The International Journal of Indian Psychology

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Authors: Arun Prakash Krishna Vimal, Dr. Smita Jaiswal

The study was under taken to study the Emotional Intelligence of scheduled caste and non- scheduled caste students. Total sample consisted of randomly selected 400 students from various colleges (arts, science and commerce) of Kanpur city of Uttar Pradesh. Of these four hundred students 200 were scheduled caste and 200 were non-scheduled caste. Data was statically analysied by ‘ANOVA’. The result revealed that non-scheduled caste students have better emotional intelligence than scheduled caste students.

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Authors: Dr. Mahesh Kumar Muchhal, Arun Kumar

The present study aimed at finding out The Impact of Religion, Caste, Income and Type of Family on The Mental Health of Teacher Trainees. The samples of the present study comprised 200 Teacher trainees of B.Ed class from different colleges of Ambala district have been taken. Out of 200 Teacher Trainees 100 Teacher Trainees are male and 100 Teacher Trainees are female. Mental Health Analysis Questionnaire developed by Manju Rani (1989) was used.

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Authors: Sadhna kumari Sharma, O. P. Sharma

Spirituality and happiness both are very important concept of a human life. In spirituality person relate himself or herself to a more broader than himself/ herself and also make able to find a meaning or purpose of life this process also make him/her happy and satisfied in life. The present study is aimed to find the correlation between these two important concepts of human life spirituality and happiness. The SHS questionnaire of Lubomirsky and Leeper to measure happiness and DSES scale developed by Underwood are used in this study. Cluster sample of 100 (25 to 30 years) were selected from Udaipur city. Pearson Product Moment Correlation method was used to compute correlation coefficient between the scores of SHS and DSES. Results of this study showed that there is a positive high correlation between spirituality and happiness.

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Authors: Ravi M. Sambrani, Sidram B.Y

A study was conducted in the College of Agriculture, UAS, Raichur during the year 2013-14, to know the benefits as expressed by the students about innovative methods of teaching for under graduate B.Sc. (Agri.) students. The 2nd and 3rd year B.Sc. (Agri) students of the college of Agriculture, Raichur constituted the population. From each class sixty students were selected by simple random sampling procedure to form the sample size of 120. Keeping the objectives and review of literature in view an interview schedule was prepared, which was pre-tested and standardized to avoid ambiguity. The study revealed that, Three fifth (60.00%) of the students were native to the rural areas but their mean grade was 7.21 which is less than the mean grade (8.04) of the students from urban area (40.00 %). With respect to innovative methods of teaching, large majority (98.33%) of the students expressed interactive boards are very good innovative teaching tools as it create interest among the learners and teacher followed by discussion method of teaching (95.00%) as it facilitates for horizontal flow of knowledge and exposure visits (90.00%) as it gives clear knowledge about real life situation. The others like, video/audio conferencing, role play and Power Point presentations expressed by 84.17, 82.50 and 80.00 per cent of the students, respectively. Whereas, 63.33, 58.33, 56.67 and 55.83 per cent of students told seminar method, case study method, participatory techniques and demonstrations are the next most important method of teaching, respectively.

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Authors: Kowal, D. S., Kumar, A., Kidwai, F.

Due to profusion of opportunities, varied trends of job market and perceived risk associated with career as Officer in Indian Armed force has made it unpopular and unattractive among many adolescents. Rapid economic growth and changing social norms in the society have certainly divided adolescents into aspirants and non-aspirants for this career choice. Career in armed force is characterised by its dynamic nature and pride associated with it. A study was carried out to investigate as whether risk taking behaviour has a role in aspiring to become armed force officer. Studies in past has revealed many factors affecting a career preference such as educational qualification, aptitude, intellect, father’s occupation, interest and many more. In this study risk taking behaviour has been investigated between aspirants and non-aspirants. The result showed that aspirants have more risk taking behaviour than non-aspirants especially in fire and military services areas which demands more risk taking orientation.

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Authors: Kurakula Venkatesh

Job satisfaction is a worker’s sense of achievement and success on the job. It is generally perceived to be directly linked to productivity as well as to personal well-being. Job satisfaction implies doing a job one enjoys, doing it well and being rewarded for one’s efforts. The study was conducted on 334 primary school teachers from Medak district of Telangana State. The result reveals that there is a significant difference in Job satisfaction with respect to age, gender and experience among primary school teachers.

