The International Journal of Indian Psychology

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Authors: Dr. Manish Sharma1

In coming to the date of Kalidasa, we approach an extremely vexed point of Sa scholarship. In spite of years of patient research and close criticism, the point has not yet been finally settled. But the balance of the views put forward seems to point to the 6th century as the probable date of India's greatest poet. conclusion, let us take a rapid glance at the other theories, at any rate, at the more important of them.

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Authors: Ripalkumar A. Patel 1

Bardoli means work-place of ReMahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhhbhai Patel. Gandhiji had selected Bardoli for non cooperation movement to face British Government. Re. Gandhiji told to nation: "We have to face English Government by non-violence. We will have to suffer, whatever happens in doing so, with willingness. If people of nation will follow non-violence, then freedom would be accessed within a year." Hearting these words, people of whole nation awakened and promised to Gandhiji for full support and cooperation. Movement of non-cooperation started in 1920 in the whole nation. But, Commotion happened in chauri-chaura in Bihar, during those days. English Government ordered to 'quick fire' to prevent the procession. People were died on both sides. So promise non-violence was violated. Gandhiji told: "Non-violence first, and then, self -Government. Still people of India did not understand meaning of non-violence." He postponed non-cooperation movement in 1922. He was arrested and sentenced to jail for six year for three articles published in 'to Young India' considering those articles were responsible for instigation to people for commotion and violence. He, while going to jail, assigned Maganlal Gandhi to complete vow taken by people of Bardoli regarding clothes. So he came Bardoli from Sabarmati S.G. Institution and started S.G. Institution at Bardoli Programme (aim) of this institution to disseminate process of making pani from cotton, Kantan, weaving and under making of Khadi.

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Authors: Dr. Shashi Kala Singh1, Mrs. Pushpa Singh2

The aim of the present study was to examine the gender and religion difference in secularism. Participants were 100 school students belong to Ranchi town (50 boys& 50 girls) of age range 13 to 16 years. All of these belong to middle socio-economic status. Respondents were given secularism scale. Data was analyzed by using means, standard deviations and “t”. The mean of male student was 31.53and female student was 29.97. The difference between the means was insignificant. Boys and girls showed similar level of secularism.Christian group showed significantly higher level of secularism than Muslim group.

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Authors: Parul Sharma1

The positive affect means the different level of moods of an individual on subjective basis such as joy, interest and being alert. It refers to the condition where the individual have positive emotions and feelings involving physiological arousal, thinking process and behaviour. Positive affect also involving the interaction of an individual with the environment and its surroundings. The people shows the characteristics of being full of energy, active, are generally high on positive affect and characteristics like sad, lethargic, stress are examples of the negative affect. Empathy refers to the different kind of experiences. The researchers have defined empathy as ability of a person to feel other’s emotions including the feeling and thinking. Therefore it includes an experience that involves understanding others conditions or emotions from their perspective. Empathy increases the prosocial behaviour. The prosocial behaviour means actions which are positive in nature but does benefit others and it includes the moral values, sense of responsibility and does not have any personal gains from such behaviour. It is a kind of voluntary actions that benefits not only the individual itself but also the society as a whole. The aim of the current investigation was to study the impact of positive and negative affect on empathy and prosocial behaviour. For this study, Positive and negative affect scale (PANAS; Watson et al., 1988), Empathy scale (Levine et al., 2009), and Prosocial Tendencies Measure scale (Randall et al., 2003) were administered to the sample of 100 students in the age range of 18-21 years. The sample was taken from different colleges of Chandigarh. An inter-correlation matrix was calculated to see the relationship. The results have shown significant and positive relationship between positive affect, empathy and prosocial behavior. The correlation between positive and empathy is (r = 0.33) and positive affect and prosocial behavior is (r = 0.30). The significant and negative relationship is found between negative affect, empathy and prosocial behavior. The correlation between negative affect and empathy is(r = -0.29) and negative affect and prosocial behavior is (r = -0.27). The result is found to be significant at 0.01 levels.

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Authors: Falak Nesheen1, Dr. Shah Alam2

Adolescence is a period of transition during which an individual experiences not only profound physical, physiological, cognitive and emotional changes but also experience many emotional abuse. The transition from childhood to adolescence may be challenging time for majority of young people. Emotional Abuse as recently stated in a maltreatment prevention guide proves to be detrimental for child‟s physical, social, mental and spiritual development. Emotional abuse has been variously characterized as “the use of verbal and non-verbal acts which symbolically hurt the other or the use of threats to hurt the other”. The basic aim of this paper is to explore the kinds of emotional abuse and then suggest various strategies to overcome such aspects of life. The paper reports a series of factors responsible for the torment among the emotionally abused adolescents or the excruciation they go through. This paper also highlights the role played by parents, teachers and peers in emotional abuse such as shame and humiliation, rejection and ignoring, terrorizing, isolating and corrupting etc. Studies during the last decades have consistently documented impaired cognitive abilities and poor academic achievement along with aggression, irritability, hyper vigilance, suicidal tendencies, paranoia and substance uses behavior among emotionally abused adolescents. If Emotional abuse remains a routine task in the life of an adolescent, it may have long term consequences at every walk of his/her life.

