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Over the years, one of the greatest challenges and deeply disturbing occupational hazards faced b... more Over the years, one of the greatest challenges and deeply disturbing occupational hazards faced by all therapists, in particular, and people, in general, has been the rapid increase in suicide rates. According to a report of the World Health Organization (WHO), every year around 800 thousand people commit suicide with much more in number who attempt it. Suicide is one of the leading causes of deaths with the risk amplifying for those belonging to the sexual minority groupsprimarily the LGBT peoplewhose sexual and / or gender identity and preferences mismatch with the stereotypical norms set by the majority in the society. Addressing the alarming concern, World Mental Health Day 2019 was celebrated with the “40 seconds of action” agenda for raising awareness on the burgeoning incidence of suicide rates and individual role to help prevent suicide. The purpose of the present paper was to review the various factors that put sexual minority adolescents at risk of suicide. A systematic re...
The primary purpose of the present investigation is to examine the role of gender and socio-econo... more The primary purpose of the present investigation is to examine the role of gender and socio-economic status on adolescents’ self-concept. The study adopted a 2 (High SES x Low SES) x 2 (Boys x Girls) factorial design. In the present study, 120 adolescents (60 boys and 60 girls) participated. All the participants were from grades 8, 9, and 10 were selected from different schools of Cuttack. Both the groups of boys and girls were further divided according to their socio-economic status. Adolescents whose family income was between 5 lakhs to 10 lakhs per annum were taken as adolescents of high socio-economic status groups and adolescents whose family income was between Rs. 50000/- to 1 lakh per annum were considered as low socio-economic status groups. The participants of all the four groups (high SES adolescent boys, high SES adolescents girls, low SES adolescents boys, and low SES adolescents girls) were compared concerning different dimensions of their self-concept. The result indic...
Over the years, one of the greatest challenges and deeply disturbing occupational hazards faced b... more Over the years, one of the greatest challenges and deeply disturbing occupational hazards faced by all therapists, in particular, and people, in general, has been the rapid increase in suicide rates. According to a report of the World Health Organization (WHO), every year around 800 thousand people commit suicide with much more in number who attempt it. Suicide is one of the leading causes of deaths with the risk amplifying for those belonging to the sexual minority groupsprimarily the LGBT peoplewhose sexual and / or gender identity and preferences mismatch with the stereotypical norms set by the majority in the society. Addressing the alarming concern, World Mental Health Day 2019 was celebrated with the “40 seconds of action” agenda for raising awareness on the burgeoning incidence of suicide rates and individual role to help prevent suicide. The purpose of the present paper was to review the various factors that put sexual minority adolescents at risk of suicide. A systematic re...
The primary purpose of the present investigation is to examine the role of gender and socio-econo... more The primary purpose of the present investigation is to examine the role of gender and socio-economic status on adolescents’ self-concept. The study adopted a 2 (High SES x Low SES) x 2 (Boys x Girls) factorial design. In the present study, 120 adolescents (60 boys and 60 girls) participated. All the participants were from grades 8, 9, and 10 were selected from different schools of Cuttack. Both the groups of boys and girls were further divided according to their socio-economic status. Adolescents whose family income was between 5 lakhs to 10 lakhs per annum were taken as adolescents of high socio-economic status groups and adolescents whose family income was between Rs. 50000/- to 1 lakh per annum were considered as low socio-economic status groups. The participants of all the four groups (high SES adolescent boys, high SES adolescents girls, low SES adolescents boys, and low SES adolescents girls) were compared concerning different dimensions of their self-concept. The result indic...