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Indian journal of positive psychology, Mar 1, 2016

Youth are most important assets of any nation, therefore, their personal growth and development s... more Youth are most important assets of any nation, therefore, their personal growth and development should be without any hindrance. In this modern competitive society, it is common to identify children who are at risk because of the hardships in their young lives (Rak & Patterson, 1996). Poverty, substance abuse, violence, family conflicts, and illness are a few potential vulnerabilities. According to various researches, the major concerns are that at risk children stand only slight chances of attaining their full potential as adults. Furthermore, there are worries that at risk individuals will become dysfunctional to the point of being incapable of supporting themselves or establishing rewarding relationships with others. However, despite all these problems, there are children who encounter stress and adversity in life and yet they fare well in the face of such challenges (Brooks, 2006; Masten & Coatsworth, 1998; Rak & Patterson, 1996). Children who succeed in spite of adversity have been identified as resilient; possessing certain strengths and benefiting from protective factors that help them overcome adverse conditions and thrive.Youths of Kashmir, IndiaFor over last three decades, Kashmir Valley has been the place of conflict between militants / terrorists and the Government forces. Bomb attacks, shoot-outs, pressure from both sides have affected the daily lives of the youth living in the valley. There are numerous cases of human rights abuse from both the militants and government forces in the form of arrests, house to house searches, abductions and torture. The ongoing violence, the continuous threat and poor future perspective put a heavy strain on the natural coping mechanisms of the youth in Kashmir. A lot of people suffer from stress related to traumatic events, high amounts of psychosocial problems (substance abuse, distrust), develop anxiety, mood and post-traumatic disorders at an alarming rate. Most of the mental pain is presented as physical disorders (somatoform disorders). Mental health experts have also stated that there has been a surprising increase in the number of stress and trauma related cases in the Kashmir valley and these psychological problems have also given rise to general health problems like diabetes, cardiac problems and hypertension (The News, August 18,2005).Due to ongoing violence and conflicts in the state of Kashmir, the University students face serious psychological and social difficulties andthey have the feelings of helplessness and alienation (Calhoun, 2006). The youth are continuously concerned with the issues of security and safety (Amin, 2009) and they experience frustration due to the inability to express their point in the ongoing armed conflict. The suicide rates are also increasing amongst the youth due to all these problems (Sofiya, 2012). Despite of all these problems, there are individuals who are able to overcome all these situations and are surviving and living their life to the full potential. They know as how to fight back to live effectively. It is their resilience.ResilienceDespite the vast body of research on resilience, there is little agreement on a single definition of resilience among scholars. In fact, scholars define the construct of resilience in different ways (Carle & Chassin, 2004).Resilience is broadly understood as positive adaptation in situations where difficulties-personal, familial or environmental are so extreme that we would expect a person's cognitive or functional abilities to be impaired (Masten C Rutter 1985). Resiliency, or resilience, is commonly explained and studied in context of a two-dimensional construct concerning the exposure of adversity and the positive adjustment outcomes of that adversity (Luther & Cicchetti, 2000). Masten (2011) contended that resilience refers to (1) people form high-risk groups who have had better outcomes than expected; (2) good adaptations despite stressful (common) experiences (when resilience is extreme, resilience refers to patterns in recovery); and (3) recovery from trauma. …

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Jan 12, 2021

Introduction: Parental cognition leads to parental behaviour which in turn affects the child. Met... more Introduction: Parental cognition leads to parental behaviour which in turn affects the child. Meta-parenting, a type of parental cognition is being researched widely in the last 5 years. The association of metaparenting and children outcome has never been made especially in adolescent population. Aim:The study aims to assess difference between Meta-Parenting of mothers and fathers and assess adolescents correlated to metaparenting. Material& Method:A cross-sectional, correlational design was used, Sample consisted of 425 parents of adolescents aged 13-17 years (from class 8-12) from various schools and private tuition centres in Delhi. Tools used were Meta-parenting questionnaire (MPQ), Results & Discussion: Results suggested no difference between males and females on the meta-parenting scale. Adolescent age, class, and birth order correlated to meta-parenting subscales. Conclusions:Metaparenting is not dependent on parents' gender.

