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Bimla Dhanda ¹, Krishna Duhan ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Child Development, College of Home Science, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana -125 004, IN

Abstract

Studies on growth and physical development of infant and children are important as they provide determinants of nations health. Although there are many variables related to growth, the most commonly and widely used measurements include weight, height and circumferences of head, arm and chest. Height is a relatively insensitive parameter of rapid changes in nutritional status.

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Varsha Saini ¹, Bimla Dhanda ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), IN

Abstract

The study was conducted in Hisar district of state Haryana. The objective of the study was to assess the impact of ecological perspectives on maternal parenting style. A sample comprised of 100 mothers of children in the age group of 7-8 years. The results revealed that associations. It was significantly associated with father education, mother education, and caste. It was also found maternal parenting was significantly associated with home environment and its all the aspects viz., responsivity, encouragement of maturity, emotional climate, learning materials and opportunities, enrichment, and family companionship except family integration and physical environment. Half of the mothers were authoritative and authoritarian followed by permissive mothers.

Keywords

Maternal Parenting, Socio-Personal, Home Environment.

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Reena ¹, Bimla Dhanda ¹, Pinki Ninaniya ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I. C. College of Home Sciences, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The present study was carried out on 300 adolescents from Panipat district of Haryana state. Academic motivation Scale by Areepattamannil (2006) was used to assess the influence of socio economic factors on academic motivation of adolescents. The results showed that there was significant difference (F=4.1*) between academic motivation in their blocks. Result revealed that significant difference was found for academic motivation across blocks Panipat versus Smalkha (Z=2.94**). Statistically non-significant differences were observed for academic motivation i.e. Panipat vs Bapoli (Z=1.0) and Bapoli vs Smalkha (Z=1.89) and Social intelligence scale by Chadda and Ganeshan (1986) was used to assess the social intelligence of adolescents. There was no significant increase in academic motivation and social intelligence with increase in age. Mean scores of respondents of 14 years of age for academic motivation was X=145.5 and social intelligence was =86.8, whereas for the respondents belonging to 13 years mean score in academic motivation X=143.7 and for social intelligence was X=86.6.

Keywords

Academic Motivation, Adolescents, Panipat, Smalkha and Bapoli Blocks, Social Intelligence, and Age.

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Poonam Rani ¹, Bimla Dhanda ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I.C. College of Home Science, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), IN

Abstract

Soft skills are applied skills as opposed to basic knowledge skills because these are the abilities and traits that pertain to personality, attitude and behaviour. The order in which a person is born into their family plays a substantial role in the individual’s development of soft skills. The study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana state. Two areas were selected purposively i.e., rural and urban, from urban area Hisar city and from rural area two villages namely Balsmand and Kharia were taken for collection of data. A total of 200 children in three age groups, namely, 3, 4 and 5 years were selected for the study. Birth order was independent variable and soft skills were taken as dependent variable. Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scale of Social Maturity (Sparrow et al., 1935) was used to determine soft skills of children. Result revealed that soft skills were not significant related to birth order of child in rural (χ²=1.24) and urban (χ²=0.07) areas.

Keywords

Impact of Birth, Soft Skills, Children.

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Sangeeta Sidola ¹, Bimla Dhanda ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies College of H .S c ., Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The physical development o f the children is very important aspect o f development, it includes the gross motor skills, fine motor skills and the growth in various parts o f the body. The height, weight, the mid arm circumference, chest circumference and head circumference all develops as the child grows. The amount o f proper nutrition, care, exposure given to the child at the early stage will effects its physical development. Parental education, involvement and family environment play an important role in growth and development o f the child. The study was conducted in state Haryana and state Uttarakhand. The rural as well as urban areas were selected for the research. The data was collected from the Aaganwadis. Anthropometric measurement like height, weight, mid arm circumference, head circumference and chest circumference were measured. The standard scores were used to compare the anthropometries o f the children. The result o f the study revealed that the scores o f the children in all five anthropometric measurements were below the standard scores in both the state Haryana and Uttarakhand. The Haryana children surpass the Uttarakhand children. Further the parental education was associated with the weight o f the children o f rural and urban areas o f both the states.

Keywords

Impact, Children, Development, Parental Education and Physical Development.

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Sangeeta Sidola ¹, Bimla Dhanda ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of H .S c ., CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The development of the children is affected by many factors and one of them is the child's physical environment which includes the surrounding in which the child lives, culture, parenting style and many others. The brain of child develops rapidly in the early years which also impact the physical development of the child. The different culture has different pattern, beliefs and values of child rearing and it has impact on the child development. The study mainly focuses on the physical and cognitive development of the children in different culture and how it impacts the child. The study was conducted in the rural and urban areas of state Uttarakhand and state Haryana. The Aaganwadis were selected to collect the sample and it comprises of 3 years old children and the total number of 200 children was selected. The results of the study revealed that when both states were compared on physical and cognitive development of the children a statistical significant difference was observed in the height and weight of the children. Haryana children surpass the Uttarakhand children. No significant difference was observed in cognitive development. The urban children of both the states were better than their rural counterparts.

