The International Journal of Indian Psychology

01 to 05

Authors: Mr. Ankit P. Patel*, Mr. Ansh Mehta**

Wilhelm Wundt was born August 16th 1832 in Germany. He was a psychologist, physician, physiologist, professor, and philosopher. Many historians recognize him as the founding father of psychology, for he was the first to ever to titled as a psychologist. Actually, Wilhelm set psychology apart from philosophy and biology. In 1879, Wundt founded the first laboratory of psychological research at the University of Leipzig, located in Germany. This marked psychology as an individual field of mental studies. His laboratory enabled him to explore the religious beliefs (conceptual aspect) , strange psychological behaviors, the practice of identification of mental disorders and finding damaged parts of the brain. While documenting his research, he learned that psychology was a separate science. Wilhelm studied under many professors at the variety trio of Universities he attended. Some of these professors inspired him to write textbooks about his studies of Psychology. These works go by the names of Contributions to the Theory of Sense Perception (1858–62), Lectures on the Mind of Humans and Animals in 1863-1864, and Principles of Physiological Psychology. He founded this off of his research as an Inductive Philosopher, Professor of medical investigation, scientific psychology (His master field and what he was known for best.) and of physiology.

06 to 15

Authors: Mukesh B Bhatt*, Dr. S. M. Makvana**

The present Study of adjustment among Homosexual - female sex-worker, social men and women and AIDS patient from Gujarat. Total sample of 360 people was taken according to variables. In which, 180 male and 180 female were taken. In 180 male in 60 homosexual, 60 social men and 60 AIDS male patients and female in 60 female sex workers, 60 social woman and 60 AIDS female patients From Gujarat. The sample was selected randomly. Adjustment Questionnaire Developed by D. J. Bhatt (1994) used for data collection. The collected data were analyzed by F- test statistical technique at 0.01 level of significance and 2×3×2 factorial design used. Results revealed significant difference between the male and female. There was significant difference in adjustment level found among homosexual-female sex workers, social men – women and AIDS patients.

16 to 32

Authors: Mr. Ankit P. Patel*

Today many interesting researches are being conducted in the field of psychology. This Research on home environment, anxiety, mental health, emotional maturity etc finds the place in many leading journals of psychology. Topic of personality traits has drawn attention of many researchers in psychology. Research in personality traits has received a great deal of attention in the last few decades. Comparative study on personality traits of different social groups is worth exploring. Therefore a researcher has selected an interesting topic of comparing the personality traits of Arts, Commerce and Science students. It is also worthwhile to compare the personality traits of males and females. Different inventories of evaluating personality are available. From the available test of personality, the researcher has selected 16 PF of cattle to collect relevant data. Personality is defined as characteristics and distinctive ways of behaving according to C.T. Morgan. The individual behaves in the environment according to his personality traits. The oldest approach to the problem of identifying characteristic and distinctive ways of behaving is to establish a limited number of traits that can be measured with standardised personality tests. 16 PF is one such standard personality inventory. A scientific way of selecting and measuring a limited number of traits is the technique of factor analysis. Different researchers have identified several factors of personality and constructed standard personality inventories. One such popular personality test is 16 PF of cattle. The trait name represents the 16 personality factor obtained by factor analysis of large number of rating of different groups. In the present research, researcher has used standardised Gujarati version of original 16 PF of cattle.

28 to 33

Authors: Nitin R. Korat*, Gandharva R. Joshi**

The study was designed to investigate the impact of certain personal variables on psychological well being of call centre employees. The sample consisted of 240 call centre employees (120 Male/120 Female) selected randomly from Vodafone Call Centre of Ahmedabad city. Psychological well being scale of Dr. Bhogle and Prakash was used. Results revealed that there exists a significant difference between psychological well being and variables such as Sex, Age, Type of Family, work Shifts and working time of Call center employees. No significant deference observed between Psychological well being of married and unmarried employees. And also no significant difference was found between Psychological well being and Education of Call centre employees.

