| 1 | Adult Separation Anxiety Disorder and Intolerance of Uncertainty in Young Adults |
Indian Journal of Psychology and Education
Artilces 2022
, Vol 12
, No. 2
, pp 1-5
Authors: Aastha Verma* and Harprit Kaur**
The current study was conducted to explore the newly recognised concept of adult separation anxiety disorder (ASAD) in relation to intolerance of uncertainty in Indian young adults. Since, almost negligible research has been conducted on ASAD in India, this study can be considered as apioneering study in India. For this study, a sample of 339 Indian young adults were assessed on the relevant scales to evaluate the adult separation anxiety symptoms, adult separation anxiety disorder and intolerance of uncertainty. The statistical analyses used in the study were coefficient of correlation, multiple linear regression and student’s t-test. Results demonstrated that both the dimensions and overall intolerance of uncertainty were positively and significantly correlated to ASAD. Prospective intolerance of uncertainty proved to be an independent predictor of ASAD. Also, it was observed that the dimensions and the overall intolerance of uncertainty was significantly higher in ASAD group as compared to the non-ASAD group.
Keywords: adult separation anxiety disorder, ASAD, intolerance of uncertainty, young adults
*Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India, 9, Lane-4, Blossom Enclave, Nabha Road, Patiala, Punjab, (Corresponding author) Email- aasthaverma3020@gmail.com
**Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India, Prof., Dept. of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab,Email- harprit.kaur@yahoo.com
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| 2 | Imagination: The Laboratory of Genius and Maladjusted Behaviour |
Indian Journal of Psychology and Education
Artilces 2022
, Vol 12
, No. 2
, pp 6-8
Is there any laboratory in our brain, that is used for new inventions by a historical genius person like Einstein, Darwin, Tesla, Sigmund Freud, Aryabhatta, Vivekananda, and so on? Is a person’s psychological disorder, the outcome of this disrupted laboratory where the unlimited store of knowledge, information, and tools at the software level are mismanaged and results in unbalanced behaviors (inner world with outer world) in the society? There are so many questions related to the brain’s hidden unlimited power that is also certainly related to the imagination (laboratory). This laboratory provides us with desirable apparatus, tools modifications, measurements, constructions, reconstructions, and changes of raw materials for a new model and consequently implemented in this world. There is no physical garbage problem to dispose of; this laboratory provides software-level hidden personal imaginative processes. In this laboratory, most of the saints, scientists, monks, and other genius work (meditation and imagination) most of the time and perform so many experiments and gives amazing results to this physical world and generally, people think that these are the miracles of unknown power. These peoples are scientists of their imaginative laboratory and work hard for a short (if the person is skilled) and long-period (if the person is less skilled or the problem is tougher) to prove the real product of their masterpiece. The present study is the investigation of this miracle’s power of the brain.
Keywords: Imagination, Laboratory, Genius, Maladjusted Behavior
*Ph.D Research Scholar, Sunrise University Alwar, Rajsthan, India, Email: sidhia.shekhar57@gmail.com
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| 3 | Sexual Harassment at Workplace: A Socio-Psychological Analysis |
Indian Journal of Psychology and Education
Artilces 2022
, Vol 12
, No. 2
, pp 9-12
Authors: Archana Shukla* and Garima Singh**
Sexual Harassment at workplace has been analysed largely from the lens of legal-rightist perspective ignoring its deep rooted socio-psychological roots. Victims of sexual harassment experience a range of psychological problems that threaten their well-being throughout life. Clinical depression, Post-traumatic stress disorder, social withdrawal, lack of self-esteem are some of them. Stigma and discriminationare its social implications.The paper discusses the prevalence of sexual harassment in India, its various forms and vulnerability of specific groups.It also systematically reviews literature exploring differentperspectives providing the causal explanation behind its existencesuch as theevolutionary-psychological, social-cultural, cross-cultural and personality and power perspectives.