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Authors: Piyush Dubey, Garima Singh Kathait, Dr. Anita Puri Singh

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the most common childhood disorders and can continue through adolescence and adulthood. The purpose of this research was to explore the advantages of yogic practices on risk taking behavior of ADHD. Present study has pre and post experimental design which was conducted on 30 pre diagnosed ADHD School going children with the age group of 8 to 12years selected on random basis. The sample was divided into two control and experimental groups. The Balloon analog risk task (BART) was used for assessment of risk taking behavior of ADHD. The experimental group was given 10 specific yogic practice sessions whereas the control group was given no intervention. Pre and post results indicated that there was no change in the control group in reference to risk taking behavior whereas there was improved in the risk taking behavior of children with ADHD in the experimental group. The positive correlation was found between Yogic practices and risk taking behavior improvement.

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Authors: Mashkoor Ahmad Lone, Dr. P. Ganesan

The practice of placing deprived children having least or no emotional and material resources, in orphanages has since long been prevailing in socio -economically poor Asian countries. A sample of 30 children residing in orphanage in district Anantnag in the age group of 13-18 years was selected for the present study. Most of the children were found socially and psychologically disturbed. As per Indian Academy Paediatrics (IAP) classification with respect to weight for age the condition was not bad that as approximately 67% percent of the children were found to be normal. In the same way height for age as per Waterloo’s classification shown that more than half of the children were normal. On clinical examination approximately 47% of children were normal, while as rest were suffering from dispigmentation of hair, moon face, xerosis of skin cheilosis, magenta tongue, spongy bleeding gums, oedema, conjuctival xerosis, and mottled dental enamel. The findings indicated that nutritional intake was deficient for all nutrients when compared to, Recommended Daily Allowances Chart (RDA) for all age groups which may be linked to poor planning of menus in orphanages.

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Authors: Dr. Santosh Kumar

The present study shows that the depression level of among the T.B patients the study finding shows that treatment for T.B is complicated and lengthy process but T.B can be curable by the medicine there is no significant difference between male and female T.B patients. There is no significant difference depression of T.B patient’s.

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Authors: Nandini. M, Jayan. C

Adolescents are best understood in a developmental context. The normal tasks of adolescent become complicated for the child with oral facial clefts. Existing multi specialty care is primarily aimed at physical rehabilitation with the psychological issues of care often being neglected. These articles address the biopsychosocial problems of adolescents with oral facial clefts who is experiencing adjustment problems. These articles also stress the need of a biopsychosocial intervention package for adolescence to assist in mastering the age appropriate developmental task.

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Authors: Preeti Singh, Narendra Nath Samantaray, Masroor Jahan

Title: Theory of mind and executive functioning in alcohol dependence syndrome. Objectives: The objective of study to examine the relationship of the Theory of Mind (TOM) deficit and Executive Functioning difficulties of the Alcohol Dependence Syndrome (ADS). Methods: Forty-five patients of ADS age range between 18 to 35 years participated in the study. All patients selected for study were inpatients of de-addiction ward of the Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi. All participants were tested on measures of TOM tasks and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). Results: The result findings suggest that the First Order Deception Tasks (FODT) of TOM was significantly correlated with the WCST’s no. of error, percentage of error, non-perseverative error and First Order Deception Tasks (FODT) of Memory with all variables of WCST. Second Order Deception Tasks (FODT) of TOM was significantly correlated with the WCST’s percentage of error, non-perseverative error and conceptual level responses. Attribution of Intention Tasks (AIT) of TOM was significantly correlated with the all variables of the WCST. Conclusions: The ADS patients having difficulty in TOM tasks and this difficulty may be related to underlying deficit in executive functioning.

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Authors: Mrs. Rohini. T, Dr. Punitha. V. Ezhilarasu

There is growing recognition of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) issues in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients undergoing Hemodialysis (HD). The aim of the present study was to explore the lived experience of Quality of Life (QOL) among patients undergoing Hemodialysis. The study involved a qualitative approach that used an interpretive hermeneutic phenomenology based on Van Manen’s method. The sample included seven patients undergoing Hemodialysis in two selected hospitals at Ernakulam district in Kerala. They were recruited by purposive sampling. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews. The thematic analysis followed the six steps delineated by Max Van Manen and four themes emerged. They were crestfallen life (3 sub themes; hard pressed life, deserted life and abounding losses); support and comfort; accompanying death and unfulfilled wishes. The findings shed light on the lived experience of QOL that has not yet been researched in an Indian scenario. The generated knowledge can be used by health professionals including nurses to help patients undergoing HD lead a life with better quality of life.