34 to 43

Authors: Dr. Milan P. Patel*, Mr. Ankur D. Chaudhari**

Mental Health affects our ability to make the most of the opportunities that come our way and play a full part amongst our family, workplace, community and friends. It‟s also closely linked with our physical health. Whether we call it well-being, emotional welfare or mental health, it‟s key to living a fulfilling life. The purpose of the study was to compare the Mental Health status among Individual Athletes, Team Athletes and Non-Athletes. Purposive sampling was done in which subjects for the present study were 148 male students of Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari studying various courses in the academic year 2013-14. The Mental Health Scale prepared by Dr .D .J.Bhatt and Ms. Geeta R. Geedawas used as a tool for the present study. The scores arrived from 45 Individual Athletes, 51 Team Athletes and 52 Non-Athletes were compared by applying the „F‟ test. The resultant value 7.566 was found significant at the predetermined confidence level of 0.5. Further, this study revealed significant difference between the mean score of Team Athlete & Non-Athlete, whereas there was no significant difference between the Individual Athlete & Team Athlete and that of Individual Athlete & Non-Athlete. Thus it was evident that Mental Health of Team Athlete was significantly better in comparison to Individual Athlete and Non-Athlete. This clearly shows that those who participate in team games have more chances to stay mentally fit as they involve themselves in preparing mentally for various team competitions. Mental Health is considered to be one of the important components of daily life style. This is certainly an important factor for all of us to live better and longer life. Thus, we all should daily participate in physical activity to stay physically and mentally fit. KEYWORDS: Mental Health, Individual Athletes, Team Athletes, Non-Athletes.

44 to 52

Authors: Dr. Javnika Sheth

The main aim of the present research was to study and compare social freedom and adjustment among college girls belonging general and reserved category in rural areas. In this study my target sample was college girls. The reason for selecting college girls in rural area was to know their psychological attributes and analyzed it to discover important aspect of their personality and find out if the vocational training as extra- curricular activities, improve their social freedom and adjustment or not; that could be useful and meaningful for their future. To fulfill the motto of research, the Women social freedom scale –By L. I. Bhusan and Adjustment Inventory for college students- By A. K. P. Sinha and R. P. Singh was used. The random sampling technique was used in the selection of the sample for the present research. The sample further divided in to two groups. One is N1=60 girls from general category and N2=60 girls from reserved category (ST/SC/OBC). Thus, the total N = 120. Sample was taken from various college of Rural areas from Kheda district. The entire subject was in the age group of 16 to 25 years married or unmarried girls. They are from joint family or nuclear family. The pre-test and post-test method was applied. After pre test, I gave them vocational training (Beauty parlor) for three months as their income generation activities in future and then post test was given to all girls. The difference of the score of the pre-test and post-test was measured. The hypothesis was that vocational training will not increase their social freedom and adjustment. The result shows that there is the significant difference between their social freedom and adjustment after training. Their social freedom and adjustment level was increase after three months vocational training. The hypothesis was significant at .01 levels.

53 to 58

Authors: Dr. Arvindgiri K. Aparnath

The present study is based on Academic anxiety. The aim of the study is to find out the difference between religion and gender, regarding academic anxiety for the purpose of the study, 120 School children were chosen from different school at Kapadwanj town, Gujarat, for data collection in all 120 student, 60 being boys (30 Hindu +30 Muslim ) and 60 girls (30 Hindu + 30 Muslim ) . Generally anxiety can be either a trait anxiety or a state anxiety. A trait anxiety is a stable characteristic or trait of the person. A state anxiety is one which is aroused by some temporary condition of the environment such as examination, accident, punishment, etc. Academic anxiety is a kind of state anxiety which relates to the impending danger from the environments of the academic institution including teacher, certain subjects like Mathematics, English, etc. I have used „Academic Anxiety Scale for children‟ (AASC Scale) by Dr. A. k. Singh & Dr. (km) A. Sen Gupta. The obtained data analyzed through Mann-Whitney „ U „ test. The result shows that there was no significant difference between the Academic anxiety of Muslim boys & girls and Hindu girls & Muslim girls. There is more Academic anxiety in Hindu girls then Hindu boys and more Academic anxiety in Muslim boys then Hindu boys.

59 to 64

Authors: Rathod Chirag R.*, Patel Hiren**

The present study related to Adjustment level of Tribal and non Tribal Total 120 Marital's were selected randomly from Panchmahal district area's randomly. In which 60 marital (30 women aged 21 to 30 year and 30 women aged 31 to 40 year) from Tribal and also 60 marital (30 women aged 21 to 30 years and 30 women aged 31 t0 40 year) from non tribal. After analysis was done according to key for the comparison of difference group 't' test was calculated.

65 to 70

Authors: Nilaben M. Borad*

In the present ties individuals are suffering from various tensions and frustrations. To avoid this, experts are recommending the Holistic Life Style. This life style suggests living the life wholly or perfectly. That means the individual should lead the life completely, not only physically, but mentally and spiritually also. If proper knowledge is given the individual can easily lead Holistic living. In the present study the attempt is made in this direction. All individuals cannot be same in leading the Holistic life style. There would bind to be some differences due to the age. Thus the problem of the study is "The Age differences in Training of the Holistic Living Life Style" For the sample 50 students 10th std. and the 50 students of college were selected randomly. For giving information about the Holistic Living Life Style the special material was prepared. The nature and the diseases due to lac of Holistic Living was mentioned. Different treatments were also discussed. The questionnaire was prepared for this purpose and was used as a tool for the research. The percentage and the t-test were found out. The result showed that there are differences between high school students and college students. “The Age differences in Training of the Holistic Living life style.”

