The International Journal of Indian Psychology

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Authors: Mohd Muzaffar Banday, Dr. P. Ganesan

In Jammu and Kashmir Woman are the most vulnerable section due to violence caused by militancy and armed conflict. They are facing number of challenges related to health, economy, education, politics, and more importantly they are traumatised due to prolonged depression of conflict in which number of women become widows. In this study researcher tried to access the freedom of movement within and outside their homes, freedom of acquiring education before and after their marriages and challenges faced by women were also identified with the help of primary and secondary data. Researcher found that women had high level of freedom for their education before marriage and they had high level of freedom for their movement both within and outside their villages.

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Authors: Dr. Vikas Kamble

Family relations are an essential factor for the overall development of child. It influences personality, attitude, thoughts and beliefs, social skills, emotional and psychological health. Children who are successful and well developed came from families where positive relationships existed between them and their parents, whereas children, who are discouraged and rejected at home they, might suffer from mental health problems. This assumption is tested in the present study. For this study 1620 children belonging in upper, middle and lower society ranged in age from 8 to 10 were randomly selected from different cities of Maharashtra states of India. Family relationship inventory and mental health questionnaire administered to the participated students. The obtained data analyzed by one-way analysis of variance. The results revealed that the mental health of children belonging in upper, and lower class society is affected due to the avoidance family relationships.

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Authors: Chandini Bhoopal, Dr. Saroj Arya

Colour is a significant aspect of Cognitive Mind Maps which are visual representations of a subject to enhance recall. Entire lessons form visual images with key words. Scientific studies indicate a basis for relating colour and its effects to memory and recall. Colour plays a pivotal role in successful encoding, storage and retrieval of information. Extensively used in the corporate world, research studies involving Mind Maps using colours, in U.K. and Australian schools claim successful results. There is little documented/published evidence of the same at high school levels in India. Sound educational systems but changed lifestyles have joint families-now nuclear, with high school ‘latch key’ children succumbing to dangerous distractions like TVs and computerized gadgets. School children not supervised closely may not perform to their intrinsic potential. Dependence on guides/question banks cause students to memorize answers without understanding lesson concepts. Research on Mind Maps with colour, as a teaching/self study aid, will find potential for application in NCERT/SCERT textbooks.

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Authors: Mridula. C. Jobson, Dr. R. Subhashini

Back Ground: Chronic Illness is disorders or diseases that compromise well-being, either temporarily or chronically. These conditions are risk factors for Social behavior problem. Analyzing the prevalence of Social behavior problems of children with chronic illness and identifying related risk factors is of theoretical and practical relevance. It helps to understand psychosocial consequences of chronic diseases and provides valuable information for clinicians regarding who should be screened for what kind of problems. There are various factors that influence the social adaptive behavior of the child with chronic illness. Identification of association of demographic variable shall provide the underlying associated causes for such behavioral problem. Aim and Objective: This study analyses the association of socio-demographic factors and social adaptive behavior problems of pediatrics with chronic illness. Samples and Methods: The study was carried out in 90 pediatric patients in MMM hospital between age group 1 to 6 years. The samples were selected through convenient sampling technique. The Tool used for data collection and assessment of social maturity level is Semi structured questionnaire which include. Section A: Socio demographic profile and Section B: The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) A parent-report questionnaire. Result: The association between the social adaptive behavior problems and demographic variables using chi square test reveals that socio demographic variables such as economic factors and medical condition have significant association with the behavior of the child. Conclusion: The preliminary study concludes the association between the socio demographic factors and behavior. This particularly emphasizes on multidimensional assessment and treatment.

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Authors: Dr Sreekumar D Menon

In India comprehensive house hold data on this prevalence and costs of domestic violence are lacking. The multi-site study by the international clinical epidemiologists network (INCLEN)is a pioneering effort to estimate comparable rates of violence within and across: India, chile, Brazil, Egypt and Philippines. According to Violence Prevention Alliance under Global Campaign for Violence Prevention (WHO, 1997), “Violence is the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself or against a group or community that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in psychological harm, mal development or deprivation”. Children are exposed to or experience domestic violence in many ways. In most domestic violence poses a serious threat to children’s emotional, psychological and physical well-being, particularly if the violence is chronic.

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Authors: Mr. Arsheed Ahmad Ganie

Children on account of their tender age and immature mind need special care and protection. Children’s are greatest gift to humanity. Neglecting children means loss to the society as whole. They have certain special rights and legal entitlements that are being acknowledged nationally and internationally. The constitution of India recognized the rights of children for the first time and included several articles dealing with their liberty, livelihood, and development of childhood, non-discrimination in educational spheres, compulsory and free education and prohibition of their employment in factories, mines and hazardous industries. After the Independence of India & commencement of the constitution, children were conferred many rights under the constitution. The Government of India also enacted a number of legislations for the protection of the rights of the children in India. So in this paper focus is on the rights of children and protection which has been provided to them by the constitution of India.

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Authors: Sudhir Kumar Yadav, Dr Sanjay Gupta

Aptitude tests have been in existing 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 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. 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 self constructed test was used to test the English Verbal Ability of the school students of Gujarat state from the age of 11 years to 13 years. The data collected so were analyzed using critical ratio to test the significance of difference of area and sex on the students.

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Authors: Dr Neeti Bisht, Dr Sangeeta Khullar

A study of difference in Psychological Wellbeing of 396 male and female employees working in government and private sector exhibiting three levels of organizational role stress was conducted(N= 198 each, age group 25-45 years). The tools used were Udai Pareek’s Organizational Role Stress Scale (1986) and a self prepared questionnaire for measuring Psychological Wellbeing of the employees. The data was collected from the employees of well known private companies and government organizations such as Infosys, Reliance Telecommunications, Oil and Natural Gas Commission, State Bank of India etc. Three way ANOVA for Organizational Role Stress and Psychological Wellbeing of male and female employees working in the two sectors shows a significant main effect for the two sectors and the three levels of ORS but not for the two genders.

