalassemia major patients attending  a tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods: The study was done in a tertiary care hospital. Thalassemia major patients who received  blood transfusions for 2 to 4 weeks interval in the hospital were included in this study. Clinical assessment of each child was done and psychiatric illness was diagnosed using ICD-10 DCR. Hamilton Depression rating scale (HAM-D) were used. Result: Males (80%) outnumbered females (20%) with male to female ratio of 4:1. Nearly half of the study population was aged between 10 to 12 years. Majority of the patients had one blood transfusion per month (91.43%). Out of 31 patients, 25 were males and 6 were females.  Age range was 10 -18 years with mean age of 12.45 ± 2.41 years. The prevalence of depression was 41.94 % with majority showing mild depression. Conclusion: This study helps to know the severity of the depression in β thalassemia patients who are chronically ill and have prolonged treatment. Early assessment and treatment by psychiatrist will surely help to have good psychological condition.
A Study of Family Stress among Non-Working Married Male and Female: A Special Reference with Rural Area of Patna
Authors: Dr. Binay Kumar Bimal
Published: December 2021

The present age has been called the age of stress and strain. Stress is defined as “the non-specific response of the body to any demand placed upon it”. The study seeks to assess the stress level among Non-Working married Male and female. Today every individual is stress prone. It was assumed that there will be no significant difference between married male and female when family stress is taken as a dependent variable and no significant difference in family stress between non-working married male and female separately. 200 married, 100 male and 100 female were the samples for the investigation. Family stress inventory, by Dr. Abha Rani Bisht (Hindi) was used. It was found that there was no difference in family stress between in married male and female. Further concluded that there was no difference in family stress of married non- working male and female when studied separately under joint influence of sex and age.
A Comparative Study of the Adjustment among Secondary and Senior Secondary School Students of Almora District
Authors: Devendra Singh Chamyal  , Dr. Bheema Manral
Published: December 2021

The present investigation compares the adjustment of secondary and senior secondary school Students in Almora district. Population contain all secondary and senior secondary school students of Almora district. 220 students were selected randomly from secondary schools of  Almora district which contain both male and female students. Survey method was used to the present research. For this purpose of investigation “Adjustment Inventory” by A.K.P. Sinha and R.P. Singh was used. Adjustment inventory were distributed to 220 secondary school students (both male and female). Descriptive statistics were used. Means, standard deviation, values were calculated. t-test was used to find the significance of difference in adjustment among secondary school students and senior secondary school students at p<0.01 and p<0.05. The number of students who participated in the study were 220 including 45.46 % females and 54.55 % males. For the purpose of discussion and comparison participants were selected from twelve different categories such as boys (54.55 %), girls (45.46%),science students ( 47.706 %), art students (52.30 %), secondary school students (50%), senior secondary school students (50%), upper caste (52.27%), lower caste (47.72%), government school students (53.64%), and private school students (46.37%). Most of them are good adjustable. The analysis revealed that knowledge of adjustment and his factor’s (emotional, social and educational) may be used to identify well adjustment or maladjustment in our college, home and social environment. Comparison may profitably be used for this purpose.
Behavioral Interventions in Autism
Authors: Vijaya Lakshmi Chouhan
Published: December 2021

Childhood psychiatric disorders have increased over the last decades. Changing socio-cultural environmental conditions, better diagnostic techniques and increased sensitization among the masses and the health professionals are some of the most common reasons of this increased childhood psychiatric diagnoses. Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are one of the most common disorders among children. it is  a group of neurodevelopment disorders with specific delays and deviance in social, communicative and cognitive development. It includes autism, Asperger’s syndrome, and pervasive developmental disorder- not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). It is a lifelong developmental condition that affects the way an individual relates to his or her environment and their interaction with other people.  In this paper, the term ASD and autism will be used interchangeably. It is often diagnosed between the age of two and five years. biopsychosocial model is used to explain the possible sources of origin of autism spectrum disorder. Medical, cognitive, behavioral, early intervention approaches are the most common models of interventions in autism. The current paper will specifically describe the various behavioral interventions commonly used in the management of autism.
Quality Of Life and Depression among Patients with Type I Diabetes: A Study of Gender Differences
Authors: Eisha Gohil  , Ruby Charak, PhD  , Haroon Rashid  , Priyanka Sharma, PhD
Published: December 2021