Keywords: Socio-Psychological Approach, Well-being, Evolutionary-Psychological perspective, Socio-Cultural perspective
*Head , Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow.Coordinator, Institute of Women Studies, University of Lucknow, UP, Email: archana.kshitish@gmail.com
**UGC Junior Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow, UP, Email: nehasingh1134@gmail.com
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| 4 | A descriptive Analysis and Interpretation of Data from Likert Scales in Educational and Psychological Research |
Indian Journal of Psychology and Education
Artilces 2022
, Vol 12
, No. 2
, pp 13-16
Authors: Hussain Alkharusi*
Likert’s scale is a measurement method to assess individual’s opinions about specific issues. It might be either bipolar reflecting two opposite states of the responses or unipolar reflectinga regular graduation in the degree or status of the issue being measured. A lot of descriptive studies in educational and psychological research collect data measured on Likert scales. However, there are arguments among researchers about which methods are appropriate for a descriptive analysis and interpretation of data from Likert scales. The current paper aimed at discussing the nature of Likert scales and illustrating ways of descriptively analyzing and interpreting data collected using Likert scales. The paper started defining Likert’s scale, presenting types of bias in Likert scales, and differentiating between Likert scale and Likert-type item. Then, three ways were suggested to interpret Likert scale data. These were using a scale of class intervals of the scale composite scores, one-sample t-test, and relative importance index. The selection of any of these ways should consider the conceptual framework of the issue being studied, nature of the sample, and reference of interpretation.
Keywords: Likert Scales; Likert Items; Educational Research; Psychology Research; Descriptive Research; Data Analysis
*Department of Psychology, College of Education, P.O.Box: 32 Al-Khod, P.C.: 123, Sultanate of Oman, Oman, E-mail: hussein5@squ.edu.om
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| 5 | A Study of Relationship between Language Learning and Long Term Memory |
Indian Journal of Psychology and Education
Artilces 2022
, Vol 12
, No. 2
, pp 17-19
Language acquisition has been shown to impact neuroplasticity, which is the ability of the brain to undergo structural changes in response to stimulus, behavioral experience, or cognitive demands. Research suggests how language learning affects human memory. The goal of this research was to find whether learning aforeign language could increase memory in human beings, and the objective of the study was to know the improvement felt by the subjects by increasing learning capacity. The objective behind the research is to find out the aim and motive of a learner in learning a language, and the methodologies used by them to learn it, which affect their long-term memory, which gets stored in the Hippocampus region. The conclusion draws on how humans acquire language, in three stages: encoding, retrieval, and storage,and how subjects felt the improvement in their long-term memory, after acquiring a new language. The results indicate that the participants after learning a language felt improvement in their memory and ability to grasp.
Keywords: Psycholinguistics, Human Memory, Hippocampus, Human Brain, Language Learning.
*Institution Address: Jay Ambenagar Rd, opp. Sardar Patel Institute, Patel Society, Jai Ambe Nagar, Thaltej, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380054
Mailing Address: E/42 Sharnam 12, opp green acres, Prahladnagar, Ahmedabad,380015
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| 6 | Ageing positively with spiritual capital: The essence of meditative journey |
Indian Journal of Psychology and Education
Artilces 2022
, Vol 12
, No. 2
, pp 20-26
Authors: Nilanjana Sanyal* and Manisha Dasgupta**
Myths associated with ageing often revolve around stereotypes related to decline in terms of functionality. It is of prime importance to deconstruct such myths and, instead, understand the process of ageing as an ongoing development. The concept of positive ageing comes at the foreground to help conceive it from a global perspective. The article deals with enriching the process with spiritual resources to result in self-growth of the senior being. Meditation through myriad avenues may be inculcated into the self-system to engage in this positivistic development to feel the vibes of Divinity in the self. The significance of meditation, especially in terms of breath, mantralike the Gayatri mantra, mindfulness practice and AUM chanting have been discussed. The intricate relationship of the chanting with the seven different chakras of the body has also been elaborated. The spiritual journey of the elderly ‘sage’ has finally been highlighted in terms of gero-transcendence.