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Authors: Zamani, Kobra, Kajbaf, Mohammad-Bagher

This study aims at investigating the correlation between the sports coaches' leadership styles and female students' psychological self-efficacy at high schools of Falavarjan County. This research has descriptive-correlative method and the population of this research consists of all female sports coaches and female students at high schools of Falavarjan County in 2014.The sample size of female students is equal to 324.The measurement tools include the Morgen teacher leadership style questionnaire (2001) and Shrir General self- Efficacy Scale (GSES) (1982).The statistical correlation and regression analysis methods are utilized for data analysis. It indicates that there is a significant positive correlation between sports coaches' leadership styles and the female students' psychological self-efficacy at high schools of Falavarjan County. The research results indicate that there is a significant correlation between the task-oriented leadership styles in sports coaches and the sense of general and social self-efficacy in female students at high schools of Falavarjan County (p≤0.05) as well as a significant correlation between the human-oriented leadership styles in sports coaches and the sense of general and social self-efficacy in female students at high schools of Falavarjan County (p≤0.05).

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Authors: Hilal Bashir, Saima Majeed

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between achievement motivation and parental encouragement of adolescent girls in district Anantnag. The study was descriptive-correlational in nature and the data were collected using achievement motivation scale and parental encouragement scale through survey method. The sample of the study was 200 adolescent girls selected through random sampling technique. A significant positive relationship was found between achievement motivation and parental encouragement of adolescent girls. The study revealed significant difference on achievement motivation and parental encouragement among private and government adolescent girls in district Anantnag. Private school adolescent girls have higher achievement motivation and parental encouragement as compared to government school adolescent girls.

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Authors: Rohit Sharma, Kalpna Prabhakar, Prof. A. V. S. Madnavat

Knowledge management is the systematic management of an organization's knowledge assets for the purpose of creating value and meeting tactical & strategic requirements. It consists of the initiatives, processes, strategies, and systems that sustain and enhance the storage, assessment, sharing, refinement, and creation of knowledge. This is the main component of knowledge-based society to the aspect of management. Learning organizations are aware of the potential that lies in human resources, and are prone to developing new concepts of leadership, where hierarchy and pyramid structured decision making no longer play the main role. The new concept is built on partnership between professionals from different sectors of the organization. Partnership alliances depend on quality of human relations for effectiveness. We suggest that emotional intelligence enhanced with new concepts of leadership increases learning, generating and sharing of knowledge. The study has a qualitative approach taken through interviews that were conducted with top management in order to investigate the role of emotional intelligence and its impact on management in correlation with sharing knowledge. The findings confirmed our two hypotheses, since research has shown how the leadership strategy & leaning reflects on input of employees, and the way resulting in stimulation or discouragement of the sharing of knowledge in the organizational aspect.

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Authors: Rohit Sharma, Kalpna Prabhakar, Prof. A. V. S. Madnavat

This paper is traces the evolution of emotional intelligence as a theory and goes on to give a literature review of the same. Emotional Intelligence is attracted to interest in the field of education as a vehicle to improve their emotional development. People with highly developed EI are proven to be more successful in the workplace. They can use their emotions as clues to what their body, mind & soul are trying to tell them. It discusses the different concepts and beliefs pertaining to emotional & cognitive aspect, how it culminated in the theory of emotional intelligence (EI). It also discusses the three major models of emotional intelligence, their contribution to the theory and finally closes with a brief discussion on future improvement of the theory.

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Authors: Chanderkant Gorsy, Neeraj Panwar

Promoting positive cognitions has been the quest for psychologists since the psychology has been pre-fixed with the very term positive. To be optimistic is one of the greatest strength for having positive cognitions which is expected to promote feeling of well-being within an individual. Thus, with positive thinking one can achieve the higher level of happiness. Particularly, working women is one of the groups which have been expected to perform multiple roles with efficiency. They have to meet expectations of each and every family member; even then, if they are working they are expected to be equally competent on professional front as well. Therefore it was worth full to conduct a study on working women to access their optimism and strength of its association with happiness for them. The study was carried out on a sample of 130 working females. The results from the statistical analysis revealed that happiness was strongly associated with optimism. Results also indicated that, working women those who scored high on happiness were also found high on optimism as compared to those who fall on the lower side on both the positive attributes.