Diabetes is a progressive chronic condition which places a significant burden of self management on the individual, such as daily monitoring and medications management, worry about the future and distress about the impact of diabetes on various aspects of life. It is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by elevated blood glucose levels (hyperglycemia) resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. The present study aimed to assess gender differences in quality of life and depression in patients suffering from type I diabetes. A sample of 70 participants (44 male and 26 female) in the age range of 40-80 years was collected from Jammu region, India. WHO Quality of life questionnaire and Beck’s Depression inventory-II were used as tools. Results indicated a significant difference on physical and psychological dimensions of quality of life and on depression across gender. The mean scores indicated that female participants had increased level of depression compared to the male participants. No significant difference was found between male and female on social and environmental dimensions of quality of life.
Greetings: Their Genesis and Cultural Significance in a Civilised Society
Authors: Akhilesh Pathak
Published: December 2021

Social interaction forms the unit of social analysis since the turn of sociological analysis from positivism to interpretive sociology. Most interactions begin with a light form called greetings. While there are more serious interactions that take into account the questions of one’s social and historical position in society, greetings are rather less immersed in such considerations. That does not mean that greetings do not involve elements of hierarchy and other cultural norms. The whole idea of manners within civilisation as expounded by Norbert Elias seems to be coded around norms of interaction based on the particular position one holds within the cultural setting. Styles of greetings not just depend on social status; in fact they are also determined by the time of the day and occasion. Thus this paper is an attempt to scrutinise various nuances of greetings in human civilisation.
Psychological Models of Depression and Anxiety: Counselor’s Perspectives
Authors: Vijaya Lakshmi Chouhan  , Preeti Sharma
Published: December 2021

Negative psychological states like anxiety and depression have been the major focus of psychology over the last hundreds of years. People experience these negative psychological states as a part of their response to their threatening life events. These states sometimes help to cope with threatening situations. Humans are hard wired to response in these ways as they are adaptive subsequent to traumatic events. There are multiple psychological models which explain the occurrence of anxiety and depression in clinical depression. The understandings of the formulation of these models help in the management of these clinical conditions. Anxiety and depression often co-exist among patients. The understanding of co-morbidity of anxiety and depression is the key in proper diagnosis and management of these clinical states. The current paper will focus on the detail description of psychological models of anxiety and depression and the possible link between these two clinical conditions. The paper will also enumerate brief psychological strategies of how to deal with anxiety and depression.
A Study of English Verbal Ability of School Students of Gujarat State with Respect To Gender, Age and Area
Authors: Dr Sanjay Gupta  , Sudhir Kumar Yadav
Published: December 2021

Aptitude tests have existed from the decade of 1940s with the title of the General Aptitude Test Battery. This was an initiative of the United States Employment Service which for the following decades, have helped students to determine their career aptitude. It has been documented that it leads people to their respective choice of careers with an up sloping growth and with so much feelings of professional fulfillment. Presently, the career aptitude tests have evolved to include not only the tests of skills and abilities but also the tests of personality class or type. Aptitude is not synonymous to one’s intelligence or mental abilities. It should not be confused with other terms such as intelligence quotient or intelligence level that dictate mental classifications such as the genius, child prodigy, mentally delayed, and mentally retarded, to name a few. Aptitude simply means and implies an individual’s good fit and suitability for a certain skill or task in a given environment.