71 to 77

Authors: A. K. Chaudhary*, Deepika Jain**

The purpose of the present study was to find out the level of Anxiety among male and female adolescents. The local of the study was confined of Udaipur city of Rajasthan. The sample consisted of 60 subjects divided into two groups, 30 Male and 30 Female adolescents. Test anxiety scale by Dr. V. P Sharma (1971) was used to collect data. Mean, S.D and „t‟ test was calculated to analyze the data. Result showed that male adolescents have higher anxiety in comparison to female adolescents.

80 to 87

Authors: Dr. Thiyam Kiran Singh*, Akanksha Sharma**

In this study random sampling technique was used in which a sample of 30 Depressive patients and 30 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) patients were collected with the age range of 18 to 40 years. The participants were administered Dimensional Personality Inventory developed by Bhargav (1997) and Emotional Maturity Scale developed by Singh and Bhargave (1991). The purpose of the study is to compare Depressive and OCD patients on Personality Inventory Test and Emotional Maturity Scale to find out any significant difference in overall personality and its various dimensions similarly as well as overall Emotional Maturity and its various dimensions. The result found no significant in overall personality and its dimensions. Likewise, the result also found no significant difference in overall Emotional maturity but there is significant difference under the dimensions of Emotional Progression and Independence which gives the impression that depressive patients are more emotionally progressed or improved but less independent comparing with O.C.D. patients.

97 to 102

Authors: Mohit M. Pandya* & Dr. D. J. Bhatt**

The study was designed to investigate the impact of certain socio personal variables on the youths‟ Adjustment of Rajkot district. The sample consisted of 240 youths‟ (120 Male/120 Female) selected randomly from Rajkot district. Revised Adjustment Inventory (RAI) of Dr. Pramodkumar was used. Data were analysis by „F‟ test and„t‟ test. Results revealed that there exists a significant difference between the youths‟ gender and their Adjustment. No significant difference was found between the youths‟ Area, Education, Age, Type of family, Family members and Education faculty their Adjustment.

103 to 113

Authors: Yoseph Shumi Robi*

The purpose of this study was to assess the degree to which university entrance exam result (UEER) and preparatory class average score (PCAS) predict success in college academic performance. The subjects of this study were 484 students. The data were collected from the Registrar Office. Correlation and regression analyses were employed on the data. The results indicated that PCAS and UEER in order as selection instruments appeared to be valid predictors of first year college CGPA and jointly accounted for 33.70 percent of the variation in college performance. Besides, PCAS was found out to be more important than UEER as admission variable. Based on the findings recommendations were forwarded.

114 to 120

Authors: Pooja Verma*, Dr. Pubalin Dash**

Emotional intelligence is social and acquisitive in nature so either consciously or unconsciously parents and children represent their emotion in an expressive way to one another, in their interaction. It seems that further to individual differences of boy and girl, the expectation of society and people around, especially parents, are different in terms of children’s sexuality. As per our society, girls are mostly expected to be more expressive of feelings, whereas abstaining from feelings expression in boys is strengthened as a manly model. The research showed that emotional intelligence is meaningful associated with gender differences. The present study examined the effect of effects of emotional intelligence on male and female students. The total participant of the present study is 150 (75 male and 75 female. All students belongs to master level studying in various colleges in Ghaziabad were selected in randomly the data was collected through standardized “Emotional Intelligence Test” by Hydes & Dethe. T-test was conducted to compare between means. Then, an over view of the paper is include a demonstration of the influence of gender differences on Emotional Intelligence is also given. Finally in conclusion it is important to realize that girls are higher than boys in emotional intelligence.

121 to 128

Authors: Dr. Shashi Kala Singh*

The main aim of the present study was to examine the life satisfaction and stress among working and non-working women. A sample of 200 women (100working &100non-working) was drawn randomly from the population. Life Satisfaction Scale by Alam & Srivastava (1996) and stress scale by Singh (2004) were used for data collection. Mean, standard deviation, „t‟ test and correlation were the statistics calculated. The results indicated that there was significant difference regarding life satisfaction and stress between working and non-working women. Results revealed that working and non-working women differed significantly on their life satisfaction (t=5.52).Working women were more satisfied with their life, on stress scale non-working women have higher level stress as compared to working women. A significant negative relationship was found between life satisfaction and stress.