International Journal of Epilepsy, 2020

Background Pseudoseizures are paroxysmal alterations in behavior that resemble epileptic seizures... more Background Pseudoseizures are paroxysmal alterations in behavior that resemble epileptic seizures but are without any organic cause. Stress, coping, and family functioning are contributing factors in the development and maintenance of pseudoseizures. Literature has found patients with pseudoseizures to belong to lower economic strata; however, no study has directly looked at the impact of income on the core contributing and maintaining factors of pseudoseizures. Aim This article studies the impact of income on perceived stress, coping, and family functioning in females with pseudoseizures. Materials and Methods Ninety-one females with pseudoseizures were recruited from the psychiatry department of a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, India. Each participant completed the Perceived Stress Scale, Ways of Coping Questionnaire, and McMasters Family Assessment Device–General Functioning Scale. Other sociodemographic variables including per capita family monthly income, level of educati...

International Journal of Current Research and Review, 2018

The term culture-bound syndrome denotes locality-specific, recurrent patterns of variant behavior... more The term culture-bound syndrome denotes locality-specific, recurrent patterns of variant behavior and disturbing experience that could conceivably be connected to a specific DSM-IV-TR[2] diagnostic category. A large number of these examples are indigenously thought to be "illness", or at least afflictions, and most have local names. Culture-bound syndromes are generally limited to specific societies or culture areas and are localized, folk, diagnostic categories that frame coherent meanings for certain repetitive, patterned, and troubling sets of experiences and observations. Present overview paper has focused on various syndromes/disorders that are specific to India or Indian culture.

Psychology and Behavioral Science International Journal, Jul 5, 2017

Background: Agenesis of the corpus callosum (AgCC) encompasses a broad range of diagnoses. A synt... more Background: Agenesis of the corpus callosum (AgCC) encompasses a broad range of diagnoses. A synthesis of recent neonatal and prenatal imaging studies suggests that AgCC occurs in at least 1:4000 live births and. 3-5% of individuals assessed for neuro developmental disorders had AgCC. Complete and partial AgCC, probably, result from disruption of the early stages of callosal development which could have genetic, infectious, vascular or toxic causes. All the patients show poor cognitive function and social interaction. Aim: To present cognitive profile of a patient with AgCC. Case: Five years old baby girl attended the Child Development Centre of a Government Hospital in New Delhi with the chief complaints of delayed development and poor social skills. Tools: Developmental Profile II Alpern [1], Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) Schopler [2], and Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scale (VABS) Sparrow [3]. Results and discussion: DA = 2 years 5 months, DQ = 46; CARS score =32. A child with autism is characterized by poor social interactions. At times, it may be difficult to differentiate AgCC from autism. Therefore, a very careful history, mental status examination, radio imaging and psychological evaluation are warranted. Indeed, developmental profile of such children remains below normal. Biological functions are often supported by multiple structures-single physical feature is coded for by multiple genes, for example, so that knocking out any single gene can't prevent that feature from developing apparently normally. The ability of multiple different structures to support a single function is 'degeneracy'. It is a "ubiquitous biological property, a feature of complexity" and an inevitable outcome of natural selection. It explains both why unusual brain conditions are not as catastrophic as they might be, and also why scientists find the brain so confounding to try and understand.

International journal of scientific and research publications, Apr 6, 2021

Introduction: Helicopter parenting (HP) refers to a distinct type of perceived parenting. It is d... more Introduction: Helicopter parenting (HP) refers to a distinct type of perceived parenting. It is developmentally inappropriate levels of parent involvement and control in their children's lives, which is often observable through their advice, direction, and help with problem. They even make decisions for their children and personally invest in their children's goals. Today's adolescents are expected to make decisions pertaining to their health related behaviour and career related choices. Decision making refers to the capability of developing reliable level of competence to foresee the consequences of alternatives. It is the fourth phase of cognitive development which is normally reached during adolescence, and is synonymous with abstract thinking, logical reasoning and problem-solving skills. Helicopter parenting has been shown to have negative outcomes in emerging adults but so far it has not been investigated in adolescents in India. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, correlational designed study to assess the relationship of Helicopter Parenting with Decision Making styles of Adolescents and their academic performance. Secondary objectives were to ascertain the effect of adolescents' variables on decision making styles and Helicopter parenting scores. A sample size of 425 adolescents was taken. Results: The mean HP scores were higher than the western scores. HP showed a significant correlation with Maladaptive decision making styles, with HP being a good predictor for maladaptive decision making in adolescents, (R 2 =.077, F(1,423)= 35.086, p=.000. There was no significant correlation with ADM-Q Adaptive type but showed a good linear model with self-esteem subscale. There was no statistical significant effect of adolescent's age on HPS. There was a significant negative correlation of HP scores with above average academic performance (0.115, p=0.017) and with total scores (0.106, p=0.029).Academic performance was a good negative predictor for HP (R 2 =0.011, F (1,424)= 4.800, p=0.029). Conclusions: Indian adolescents score high on HP scale. However Indian adolescents prefer not to strongly agree on HPS items and rather remain more non-decisive with mean score of 3.559.We also found that higher HPS score predicts maladaptive decision making style and negatively predicts self-esteem subscale of adaptive decision making styles. Implications: We need to educate the parents about the detrimental effects of helicopter parenting in order to have more self reliant adolescents.