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Authors: Suhani Sharma, Dr. Abha Singh, Dr. Sakshi Mehrotra

The ancient Indian Vedic text places emphasis on balanced living through a conscious strive to evolve from lower states of being to higher ones thus providing physical, spiritual and psychological wellbeing. Similarly the western thought places emphasis on working on physical and psychological well being for humans to flourish and realise their infinite potential. Hence, the present investigation is an attempt to draw a concomitance between Indian and Western Psychology on the topic of psychological well being and how wisdom and satvikta are related to this concept. For the purpose of this study a sample of 100 university students (50 males and 50 females) between the ages of 18-24 years were selected. Three scales namely- (i) PWAS (Practicing Wisdom Assessment Scale) (ii) Trigunatmak Personality Inventory, and (iii) Ryff’s Psychological Well Being were used. Regression analyses was done. The results indicated that Sattva Guna significantly predicts PWB and Wisdom.

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Authors: Milli Singh

Females of Indian society laden with dowry tradition have implications in the familial, educational, social and psychological experiences and also have serious impact on their future lives. Studies in this direction are very few in India. This study was a qualitative and analytical research method based on primary and secondary information. The sample area of study has been taken Ahmadabad and Gandhinagar as they are the state capitals and have maximum number of interstate migrants in Gujarat (Census, 2001). The selected sample area is also appropriate from the point of view of urbanized and educated locality. The study is conducted taking time period of maximum of last 25 years. Through the literature review, the researcher could identify specific core issues. Conclusions highlight and reinforce the findings of earlier studies that describe the trauma faced by women where dowry traditions are practiced on huge scale and emphasize the need for further study and legislative action to deal with this malaise. This study provides hope for females victimized on the name of dowry who can benefit from other agencies including volunteer organizations.

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Authors: Meena Sehga, Mitika Kanwar

In the present study, Spiritual Intelligence and its correlates were examined among adolescents in order to gain insight into the profile of spiritually intelligent adolescents. Since spirituality can be a protective factor at the tender age of adolescence, a need was felt to envisage the present study. For this purpose, 75 young adults were administered Spiritual Intelligence Self report Inventory (King, 2008), Coping Strategies Inventory (Tobin et al.,1989) and Brief Strengths Test (Peterson & Seligman, 2004). Intercorrelation analysis of all the variables and multiple regression analysis of character strengths on spiritual intelligence yielded some significant positive results. Engagement coping strategy shared a significant positive association with Spiritual Intelligence (p<.01). Among character strengths, Spirituality, Gratitude, Self control, Love, Bravery (p<.01), Appreciation of beauty, Optimism, Leadership, Forgiveness, Social intelligence, Kindness, Love of learning, Curiosity, and Critical thinking (p<.05) emerged as significant contributors of Spiritual Intelligence. Only Humor shared a negative association with S.I. Therefore, the findings of this study can be used to foster programmes on spiritual intelligence and its development by incorporating exercises for strength building and engagement coping mechanisms.

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Authors: Aashaq Hussain Bhat, Dr.R.Moorthy

Ever since the insurgency in the Kashmir Valley, it was an uphill task for the security persons to maintain law and order in the Valley. The most difficult task was to curb the militancy and crush its supporters in the Valley. It was in these circumstances that the Central Government came up with certain Legislative provisions which were in the form of security provisions to maintain the law and order in the state. As these security provisions were made to deal with militancy and its supporters but it made the Valley to cost the lives and liberties of innocent civilians. This paper will study the various security legislations operating in the Valley and its consequences on the people of the Valley.

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Authors: Pratibha Mitra, Shalini Agarwal

Well being is state of physical, psychological, emotional and social happiness as a whole. Present study intends to assess the mental well-being of female prisoners in Lucknow jail. This study was designed for disruptive nature. The sample of study was consisted of 120 female prisoners in jail. The random sampling technique was used to select the sample from the jail. The collected data was coded, scoring ,tabulated and analysed in terms of simple frequency , percentage, ANOVAs test, chi-square test and co–relation test were computed study the relationship between selected independent and dependent variables. The objectives the research work is study on socio-economic profile of the women prisoners , do situational analysis of women prisoners, Assessment of mental wellbeing of female prisoners and study on relationship between selected independent and dependant variables. Present studies were identified such as age, marital status and mental well-being of female prisoners. Most of the respondents 52 % were 40- 60 years old, 80% were married. The result was found that no significant difference between the age or marital status and mental well-being of female prisoners in Lucknow jail.

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Authors: Aleena Maria Sunny

The aim of the study was to assess the feasibility of a 4-week home based attention retraining of people with mild or moderate traumatic brain injury. Purposive sampling was done to choose seven participants with attention deficit with mild or moderate traumatic brain injury as the sample of study. The Intervention consisted of tasks such as cancellation of letters, cancellation of symbols with distracters and dictation. Training in administering the intervention was given for patients as well as their caregivers. A baseline assessment for the above mentioned parameter and post-test assessment (after 5 weeks) were done on the participants to assess the impact of the intervention. The research design was informal experimental design before and after without control group. The post-test scores showed that the home based attention retraining has a positive impact on the attention of the participants. However, this couldn’t be proved statistically because of its small sample size. The involvement of the caregiver as well as the motivation level of the participant was observed to have significant impact on the participants’ performance along with several others. Home- based attention retraining was found to be effective, further rigorous studies with larger sample size and control group is suggested.