129 to 151

Authors: Anu Agarwal

Adjustment is the behavioral process by which humans and other animals maintain equilibrium among their various needs or between their needs and the obstacles of their environments. A sequence of adjustment begins when a need is felt and ends when it is satisfied. Hungry people, for example, are stimulated by their physiological state to seek food. When they eat, they reduce the stimulating condition that impelled them to activity, and they are thereby adjusted to this particular need. In general, the adjustment process involves four parts: (1) a need or motive in the form of a strong persistent stimulus, (2) the thwarting or no fulfillment of this need, (3) varied activity, or exploratory behavior accompanied by problem solving, and (4) some response that removes or at least reduces the initiating stimulus and completes the adjustment. Social and cultural adjustments are similar to physiological adjustments. People strive to be comfortable in their surroundings and to have their psychological needs (such as love or affirmation) met through the social networks they inhabit. When needs arise, especially in new or changed surroundings, they impel interpersonal activity meant to satisfy those needs. In this way, people increase their familiarity and comfort with their environments, and they come to expect that their needs will be met in the future through their social networks. On-going difficulties in social and cultural adjustment may be accompanied by anxiety or depression. Psychology of Adjustment is an applied Psychology course that teaches the basics of human adjustment in everyday life. Applications of the concepts taught in this course help students understand themselves better, change their behaviors, and enhance their relationships. The term adjustment is often used as a synonym for accommodation and adaptation. Strictly speaking, the term denotes the results of equilibrium, which may be affect by either of these processes (Monroe, 1990). It is used to emphasize the individual‟s struggle to along or survive in his or her social and physical environment. Good (1959) sates that adjustment is the process of finding and adopting modes of behavior suitable to the environment or the changes in the environment. Shafer (1961) emphasized that adjustment is the process by which a living organism maintains a balance between its needs and the circumstances that in fluency the satisfaction of these needs .Kulshrestha (1979) explained that the adjustment process is a way in which the individual attempts to deal with stress, tensions, conflicts etc., and meet his or her needs. In this process, the individual also makes efforts to maintain harmonious relationships with the environment.

144 to 151

Authors: Dr. Jayesh N. Bhalala

Stress management is the need of the hour. However hard we try to go beyond a stress situation, life seems to find new ways of stressing us out and plaguing us with anxiety attacks.There can be innumerable stress factors since different individuals react differently to the same stress conditions. The brain doesn't differentiate between real and imagined stress. Failure in adopting a realistic attitude to events creates symptoms of depression and aggravates stress situations.Do "stressed out" parents necessarily have stressed out kids? Besides being at higher genetic risk for stress, children of stressed parents can also learn the tendency to get stressed out in reaction to life's challenges from their parents."Children of stressed out parents are more likely to be ill equipped to handle stressors positively. Research shows that nicotine dependency actually increases stress levels in smokers-adults and adolescence alike. Adolescent smokers report increasing levels of stress as they develop regular patterns of smoking. The repeated occurrence of stressed moods between smoking means that smokers tend to experience distinctly above-average levels of daily stress. When adults quit smoking, they become less stressed rather than more stressed. Reduces stress hormones (studies shows, laughter induces reduction of at least four of neuroendocrine hormones—epinephrine, cortisol, dopac, and growth hormone, associated with stress response).It is well known that either a quick or constant stress can induce risky mind-body disorders. Stressed out individuals carry a great deal of physical tension in their bodies. Under stress the stiff muscles restrict the circulation of blood. Yogic asanas, meditation and breathing can help stress affected persons in many ways such as:(1)Reduce stress and tension. and (2) Mindfulness meditation helps stress reduction, improving physical and mental health.

156 to 159

Authors: Dr. Uma Sharma*

Sri MadhavaCarya (1238-1317) was the Founder of the Dvaita System which is one of the three principle schools of vedanta. After the system of Sankaracarya and Ramanujacarya he had been well established. The reasons which led him to establish doctrinal differences and ideological dissatisfy faction with contemporary trends and schools of thought within and without Hindusim and Particulary with the time. Madhva could not agree with Ramanujacarya on many Point of Theistic Loctrine. Madhva called his system “Tattvavada (Realism) It is described by vidyaranyainhissarvadarsansarigraha as “Purnaprajnadarsana.” Purnaajana and Anandatirtha are other names of Madhavecarya. There are so many concept sides by the Madhavacarya but hare we discuss the theory of space of Madhavacarya.