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Authors: Dr. Mrunal Bhardwaj1, Miss. Sode Jaimala Ashok2

The aim of this study is to analyse mobile phone addiction & loneliness among. Survey research is used for this study. To collect data; personal information form, mobile phone addiction scale, and -loneliness scale were applied for 40 students who are from different colleges in Mumbai city. To analyze these data; correlation, t test were calculated. Results revealed that mobile phone addiction was significantly associated with loneliness (r=.456) Furthermore, no significant gender differences were found in terms of loneliness and mobile phone addiction.

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Authors: Shaunak A. Ajinkya1, Deepali S. Ajinkya2, Gurvinder Kalra3

Indian history is one of the most ancient in the world; replete with many wars, teachings and religious beginnings. Hinduism is one of India‟s most prominent religions with the Bhagavad Gita being one of its most significant scriptures. Many authors have postulated that different psychotherapeutic methods have been used and described in Bhagavad Gita. In this article, we have explored regarding descriptions of the possible use of hypnotherapy in this holy text.

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Authors: Gunde R. V.1, Parit A. S.2

The present study has been undertaken to know the effect of gender and faculty on emotional maturity of the college students. The sample consisted of 180 college students (60 from Arts, 60 from commerce and 60 from science faculty). Half of the subjects were male and half of them were female studding in first year degree course. The Ss were selected from the colleges situated in Gadhinglaj Tehsil form Kolhapur district. The data was analyzed by using t- test and one way ANOVA. Schefe’s post hoc test is used to find out the significance for inter group differences. The results reveal that the male and female college students differ in their emotional maturity. The faculty of college students also affect significantly on their emotional maturity.

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Authors: Phra Taweepong Inwongsakul1, Sampathkumar2

Vipassana Meditation is measured to be the embodiment of the tradition from 2500 years back. It is non-scientific technique of self-observation which leads to progressive improved insight and positive life satisfaction attributes, as also, inculcations of family, friends, school, living environment and self life-satisfaction. The goal of this research was to study the effectiveness of Vipassana meditation on life satisfaction. In this study 120 student participants (experimental and control) were selected. The experimental group was given Ten Days (ten hours per day and total hours taken was three hundred hours) Vipassana meditation course. After meditation course the Satisfaction with life scale was administered to experimental and control group immediately. The effect of intervention on experimental group was studied by comparing with control group in pre-post test phases. For analysis of data the GLM- Repeated measures of ANOVA was used. Findings indicate that Vipassana meditation had positive effect on the level of life satisfaction.

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Authors: Aastha Dhingra1

compared to those around us. The types of actions users take and the kinds of information they are adding to their Facebook walls and profiles are a reflection of their identities. You are your Facebook, basically, and despite all its socialness, Facebook is a deeply personal medium. The time spent earlier during a car ride to a daydream, or building fantasies during lunchtime at work, or those small breaks one took to gaze outside the window are now all time to connect with technology, reply to a text, log on to websites and check email or notifications. I feel robbed on my aloneness, to be rather a buzz of constant communication, that hinders my every moment, and there is always someone to reply to. I finalized this topic because I wanted to explore the need of projection of an online identity of one‟s self and if it is the performance and the constant simulation that keeps us stimulated and addicted or is it the reflection of the real onto our screens, because some of us project and consume, idealized images through Facebook, and researchers have been trying to figure out how all this flawlessness affects us in the real world.

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Authors: Mustafa Nadeem Kirmani1, Firdos Jehan2, Rumana Sanam3

Pain is among the most common somatic complaints. Fortunately, in only a minority of people is pain long lasting and severe, such that it interferes with daily life activities. Those with chronic, disabling pain present to healthcare providers repeatedly. Often they experience anxiety and depression, irritation, frustration and helplessness, and they suffer from insomnia and excessive medication use. It results from complex interplay of biological, psychological & sociocultural factors. There are gamut of medical and psychosocial factors which cause pain. Pain is basically a sensory, emotional and subjective experience. High psychological arousal and cognitive set are significant factors which maintain or exacerbate the pain. In this paper, psychological strategies of pain management are being discussed. The major focus being cognitive behavioral interventions. The paper focuses on psychological factors related to pain and the role of professional psychologists in dealing with cases of chronic or other pain related disorders. The paper highlights the importance of incorporating biopsychosocial model in pain management for speedy recovery and better quality of life of pain patient.