International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 2020

Background: The paper aims to study psycho-socio- demographic factors of women presenting with br... more Background: The paper aims to study psycho-socio- demographic factors of women presenting with breast symptoms, find their correlations with (TTP).Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in the Breast diagnostic clinic of a tertiary care hospital over a period of 2 months with the aim to approach all those women attending the breast diagnostic clinics and who had not started any treatment so far. The data collection was done using self-administered questionnaire and interview based questionnaire as required for a period of 2 months. 80 patients were included in the study. Their socio-demographic data, health seeking behaviour were collected and personality traits, life orientation and coping styles were assessed using the standardized tests. Descriptive, correlation analysis and stepwise linear regression followed by logistic regression, using SPSS20 software.Results: TTP was long with mean 6months. It was found to be negatively associated with size of the lump and educat...

The present study was conceived to explore the effects of eating habits, sexual orientations and ... more The present study was conceived to explore the effects of eating habits, sexual orientations and spirituality on the mental health of adult individuals. For this purpose a purposive sample of 80 participants of age between 21 and 60 years was taken from the cities of Delhi and NOIDA. Every participant completed his/her informed consent form before taking any other task. Three scales - The sexual Orientation Grid, Spiritual Assessment Inventory and Mental Health Inventory-38 along with Personal Information Sheet - were used for the study. Results indicated that among eating habits, sexual orientation and spirituality, the spirituality appeared to be the predictor of mental health of individuals. Among various types of eating habits, vegetarian and ovo vegetarian did not have correlation with mental health while non-vegetarian indicated non-significant negative correlation with mental health. Beside this, sexual orientation did not show any correlation with mental health. Furthermore,...

Paper reviews a trajectory from inbreeding in animals to consanguineous marriages in human beings... more Paper reviews a trajectory from inbreeding in animals to consanguineous marriages in human beings. Studies on inbreeding have revealed poor health and less survival chances leading to extinction of animal species. Consanguineous marriage exists throughout cultures or variations in practices in human societies of the world. Inbreeding or consanguinity among human beings has both positive effects in terms of social and economic advantages for the couples and their families and detrimental effects on health (and mental health also) of the progeny. Further it encompasses effects of inbreeding among animals, as reported in laboratories and field studies; effects of consanguineous marriage on human progeny related to child health, reproductive behaviour still birth, pregnancy outcomes, its measurement, mortality and morbidity, and its effects on the mental health, besides its prevalence in countries including India. Indirect counselling may be a good prescription to avoid consanguinity. K...

The present research studies the beliefs about aggression and non violence in high school adolesc... more The present research studies the beliefs about aggression and non violence in high school adolescents and their perception of parent's authoritative behaviour and overall well being. It is vital in today's parlance, as it is believed that violence, aggression and the severe erosion of pacifism leads to conflict, hostility, disharmony and individual ineffectiveness, which further leaves a negative impact on the society. The study was conducted on 225 high school adolescents selected through purposive sampling technique. The psychological tools used were Beliefs about Aggression and Alternatives, Authoritative Parenting Index and Adolescent Well Being Scale. The results indicated that authoritative parenting is positively correlated to beliefs about aggression in adolescents and negatively to beliefs about non violence. Furthermore, high scores on beliefs about non violence is associated with greater wellbeing and high scores on beliefs about aggression is associated with possibilities of depression. Regression analysis showed that the data fit of the variance is high. It can be concluded that non violence upgrades, enhances and deepens the human spirit for positive societal development and harmony. It also clearly attests to the importance and significance of parents in children's lives and their holistic developmental process.

Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research

Global Journal of Human Social Science Research, Aug 13, 2014

Alexithymia has been affecting the lives of people in many ways, though the affect is seen not im... more Alexithymia has been affecting the lives of people in many ways, though the affect is seen not immediately. Sometimes, it happens so subtly that other reasons with loud appearance are the only ones to be addressed, leaving behind the unfinished business keeping the question still unanswered or vice versa. Sexual Orientation, on the other hand, had been constantly gaining attention from various disciplines including psychology, medicine and law. Researchers have significantly associated sexual orientation with mental health. The present research aimed to study the relationship between alexithymia and sexual orientation. In the study, 60 heterosexuals, 5 bisexuals and 60 homosexuals (N= 125) were included. After filling up informed consent, they completed personal data sheet, General health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), Klein Sexual Orientation Grid (KSOG) and Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). The results did not show correlation between alexithymia and sexual orientation (r = 0.03, p = 0.75). However, on further analysis, significant negative correlation (r =-0.60, p = 0.02) with high alexithymic score.

Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Sep 19, 2017

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a common psychiatric disorder that frequently presents to both ... more Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a common psychiatric disorder that frequently presents to both mental health experts and general health practitioners. Generally, BDD for the most part, goes unrecognized and undiscovered in clinical settings. It is critical to perceive and precisely analyze BDD in light of the fact that this often secret disorder might be crippling. Patients with BDD have impaired functioning, poor quality of life, a high rate of self-destructive ideation and suicide attempts. In this way, it is essential to screen patients for BDD and abstain from misdiagnosing it as another disease. Non-psychiatric treatments (e.g., medicinal and / or surgical) which most patients look for and get inadequate for BDD. This article presents a clinically engaged outline of BDD symptoms, causes and analyses long term effects of psychotherapy on it.

Indian Journal of Positive Psychology , 2016

Many children are reared in adverse conditions, e.g., poverty, substance abuse, personal or famil... more Many children are reared in adverse conditions, e.g., poverty, substance abuse, personal or family members' illnesses, family conflicts and violence in society at large. Such situations may inhibit the normal intellectual, emotional and social development of children and youth by interfering in reaching their full potential as adults. Especially, if we look at the youths of Kashmir, India, the problems they face, viz, armed conflict, violence etc. and the impact of these on their minds, mental and physical health, it becomes important to understand the factors which can help them to overcome impact of such adverse situations and help them out to recover from the hardships. It is very imperative now for psychologists to study resilience in the youth living in prolonged violence area and to suggest ways to promote resilience in the younger generation. This paper is an effort in this direction.

Breast diseases are reported by women very frequently in a hospital set up. Mammary gland undergo... more Breast diseases are reported by women very frequently in a hospital set up. Mammary gland undergoes continual physical and physiological changes from puberty till death. Breast lesions are a diverse group of lesions ranging from inflammatory to neoplastic pathologies. 1 The lump usually become palpable when it is more than 1 cm in diameter and it takes approximately 3 years for a tumor to attain this size from a single cell. Incidence of breast lump is different in different parts of the world and vary in the diagnostic spectrum. 2,3 Breast cancer (BC) is ranked number one cancer in Indian females. It has the age adjusted rate as high as 25.8 per 100,000 women and mortality 12.7 per 100,000 women. 3 Unlike the other common cancer in females, i.e. cancer cervix, the natural history of BC does not usually have a ABSTRACT Background: The paper aims to study psycho-socio-demographic factors of women presenting with breast symptoms, find their correlations with (TTP). Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in the Breast diagnostic clinic of a tertiary care hospital over a period of 2 months with the aim to approach all those women attending the breast diagnostic clinics and who had not started any treatment so far. The data collection was done using self-administered questionnaire and interview based questionnaire as required for a period of 2 months. 80 patients were included in the study. Their socio-demographic data, health seeking behaviour were collected and personality traits, life orientation and coping styles were assessed using the standardized tests. Descriptive, correlation analysis and stepwise linear regression followed by logistic regression, using SPSS20 software. Results: TTP was long with mean 6months. It was found to be negatively associated with size of the lump and education and positively with awareness about risk of cancer. Life orientation styles and personality traits showed no correlation. Pessimism was the seen in the majority of women. Conclusions: Education and increasing awareness about risk of cancer in the women can help them to report for treatment without delay. The understanding of coping skill, life orientation and personality domains and their relationship with TTP in the pre-diagnostic stage can help in future planning strategies during the course of treatment for breast cancer.