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Authors: Shaheen Falki, Dr. (Mrs.) Asiya Aijaz

The aim of our study was to compare psychological well-being among highly religious and low religious students of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. The hypothesis was that those who are more religious will display high level of psychological well-being to those who are less religious. The sample size for this study was 200 students – 137 highly religious and 63 low religious. The Highly Religious and Low Religious students were selected on the basis of their scores on Religiosity Scale and then their Psychological Well-Being was measured. The independent sample t-test scores indicated that there is a significant level of difference between the scores of highly religious and low religious students on their psychological well-being with the t score = 23.570 which was significant at .05 level of significance. Thus, the result of the study confirmed our hypothesis that highly religious students display high level of psychological well-being than low religious students.

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Authors: Shikha Verma, Dr. Swaran Lata

The present study examined the group and gender deference in Perceived social support (PSS) on a sample of HIV/AIDS orphans and non- HIV/AIDS orphans. The sample of the study consisted of 236 orphans (116 HIV/AIDS orphans and 120 non- HIV/AIDS orphans) the mean age of HIV/AIDS orphans, 11.66 years and mean age of non-HIV/AIDS orphans, 11.78 years living in the north Indian orphanages. The tools employed for present study is PSS scale for children consisting of 30 items and comprising of three subscales assessing the source of the emotional support (i.e., family, friends, or teacher). Result related to MANOVA indicates that significant group difference (F=2.66, p<0.05) and significant gender difference (F=2.66, p<0.05) was found in HIV/AIDS orphans and non-HIV/AIDS orphans on perceived social support. The present research explored low PSS of HIV/AIDS orphans living in Indian orphanages. PSS plays a protective role in dealing with psychosocial outcomes of HIV/AIDS orphans. Strong perception of support from cares, siblings, school teachers, school principal, friends, and others may reduce the deleterious effects of exposure to illness and psychological problems.

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Authors: Dr. Hosamani Marilingappa

The aim of the study was to understand self esteem and coping among children with borderline intelligence and average intelligence. The sample consists of two groups, 30 children of borderline intelligence and 30 children of average intelligence in the age ranged of 8 to12 years and studying in 4th to 6th. Individuals with any major physical disability and psychological problem were not considered for the study. Self-esteem and coping scale were administered to the children with borderline intelligence and average intelligence. The scales were scored appropriately. Mean, SD and ‘t’ value were determined to compared difference between borderline intelligence and average intelligence children on self esteem and coping by using the t-test. Result confirmed that there were the children with average intelligence showed significantly less self esteem than children with borderline intelligence. As there was significant difference in self esteem between children with borderline intelligence and average intelligence, the results are not according to the hypothesis stated that there will be no significant difference in self-esteem between borderline intelligence and average intelligence children. The children with borderline intelligence show significantly less active coping than children with average intelligence. The children with borderline intelligence show significantly less avoid coping than children with average intelligence. The children with borderline intelligence show significantly less support coping than children with average intelligence. As there was significant difference in active coping, avoid coping and support coping between children with borderline intelligence average intelligence, the results are not according to the hypothesis stated that there will be no significant difference in support coping between borderline intelligence and average intelligence children.

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Authors: Richard H. Morley, Victoria Terranova, Shannon Cunningham, Tyler Vaughn

The main focus of this study is to investigate the degree to which self-compassion and self-control buffer against hostility provoked by a negative life experience. To accomplish this inquiry pre and posttest state hostility measures were taken from sixty-six students displaying an increased negative affect following a statistics test. Repeat measures MANOVA revealed that the post measure increase in state hostility was significance (p>.05). Moreover, there was a significant interaction between self-compassion and self-control. Upon inspection of the group difference, participants with low self-compassion and low self-control score showed a significant increase on compared to pre-test scores or posttest scores compared to every other group. Correlational analysis revealed that while both variables were associated with pre and post-test measures of state hostility, Self-compassion was demonstrated to have a larger correlation than self-control. Moreover, the results, study limitations, and implications were discussed.