Now that it has been settled that career aptitude tests can be administered to both high school undergraduates and graduates, there emerged several discussions regarding the benefits taking the career aptitude tests may render to students who are in their junior and senior high school years, versus when it is taken at a latter age. Early adolescence and late adolescence stage is filled with a lot of developmental tasks and adjustments. Chances of peer pressure, influences of advertisements as well as of those who are within their social circle may create more confusion to the many decisions they have to make, including career related decisions. Although this conclusive theory does not apply to all, this implies that increasing their awareness will somehow provide them an idea of a path that they may take, or a direction in their future careers, and decrease the chances of career mismatches by strengthening their viewpoint on their capabilities and matched career options.
A Comparative Study Job Satisfaction among the Working Men in Vadodara Industrial Area
Authors: Dr. N. B. Kapdiya
Published: December 2021

The term job satisfaction refers to favorable or unfavorable feelings and emotion of the employees towards their own work. It refers to the satisfaction of the employee in his own profession. Job satisfaction is the result of various attitudes possessed by an employee towards his job. These attitudes may be related to job factors such as wage, job security, job environment, nature of work, opportunity for promotion, prompt removal of grievance, opportunity for participation in decision making and other fringe benefits. Life is itself a process of adjustment. If any one wants satisfaction in life, then they have to adjust with their environment. The total sample consisted of 240 men from different industrial Area in Vadodara. The sample was selected from randomly.  Job satisfaction scale  By Brefild Roth – Gujarati Format By Parikh developed were used for data collection. 2×3×2 factorial design was used.
A Study on Multiple Intelligences of Students with Hearing Impairment
Authors: Vidhyanathan, S
Published: December 2021

Multiple Intelligences emphasizes the training of students to solve problems in their academic life. As students don’t learn and achieve in same way, they cannot be assessed in a uniform fashion. Therefore, it is important that a teacher should develop intelligence profiles for each students knowing how each student learn, will allow a teacher to make more informed decisions on what to teach and how to dissipate information. Thus the main purpose of this study is to determine the multiple intelligences of upper primary school students with hearing impairment. A group of 120 students with hearing impairment were selected from the population of primary school students with hearing impairment, using two stage sampling technique. Normative Survey Research method was utilized by the researcher to determine the multiple intelligences of students with hearing impairment. In order to collect data regarding the multiple intelligences of students, the researcher adopted and modified Thomas Armstrong’s Multiple Intelligence Scale. Reliability of the modified and translated scale in terms of Cronbach alpha was 0.82. Independent t test and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze quantitatively the collected data. Findings of this study reflect that there is a significant difference in verbal, interpersonal and bodily/kinesthetic intelligences among students with hearing impairment. This study suggested that students should be given training to develop logical and intrapersonal intelligence, in order to enhance their self, and to achieve the set goals in their life.
Attitude of Secondary Student-Teachers under Jurisdiction of Bangalore University towards Teaching Practice
Authors: Mr. Prasadappa. Y. N  , Dr. M.S. Talawar
Published: December 2021

Teaching practice occupies a key position in the programme of teacher education. It is the practical use of teaching methods, strategies, principles, techniques and practical training and practice or exercise of different activities of daily school life. Practice teaching sometimes becomes a demoralizing and sometimes very frightening experience for the student teachers. In this context this study was identifies both positive and negative attitude of student teachers during practice teaching and based on the finding of this study, measures were suggested on how to improve practice teaching.
Effects of Social Support and Socioeconomic Status on Mental Health in College Students
Authors: Chaurasia, K
Published: December 2021

Mental Health plays a very significant role to decide the quality of life. In the present competitive scenario students feel stress and face mental illness which is becoming very severe with time. In present investigation effort has been made to ascertain the effect of Social Support and Socioeconomic Status on Mental health in College Students. A 2×3 factorial design was employed. The two factors studied were: Social Support (varied at two level high and low) and socioeconomic status (varied at three level high, middle & low). There were six cells with 30 subjects in each cell (total sample consisted of 180 subjects and age range 18-22 years). Measurement of Mental Health was furnished through Mental Health Battery developed by Arun Kumar Singh & Alpnana Sen Gupta. Social Support and Socioeconomic status was also collected by a self-made questionnaire. Result: Result of ANOVA show the main effect of Social support and Socioeconomic Status were found significant (p<.01) on total mental health scores.
Psychological Mindedness and Procrastination among University Students
Authors: Priyanka Pathak  , Prof. Shobhna Joshi
Published: December 2021