Keywords: positive ageing, spirituality, meditation, divinity
*Professor (Retd.) and Former Head, M.A., Ph.D., M.I.P.S., M.I.P.A, Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, 92 A.P.C. Road, Kolkata 700009; Email: sanyal_nilanjana2004@rediffmail.com
**Associate Professor, M.Sc., Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, 92 A.P.C. Road, Kolkata 700009 Corresponding email address: dasguptam80@gmail.com
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| 7 | Feelings of Inferiority-Insecurity and SES as Correlates of Aggression among College Going Boys and Girls |
Indian Journal of Psychology and Education
Artilces 2022
, Vol 12
, No. 2
, pp 27-30
The present investigation was aimed to study the effect of feelings of Inferiority- insecurity, SES and gender on Aggressive pattern among adolescents. The final sample was consisted of 200 college going students with an age range of 18-21 years from various colleges of western U.P. with the help of stratified random sampling whose inferiority- insecurity scores was initially measured for the purpose of selection of subjects with the help of the inferiority- insecurity scale developed by Dr. G.C. Pati. Thus selected adolescent subjects were considered of two groups, first group have low level inferiority–insecurity feeling (100Ss) and second group have high level feelings of inferiority- insecurity(100Ss).Each group of adolescents was further consisted of high income group50Ss(25boys,25girls) and low income group 50Ss(25 boys,25 girls).In this way a 2?2?2 factorial design was employed in the present investigation.The aggression questionnaire constructed and standardized by Roma Pal and Tasneem Naqvi was administered on the selected adolescents. The finding of the research revealed that boys and girls have not been found significantly differ on scores in terms of aggression. The second factor of the study i.e. feelings of inferiority- insecurity has been found a significant contributor of aggression among adolescents. The third independent variable of the study i.e. SES also produced significant effect on aggression. The interaction among these three variables yielded non-significant 'F' value.
Keywords: Aggression, Inferiority- Insecurity feelings, SES, Gender and Adolescents
*Asstt. Professor, Deptt. of psychology, D.J.College Baraut, Distt. – Baghpat, UP, Email: dr.neeraj@gmail.com
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| 8 | Dangerous Driving: A Dangerous Behaviour |
Indian Journal of Psychology and Education
Artilces 2022
, Vol 12
, No. 2
, pp 31-34
Authors: H.K. Chhabra* and Neetu Dalal**
Driving, or navigational behaviour, is the most complex and risky of all the systems that individuals engage with on a regular basis around the world. Sensation-seeking is understood as “the looking for diverse, new, complex, and extreme level of sensations and the motivation to take physical, social, authorized, and economic risks” (Zuckerman,2008). Locus of control is the “perception that events are determined by one's own behaviour (internal control) or by such outside forces as other people or fate (external control)” (Covington, 2007). The above variables seem to determine dangerous driving behaviour. Dangerous driving behaviour has been measured using the Dula Dangerous Driving Index (Dula, 1999), sensation-seeking has been measured using the Sensation-seeking Scale (Zuckerman-Kuhlman, 1993) and locus of control has been measured using the Locus of Control Scale (Rotter, 1966). The sample comprised 78 (48 males and 30 females) subjects with a mean age of 26.05 years. Care was taken that all the subjects of the sample possessed a driving license for at least two years. t-test and Pearson's product-moment correlation was used to analyse the data. Dangerous driving behaviour was found to vary with the levels of sensation-seeking and locus of control, respectively. The study has also brought out non-significant differences across gender. The study has important implications for the development of traffic training safety modules.
Keywords: sensation seeking, locus of control, dangerous driving behaviour
*Professor, Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh (Corresponding Author). Mail Id: hkanwal11@gmail.com
** Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Email: neetu.dalal9995@gmail.com
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| 9 | Role of Musical Education in Cognitive Emotion Regulation- A Study Among Young Adults |
Indian Journal of Psychology and Education
Artilces 2022
, Vol 12
, No. 2
, pp 35-39
Authors: Nilosree Dey*, Papri Das** and Sanjukta Das***
The contemporary thrust area of neuroscience and cognitive psychology extends its interest in the musical contribution in brain and behaviour. Music has been found to influence the wellbeing, cognitive flexibility, emotion regulation among healthy as well as clinical population. Hence a brief study in this area, to explore the role of musical education in cognitive emotion regulation was warranted in the Bengali socio-cultural context, so that the importance of further critical research can be understood, in this area. The current study used purposive sampling to determine the sample, which was divided into four groups with respect to the specific research inclusion and exclusion criteria. The sample comprised of 120 individuals, 30 individuals in each group. Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) was used as the measurement tool. Mean, Standard Deviation, ANOVA and t-test were used as the statistical models. Result showed significant differences with respect to self-blaming, rumination and acceptance among the four groups.
