The International Journal of Indian Psychology

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Authors: Deepti Puranik1, Dr. Priscilla Paul2, Dr. Rukmani Krishnamurthy3

Forensic Psychology is that branch of applied psychology which is concerned with the collection, examination and presentation of evidence for judicial purposes. Forensic Psychological Evaluation has contributed significantly as an aid to investigation in many sensitive cases. There are various subfields of Forensic Psychology and one such technique is that of Psychological Autopsy. Psychological Autopsy is an extremely important tool in ascertain the mental status of any individual before his or her death. This tool throws light on various facts which may have been missed during investigation. Equivocal death Psychological Autopsy is useful in aiding investigation process especially in controversial death. The technique of Equivocal death Psychological Autopsy is relatively new in India and this particular technique was applied during investigation process for a case referred where there was a controversy in terms of investigating agency claiming it to be a case of suicide while the family of deceased claimed it to be case of homicide.

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Authors: Dr Rajeshwari Gwal1

Impression Management, the process by which people control the impressions others form of them, plays an important role in inter-personal behavior. All kinds of organizations consist of individuals with variety of personal characteristics; therefore those are important to manage them effectively. Identifying the behavior manner of each of these personal characteristics, interactions among them and interpersonal relations are on the basis of the impressions given and taken. Understanding one of the important determinants of individual’s social relations helps to get a broader insight of human beings. Employees try to sculpture their relationships in organizational settings as well. Impression management turns out to be a continuous activity among newcomers, used in order to be accepted by the organization, and among those who have matured with the organization, used in order to be influential (Demir, 2002).

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Authors: Sri Bhagavad Gita Narahari 1, K. N. Tripathi 2

Adolescence is a turbulent time and vulnerable phase of curious experiences. Socialization is a process wherein, there is also a need to develop social relations which is intensified during adolescence and continues to be essential all through life. Hence, the immense human potential at this stage may be well optimized or undermined. Counseling is an interactive process which may enhance social behavior, discrimination, well-being and adaptation. Present study is an attempt to understand the socialization counseling needs of adolescents studying in different schools of India. A random sample of adolescents (N=300) studying in three different schools, government, private and missionary are chosen with respect to class, gender and socio-economic status (SES) for study on need for socialization counseling. The results indicated that adolescent students from government school displayed higher need for socialization counseling when compared to students belonging to private and missionary schools. The results for gender differences indicated that there was no significant difference for the need of socialization counseling, whereas the interaction of gender with class was significant. Further, the effects of gender with class and school were not significant. Moreover, results for adolescents belonging to middle and higher SES group showed greater need for socialization counseling in comparison to low SES group. Hence, this study emphasizes a possibility to strengthen the adolescent’s psychological orientation through socialization counseling in academic environment.