This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between psychological mindedness and procrastination among university students and to determine gender differences in psychological mindedness and procrastination. The sample consisted of 200 university students (100 male and 100 female) aged 18 to 25 years from different faculties of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Psychological mindedness scale (PMS) by Conte et al., (1986) and Tuckman procrastination scale by Tuckman (1991) along with personal data sheet were used to assess the level of  psychological mindedness and procrastination among university students. Psychological mindedness is the ability to psychological understanding of the self and other’s behaviour, thought and feelings. It is openness to new ideas whereas procrastination is known as the irrational tendency of delaying the tasks until an individual experiences discomfort (Solomon & Rothblum 1984). Results showed that there were no significant gender differences in psychological mindedness and procrastination. Correlational analysis indicated that the psychological mindedness was significantly negatively correlated with the level of procrastination; i.e., the higher the level of psychological mindedness the lower the level of procrastination. Thus, it can be concluded that psychological mindedness play an important role in procrastination among university students. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.
Study of Anxiety among Thalassemia Major Adolescent Patients
Authors: Dr. Jitendra Mugali  , Dr. Mallikarjun Pattanashetti  , Dr. Nitin Pattanashetty
Published: December 2021

Background: Beta (β) thalassemia major is most common monogenic disorder in the world. Transfusion dependent thalassemia major patients are at risk of iron overload and hence its associated complications. Thalassemia is a major sanitary problem not only for the patients and their families but also for each country’s public health systems with regard to treatment expenses including regular injections, iron chelating agents, frequent hospitalizations and other medical consistencies and they are vulnerable to, social and psychological problems. Objectives: To determine prevalence and severity of  anxiety in transfusion dependent Beta thalassemia major patients attending  a tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods: The study was done at a tertiary care teaching hospital in a tertiary care hospital. Thalassemia major patients who received blood transfusions at 2 to 4 weeks interval in the hospital were included in this study. Clinical assessment of each child was done and psychiatric illness was diagnosed using ICD-10 DCR. Hamilton Anxiety rating scale (HAM-A) were used. Result: Males (80%) outnumbered females (20%) with male to female ratio of 4:1. Nearly half of the study population was aged between 10 to 12 years. Majority of the patients had one blood transfusion per month (91.43%). Out of 31 patients, 25 were males and 6 were females. Age range was 10 -18 years with mean age of 12.45 ± 2.41 years..The prevalence of anxiety was 38.71 % with majority showing mild severity followed by mild to moderate severity. Conclusion: This study help to know the severity of the anxiety in β thalassemia patients who are chronically ill and have prolonged treatment. Early assessment and treatment by psychiatrist will surely help to have good psychological condition.
Performance of Health Professionals
Authors: Ajay Tayal  , Shalini Singh
Published: December 2021

A nurse is a healthcare professional who is focused on caring for individuals, families, and communities, ensuring that they attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and functioning. Role of nurses in India is not limited to the provision of care only but in many hospitals across the country nurses are also performing the managerial duties such as indenting medications, maintaining stock and patient records, coordinating with the functioning of health team members etc.“Nursing is a profession in which the element of service to humanity is very strong and is characterized by distinctive traditions, skills, knowledge, values and qualities of a discipline. Articulating this value to the community is one of the challenges nursing faces as it evolves responding to very different practice environments”. The purpose of the study is to examine Performance of health professionals. A sample of 300 Nurses was selected for the presents study. Nursing Performance Scale (Ward and Fetler, 1979) was administered on the sample. The data was subjected to THREE WAY ANOVA (between group factorial designs). Results clearly shows that the performance of nurses has been found varying significantly in relation to Sector (private & public), ward (Emergency & ICU) & experience. Performance of nurses can be enhanced by clearly communicating and organizing their work to ensure that they have the freedom to act on nursing decisions using sound clinical judgment.
Mental Health Intervention of Migraine Patients by Psychotherapy
Authors: M. G. Sharma  , Awadhes Upadhyay  , Vandana Sharma
Published: December 2021