International Journal of Current Research, 2018

Background: Different patterns of childhood neglect and abuse are related with the level of serio... more Background: Different patterns of childhood neglect and abuse are related with the level of seriousness of mental issue in adulthood. An investigation of this nature is essential to understand developmental trajectory of neglect and abuse and to base any intervention plan for affected individuals and to build up a risk alleviating techniques as primary prevention.
Aim: To examine relationship of Childhood Neglect and Abuse with Emotion Regulation and Emotional Recognition in adolescents.
Method: A purposive sample of 140 children studying in English and Hindi medium schools located in Delhi and NCR region (India) was taken to test the hypotheses. Willing individuals of age range from 16 to 18 years of either sex were administered a set of self-administered questionnaires, viz., General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) and The Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse Questionnaire (CECA) for collecting the data.
Results: The analysis indicated that GHQ cut-off score did not differ significantly on any of the study variables; and the examined constructs (sexual abuse, physical abuse, parental loss with difficult in emotion regulation and neglect, physical abuse with alexithymia) were positively correlated with Difficulty as measured on Emotion Regulation Scale and Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Results also indicated that sexual abuse and physical abuse were significantly predicting difficulty in emotion regulation (R2 = 0.38, p = 0.01) and alexithymia (R2 = 0.35, p = 0.01).
Conclusions: Deficits in emotion regulation and emotion recognition were ubiquitous in children reporting of adverse childhood experience such as neglect and abuse. Sexual and physical abuse emerged as significant variables, accounting for maximum variance in criterion variables viz. emotion regulation and recognition.

World Journal of Research and Review (WJRR)

The whole purpose behind this research was to study individuals who engage themselves in regular ... more The whole purpose behind this research was to study individuals who engage themselves in regular recreation body building exercises, to improve their current body images and its impact on their mental health, happiness and aggression. Lately all around us if we look at news articles, clippings of magazines, and social media all are influencing us to work towards "perfect bodies". It is essential for us to realize and focus on this issue and see how it can be fruitful for our knowledge base. Studies on this over time have shown that gym going individuals have advantage for their mental health. Looking at our research findings we can see that gym goers had slightly better body image satisfaction (33.61) as compared to non gym goers (33.00); for aggression also gym goers had scored significantly lower (70.08) as compared to non gym goers (78.81) and there was significant difference between them on this dimension(t= 2.06; p= 0.05); for mental health also gym goers had scored lower (9.75) as compared to non gym goers (11.15);; and while looking for relationship between gymming to body image satisfaction, mental health, happiness and aggression findings indicate that for relationship between gymming with mental health it was seen to be negative (-.158), with body image satisfaction there was positive relationship (.242); with happiness also there was seen to be a significant positive correlation (.258). With the help of this paper and after reviewing vast literature on this it can be concluded that mental health professionals should take this issue seriously and create awareness regarding body image dissatisfaction and its impact on their mental wellbeing and also how its impacting our other aspects of life.

Psychology and Behavioral Science International Journal, 2017

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH, 2017

India and Singapore are two important Asian countries having commonality of being a and multiethn... more India and Singapore are two important Asian countries having commonality of being a and multiethnic societies. Currently, both the countries are on the vibrant continuum of different developmental levels. One of the most important ladder of this journey is education. Students, in both the countries, are experiencing signif socio-cultural pressure to perform well. Sometimes, such chronic stressors in extensive levels lead to psychological disorders and impairment in the child's functioning. This review aims to eluc nature of this ongoing stress being experienced by school students from an early age and the possible reasons as why these are perpetuating. Certain possible preventive measures that might help curb this trend have also been discussed.

IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences , 2016

Caste and religion are integral parts of Indian society. At times, these interwoven systems creat... more Caste and religion are integral parts of Indian society. At times, these interwoven systems create strong differences, hatred and tension among various social groups. Basic problem in Indian society is not of class division but of caste division. Arranged marriage within the same caste and religion is the rule of land in the Indian societies. Marriage of couples belonging to different castes and religions is a difficult and socially unacceptable proposition. To every such marriage, social / family opposition is surfaced, making it difficult for the couples to survive. Democracy, process of modernization and development has brought lots of changes in Indian society. It has provided opportunities and encouraged people for inter religion / caste marriages but with off-shooting problems between families, spouses, children and society at large. Honor killing is such problem. The major objectives of the present review paper are to understood and the spatial patterns and determinants of inter-caste and inter-religious marriages in India. The study used the data of third round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3, 2005-06) (2007) having sample size of 43102 ever married couples in India. Additionally, effort has been made to understand various issues rose due to inter religious / caste marriages and how can psychologists be of help in these cases. For counseling about marriages outside one's caste and religion, psychologist must be aware of religious instructions and provisions in the Indian constitution.