Keywords: Cognitive emotion regulation, music, education
*M.A in Psychology, University of Calcutta, West Bengal
**Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, ICFAI University, Tripura, (Corresponding author),Email: pdaspsy71@gmail.com, ***Department of Psychology, UCSTA, 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Rajabazar, Kolkata- 700009, West Bengal, India
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| 10 | Domestic Violence: Consequences, Causes and Preventive Measures |
Indian Journal of Psychology and Education
Artilces 2022
, Vol 12
, No. 2
, pp 40-43
Authors: Anupam*; Kumar, P** and Kumar, J***
Present study is envisioned to review consequences, causes and preventive measures of domestic violence. Area of domestic violence is carefully chosen on the bases of findings of several researches and insight of the researchers. As, domestic violence is the serious issue for social reformers, academicians and researchers. Although, agencies/institutions of legal services have been constituted across the globe to prevent domestic violence. Also, due to increasing literacy rate, sensitizing programmes, research-based policies and NGOs efforts, domestic violence is studied and tried to prevent. No doubt, all efforts are made but question is that really, we flourished? Perhaps, no, even in view of innovation of technology, manifestations of domestic violence are changed. If we consider a very small example, women are not allowed to make phone calls and to attend phone calls. So, it realizes that why a woman should go for legal services? Aged persons are forced to live in old age homes. Why not we frame a module/psychological support system and awareness programmes or some preventive measures at earliest period to throw this humiliation from the society? Therefore, present research focused on all these issues and includes review-based findings in view of different types, causes and preventive measures of domestic violence. Preventive measures are needed to throw domestic violence from society.
Keywords: Domestic Violence, Preventive Measures.
*Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana, Email:
**Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana, Email: pradeeppsy@cuh.ac.in
***Postgraduate Teacher, Department of School Education, Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana
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| 11 | Attitude Towards Sex Education and Sex Myths among Adolescents |
Indian Journal of Psychology and Education
Artilces 2022
, Vol 12
, No. 2
, pp 44-50
Authors: Suresh Sankapal*
The primary aim was to study the attitude towards sex education and sex myths among adolescents. Adolescent phase is a crucial phase that brings in a lot of challenges for them. Two schools were selected and a sample of 150 students participated in this study. Age group taken for study was between 14 to 18 years (9th, 10th ,11th,12th Std) male and female students. They were asked to fill a questionnaire about attitude towards sex education prepared by Mishra (2008), and Sex Myths Checklist developed by Kumar (1993). Statistical techniques such as means, standard deviation, Pearson’s’ ‘r’ and ‘t’ test were used for the analysis of collected data. The correlation (-0.11) between attitude towards sex education and sex myth scores among female adolescent, which is not significant at 0.05 level but a correlation (-0.42) between attitude towards sex education and sex myth scores among male adolescent, which is significant at 0.01 level. The student ‘t’ test (0.93) was calculated on the bases on mean and SD scores related to attitudes towards sex education of 150 adolescents, which is not significant. The Sex Myth check list of 150 adolescents’ student ‘t’ test (2.89) is significant at 0.01 level.
Keywords: Attitude, Sex Myths, Sex Education, adolescent
*Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Mahavir Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur (Maharashtra) Email: sankapal22@gmail.com, spspsy@mmk.ac.in
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| 12 | Parental Attachment and Prosocial Behavior Predict Resilience among Adolescents of Incarcerated Parents |
Indian Journal of Psychology and Education
Artilces 2022
, Vol 12
, No. 2
, pp 51-58
Authors: Ashmitha, P.* and Annalakshmi, N.**
Parental incarceration has a negative impact on the psychosocial health and well-being of adolescents. Yet, some of them are able to adapt themselves to such adverseconditions positively. The resiliencein adolescent children of incarcerated parents is little studied so far. Hence, the present study focuses on the factors predicting psychological resilience among this target population. One hundred fifty-five children of incarcerated parents (Males=48.4%, Female=51.2%)were recruited to participate in this study using the snowball-sampling technique. The data were collected from participants with self-report measures assessing psychosocial risk factors, psychosocial protective factors, emotion regulation, and resilience. The data were analyzed using regression analyses to identify predictors of psychological resilience among the participants. The results revealed that parental insecure attachment negatively and prosocial behavior positively predicted resilience among adolescents of incarcerated parents. The results also revealed that the negative impact of psychosocial risk factors on psychological resilience was mediated by emotion regulation strategies. Future research can focus on personality patterns, the role of school and community for the overall understanding of the target population.