The present study attempts to examine the effect of Psychotherapy on migraine patients. 100 patients were consisted for this study out of these 50- treated and 50 non-treated patients were evaluated at S .I. Mental & Physical Health Society (SIMPHS), Varanasi (India). The two groups were matched on age range from 22 to 55 years with a mean age of 38.4 years and mean length of intolerable pain of 5.8 years. Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire (M H Q) was administered to ascertain personality characteristics on six selected variables viz: Anxiety, obsession, phobia, somatization, depression, and hysteria. Mean scores obtained on different variables were analyzed using t-test of significance. Results indicated that the characteristics associated with treated migraine patients were anxiety, obsession, phobia, depression and hysteria whereas the characteristics associated with non-treated migraine patients is somatization.
A Study of Modernisation among Indian Youths across Gender & Religions
Authors: Dr Alka Chaudhary
Published: December 2021

Modernization is a process by which modern scientific knowledge covering all aspects of human life is introduced at varying degree, first in western civilization and later diffused to the non western word by different methods & group with the ultimate purpose of achieving a better & non satisfactory life in the broadest sense of the term, as accepted by the society concerned. The present study related to study the effect of sex and Religions on Modernisation. Modernization Scale designed by Raghvendra S. Singh, Amar Nath Tripathi and Ramjee Lal used for collecting primary data. Null hypothesis was tested and data analysis was done accordingly. ‘C.R. test’ applied to find out the significance of difference in the said trait of testing groups of the sample.
Cognitive Performance and Daily Life Activities Influenced By Sleeping Hours of Adults
Authors: Maharishi R  , Maya Rathnasabapathy
Published: December 2021

Background: One of the most basic methods of learning is acquired through study. Study habits and strategies applied to learning facilitate the process. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the study habits of Medical and Paramedical Students in relation to their achievement. Methods: This investigation was a descriptive – cross sectional and correlational study.239 medical and paramedical students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences participated in this census study. Data were collected via study habit (PSSHI) questionnaire. The PSSHI scores were correlated to students’ performance. Results: The mean and standard deviation of study habits scores were 47.74 ± 9.84 and 50.78 ± 10.02 in paramedical and medical students respectively, showing a significant difference in study habits between two groups of the students (p≤0.05). The relationship between study habits and academic performance was also significant (r =0.25, n=91, R2=0.06, p<0.05). Conclusions: The study revealed a significant difference in study habits between medical and paramedical students which reflects the importance of good and planned study habits. In addition, considering the relationship between study habits and academic achievement and importance of medical education, the students should be trained to promote their study habits and strategies.
Comparative Study of Visual & Auditory Memory between Psychology & Non-Psychology Students: Testing a Stream Hypothesis
Authors: Dr. Rajendra Kumar Sharma  , Mr. Vikas Sharma
Published: December 2021

Background and Objectives: The process of retention and storage of any kind of information is known as Memory. Present study was conducted to compare the Visual & Auditory Short term memory (STM) in Psychology & Non psychology Students. Materials and Methods: After appropriate consent from students and department. The study comprised of 60 students (30 Psychology, 30 non-psychology/other stream students ) aged 16-20 years of Amity University Gwalior, M.P included ,students having infirmities (Visual or Auditory) were excluded. Reaction time for audiovisual exposures to recalling is noted in all ten subtests. Results: There is a strong difference between the retention and storing capacity of visual STM and auditory STM among both groups. Results: There is a strong difference between the retention and storing capacity of visual STM and auditory STM (p<0.001) between both groups. The mean reaction time is more for long words/sentences than short words. Short words are remembered more accurately than long words by both groups. Interpretation and Conclusion: The visual STM has a short mean reaction time and more accuracy than auditory STM. STM and working memory plays an important role in the learning processes of both groups of undergraduate students.
Effect of Jigsaw Cooperative Learning Strategy in Promoting Insightful Learning of Junior Intermediate Students in Mathematics
Authors: Chinna Suresh  , Prof. V. Dayakara Reddy
Published: December 2021

Deviant behaviour is a behaviour that violates the rules, understanding, or expectations of social system. This kind of deviant behaviour is mostly seen in school students. Therefore a study was conducted in order to find out the causes of deviant behaviour among students, its effects and ways to combat them. Since school students are more frequently around teachers of the school the information pertaining to this study was collected from the school teachers. For the purpose of this study an open ended interview schedule was prepared and data was collected from 50 school teachers. According to the study conducted 96% of the respondents sate that school students will indulge in deviant behaviour. According to the teachers the mostly seen deviant behaviours are disobeying elders, stealing, bunking classes, drug abuse etc. and this behaviour will show a great impact on their studies. This impact is either in the form of failure in the studies, they may drop out of school; they can seclude themselves from the other classmates, etc. They will start failing in exams and sometimes they might even dropout from school. From my study it was found that 40% of the students get in deviant behaviour due to improper parenting style, 26% due to family background, 22% of the students gets influenced by the media and the remaining 12% is due to friends circle and surrounding. This kind of deviant behaviour can be prevented by showing more love and care from parents and teachers, society should treat them equally instead of punishing them.
Sex Behavior and Personality Characteristics: Study of Sexual Deviation and Dysfunctions on Pen Model
Authors: Dr. Rekha Arya
Published: December 2021

The aim of the present study to investigate the psychological characteristic especially psychopathology of the person suffering from sexual deviation and dysfunctions. For this purpose patients suffering from sexual deviation and dysfunction were taken as a sample 75 psychosexually deviation and 75 psychosexually dysfunctional patients and 75 psychosexually healthy subjects added for (normal group). All comparison subjects were male. Standardized test E.P.Q. Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (Psychoticism Extraversion Neuroticism) has been used. The objective of the study is to investigate the personality aspects of sexually deviated and dysfunctional subjects.
Emotional Intelligence Scale: Assessing its Psychometric Characteristics in Bangladeshi Culture
Authors: Muhammad Akram Uzzaman  , Dr. A. K. M. Rezaul Karim
Published: December 2021

After the publication of Goleman’s (1995) best-selling book ‘Emotional Intelligence’ the term drew attention scholars (Algera, 2011) in terms of ensuring social and universal unity and for study.

Due to development of technology, increasing social unrest and  competition  social relationships have been declining and individualism has been arising in parallel with the rapid emotional understanding and control has arisen in order to each individual accepts and works in cooperation with an individual from another culture. But there is no valid scientific tool for measuring this important emotional intelligence behavior in Bangladesh culture. So, considering the significance of the tool, the purpose of the present study was to translate the instrument into Bangla and validate in Bangladeshi culture. A grand total of 1000 participants (491 males and 509 females) participated in the study. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) which was administered on sample 1 (n = 500) identified a seven-factor of the Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) with 33 items. The seven factors explained 56.60% of the total variance. When analyzed the data for sample 2 (n = 500) in Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), it revealed that the seven-factor model with 33 items is an acceptable fit [χ 2 (469) = 1325.99, RMSEA = .06, RMR = .08, CFI = .87, GFI = .86] model to the data. Moreover, the EIS showed good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = .93 for the 1st sample, .92 for the 2nd , and combined sample), strong convergent, and discriminant validity. Thus, the Bangla version EIS appears to be valid and reliable and may be used in further research on emotional intelligence behavior in the country.
Psychological and Biological Perspective of Sickle Cell Anemia: A Systematic Review of Literature
Authors: Ravi M. Sambrani  , Sathish H. S  , Sathish H. S
Published: December 2021

The present study on intelligence and mental stress among students was conducted during 2015-16 at College of Agriculture and College of Agricultural Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur. A total of 185 undergraduate and post graduate students were the respondents selected for the study. The expost facto research design was employed in the study. The data was collected from the students personally using a standardized interview schedule developed for the study. The collected data was analyzed using appropriate statistical tools. The results of the study revealed that, more than one third (38.92 %) of the respondents belonged to medium category with respect to socio economic status, equal per cent (35.14 %) of the respondents belonged to medium and low stress categories, forty per cent of the respondents belonged to medium intelligence category. Achievement motivation and education status exhibited positive and significant relation with the intelligence level at 1 per cent level of probability. Education and management orientation exhibited significant and negative relationship with the stress level among the students. Whereas, achievement motivation exhibited negative and significant relationship with stress.
Self Esteem and Well Being among University Going Adolescents: A Gender Perspective
Authors: Urvashi  , Prashant Srivastava
Published: December 2021