Keywords: Adolescents of incarcerated parents, socio-ecological resilience, risk factors, protective factors, emotions
* ICSSR doctoral fellow, Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.Email ID: laalu.asha@gmail.com;
**Professor, (Corresponding author)Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.Email ID: narayanan.annalakshmi@buc.edu.in
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| 13 | Predicting Mathematics Anxiety: The Role of Mathematics Self-efficacy |
Indian Journal of Psychology and Education
Artilces 2022
, Vol 12
, No. 2
, pp 59-67
Authors: Ashoka Choudhury*, Vinod Kumar Murti**and Reetika Syal***
The present paper examined the effects of the variables- perceived teacher math self-efficacy, perceived parental math self-efficacy, self-regulation, and student math self-efficacy on students’ mathematics anxiety in higher education. Considering the importance of mathematics achievement and its relation to mathematics anxiety, the understanding of the factors that generate mathematics anxiety is essential. The objective of the present paper was to build an extrapolative model of college students’ mathematics anxiety based on the variables-perceived parental mathematics self–efficacy, perceived teacher mathematics self-efficacy as the exogenous variables, and self-regulation and students’ mathematics self-efficacy acting as the mediating variables, by using structural equation technique. The findings of the present study confirmed that mathematics self-efficacy is negatively and directly related to students’ mathematics anxiety, self-regulation is directly and positively related to self-efficacy and perceived teacher self-efficacy is directly and significantly related to self-regulation.
Keywords: self-efficacy, self-regulation, mathematics anxiety, mathematics achievement
*Master of Science, Research Scholar(Corresponding Author), Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Education, Jain (Deemed to be University), Email- tana501 @ rediffmail.com.
**Ph.D., Country Head, Institute of Analytics, Bangalore, Karnataka, Email-vinodanalytic@gmail.com
***Ph.D>, Head of Research, Centre For Public Policy Research, Kerala, India, Email-reetikasyal@gmail.com
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| 14 | Development of Well Being Scale: Implication for Adolescents in Addis Ababa Secondary Schools |
Indian Journal of Psychology and Education
Artilces 2022
, Vol 12
, No. 2
, pp 68-72
Authors: Messeret Assefa*
In this dynamic world, keeping well-being among adolescents has become a public health main concern, especially for adolescents studying at secondary schools, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In the present study, well-being has been operationally conceptualized. The investigator identified five areas of well-being scale as the capacity to establish positive aspects of life, general satisfaction, and sense of achievement, having an appropriate place or position, and dissatisfaction with life. The reliability and validity of the instrument have also been calculated and reported. The test-retest method of reliability of the well-being scale of adolescents was used and the estimated reliability coefficient of the well-being and the validity of the test also have been done. The correlation between the test-retest of the well-being and the subscales coefficient was found to be significant at 0.01 levels. This study highlights some of the positive well-being scale in conducting research in the secondary school population. Thus, the well-being instrument can be considered as a reliable tool to be used for research purposes.
Keywords: well-being, instrument, adolescence, secondary schools
*Associate Professor, College of Education and Behavioral Studies, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, Email: messeret13@gmail.com
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| 15 | Creativity, Emotional Intelligence and Narcissism in Medical Practitioners and Educators. |
Indian Journal of Psychology and Education
Artilces 2022
, Vol 12
, No. 2
, pp 73-81
Authors: Paromita Mitra Bhaumik*, Rajeswaree Basu** and Urja Sen***
Helping professions necessitate a certain extent of emotional intelligence and creativity which have previously been linked with narcissism. Our study aims to illustrate a comparison between medical practitioners and educators aged between 28-65 years, with respect to creativity, emotional intelligence and narcissism. The Kaufman’s Domains of Creativity, Schutte’s Emotional Intelligence and Narcissistic Personality Inventory have been used to measure the aforementioned variables. Independent samples t-test computed using SPSS software, revealed minor difference in creativity and non-significant difference in emotional intelligence and narcissism of medical practitioners and educators. Medical practitioners’ emotional intelligence and narcissism (p<0.01) showed strong positive correlation and educators’ creativity positively correlated with emotional intelligence narcissism (p<0.01 and p<0.01, respectively) as per Pearson’s r correlation on SPSS software.
Keywords: medical practitioners; educators; creativity; emotional intelligence; narcissism.
*HOD
**Assistant Professor,
***Research Assistant,
Department of Clinical Psychology, The Gayatri Chetna Foundation in association with George College (MAKAUT),Email: departmentofpsychology@georgecollege.org
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