Background: Adolescence is clearly a distinct and change related time in the context of life satisfaction, due to the multitude of biological, psychological, social, and cognitive changes occurring during this phase and global self-esteem may act as an indicator of how adolescents face and manage these challenges, which further may effect on adolescents’ life satisfaction. Healthy self-esteem is the experience of being competent to cope with the basic challenges of life, stress and being worthy of happiness. Many psychological problems such as depression and suicide occur as a result of low self-esteem and confidence.  Aims & Objectives: To assess and compare gender differences among university going adolescents in terms of self-esteem and well-being. Method: 100 university going adolescents (50 male respondents & 50 female respondents) have been included purposively in the study. Semi- Structured Socio Demographic datasheet was used to collect the relevant socio demographic information followed by Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale and PGI General Well Being Measure. Data collected was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS- 20 version). Result: The study findings highlights significant gender differences among university going adolescents in terms of self-esteem and well-being. Result found that female university going adolescents has less self-esteem and well-being as compared to their male counterparts.
Self-Diagnosis in Psychology Students
Authors: Aaiz Ahmed  , Stephen S
Published: December 2021

This study aimed to describe how, why and to what extent psychology students self-diagnose and what impact this has on their lives, using an in-depth qualitative exploration. A sample of 8 students were taken and interviews were administered on them. Inductive thematic analysis was conducted on the results, revealing four global themes. These were: Causes of Self-Diagnosis, Methods of Self-Diagnosis, Effects of Self-Diagnosis and Academic Maturity. It was concluded that students self-diagnose based on earlier experiences as well as psychological information they learn in an academic setting and introspection methods. Factors such as schematic thinking played a role in self-diagnosis and it had positive and negative effects, which can be classified as cognitive, affective and behavioural effects. Academic Maturity was seen to be a protective factor against the negative effects of self-diagnosis.
Transformational Leadership Style and Self-Efficacy among Teaching Professionals
Authors: Rajnee Sharma  , Dr. Shalini Singh
Published: December 2021

Our education system has been remoulding rapidly because of modernization. Transformational leadership style leads to favourable changes in those who follow. These leaders put in maximum efforts to increase the level of follower’s awareness for valued outcomes by expanding and elevating their needs and encouraging them to transcend their self-interests. Transformational leadership plays pivotal role in promoting and managing school development by influencing the self-efficacy of teachers. Self-efficacy is one of the four major components of positive psychological capital .School is the first and foremost important platform of education. The present paper makes an attempt to study the relationship between transformational leadership style of principal and self-efficacy of school teachers. For this, a total sample of 120 (n=20 school principals having minimum 7-8yrs. experience and n= 100 school teachers having minimum 5yrs.experience of senior classes) were taken. The ratio was 1:5 (1 principal and 5 teacher from the same school). The scores of 1 principal were assigned to 5 teachers. Teacher self-efficacy scale by Schwarzer, Schmitz and Daytner and Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire by Bass and Avolio were used to measure the above variables. The data were analysed with the help of Correlation and Regression technique. Obtained findings revealed the positive correlation of idealized influence, individualized consideration, contingent reward, management-by-exception and laissez-faire leadership with self-efficacy.
Comparative Study on Efficacy of Various Types of Exposure Response Prevention Therapies on OCD
Authors: Mihir Ranjan Nayak  , Narendra nath Samantaray  , Preeti Singh  , Mihir Ranjan Nayak
Published: December 2021

Objective: The heterogeneity of OCD has various mixed findings related to the treatment procedures, psychological and pharmacological treatment. Consistent research has shown mixed findings regarding which form of ERP, ERP as Habituation tool or ERP as restructuring tool, is more efficacious. Hence this study is done to examine efficacies of various treatment procedures but importantly to propose a possible treatment choices based on efficacy and acceptability in Indian settings for OCD management. Method: Participants were adult outpatients (N=22) with primary OCD selected  from OPD level and randomly assessed to two treatment groups; a) ERP(Habituation only) with SSRI b) ERP (ERP as restructuring tool) with SSRI. Participants received 12-14 exposure sessions, Result and Conclusions: ERP when used as a process of “habituation” is more efficacious in terms of treatment outcomes but when ERP used as both habituation and cognitive restructuring tool is more tolerable and acceptable by patients and also not prone to dropouts.