Keywords

Culture, Physical Development, Cognitive Development and Environment.

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Reetu Devi ¹, Bimla Dhanda ¹, Vijay Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS), CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN
2 SNIATTE, CCS HAU, Hisar, IN

Abstract

Father's level of education is the strongest factor determining a child's future success at school, creating a selfreinforcing cycle of poverty and lack of achievement passed down from parents to children. The present study was conducted in four districts namely; Hisar Fatehabad, Rohtak and Jind of Haryana state with the purpose of availability of maximum numbers of twins in the required age group of 4 -10 years identified under UGC project of the department. A sample of 296 pairs of twins in the age group of 6 10 years will be taken. The dimensions of temperament will be assessed individually. A variable is the set of value that forms a classification. A value is anything which can be predicted. There were two types of variables in the study i.e. independent and dependent variable. Temperament was taken as dependent and father education was taken as independent variable. The Malhotra Temperament Schedule (MTS) developed by Malhotra and Malhotra (1988) was used to assess child's temperament. Result revealed that there was no association of father's education with all the variables of temperament in Bagar zone, i.e., sociability (𝒳²=0.34), emotionality (𝒳²=4.84), energy (𝒳²=1.51), rhythmicity (𝒳²=4.45), distractibility (𝒳²=1.40) and total temperament (𝒳²=1.42) of twins.

Keywords

Temperament, Father Education, Personality Traits, Twins, Behaviour, Children, Emotions, Development.

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Reetu Devi ¹, Bimla Dhanda ¹, Vijay Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS), CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN
2 SNIATTE, CCS HAU, Hisar, IN

Abstract

Fathers play many important roles in a child's life, varying in each individual family based on the provisions of the father and needs of the child. Temperament refers to our inborn personality traits, which are genetic in nature. The present study was conducted in four districts namely; Hisar Fatehabad, Rohtak and Jind of Haryana state with the purpose of availability of maximum numbers of twins in the required age group. Temperament was taken as dependent variable and mother education was taken as independent variable. The Malhotra Temperament Schedule (MTS) developed by Malhotra and Malhotra (1988) was used to assess child's temperament. This schedule can be used on all child populations whether normal or abnormal, within an age range of 4-10 years of both sexes and of any socio-economic class. Malhotra Temperament Schedule consists of nine dimensions or variables of child's temperament and the operational terms of these dimensions are given as: Activity, Rhythmicity Approach or withdrawal, Adaptability, Threshold of responsiveness, Intensity of reaction, Quality of mood, Distractibility, Attention span and persistence. These nine dimensions were further grouped into five categories namely sociability, emotionality, energy, attentivity/distractibility and rhythmicity. To arrive at factor scores the means of the constituting temperament dimension are to be added. The Malhotra Temperament Schedule (MTS) schedule measured temperament variables on a 5 point rating scale, and categorized by standardized method. Result revealed that father education was non-significantly associated with sociability (𝒳²=1.98), emotionality (𝒳²=1.29), energy (𝒳²=0.59), distractibility (𝒳²=1.73) rhythmicity (𝒳²=4.31) and total temperament (𝒳²=0.29) of twins.

Keywords

Temperament, Father Education, Personality Traits, Twins, Behaviour, Children, Emotions, Development.

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Reena ¹, Bimla Dhanda ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I. C. College of Home Sciences, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The study was conducted in five cultural zones of Haryana state. For the rural sample 400 widow elderly women of age group 60-75 years were selected. Quality of life scale developed by World Health Organization (1997) was accessed to quality of life of widow elderly women. The questionnaire short form-36 health survey by Mchorney (1993) was used to assess the health status of widow elderly women. Clearly shows that relationship between aspects of perceived health status and quality of life among widow elderly women. Physical aspects of quality of life was positively significantly correlated with vitality (r =0.13**, p<0.01), body pain (r =0.39**, p<0.01), physical role functioning (r= 0.23**, p<0.01), mental health ((r =0.10*, p<0.01) negatively significantly correlated with general health perception (r = - 0.17**, p<0.01) and emotional role functioning (r = - 0.28**, p<0.01). Psychological aspects of quality of life was positively significantly correlated with physical functioning (r =0.13**, p<0.01) and body pain (r =0.10*, p<0.05). Another aspects social relationship of quality of life was negatively significantly correlated with physical functioning (r = - 0.18**, p<0.01), body pain (r = - 0.12**, p<0.01) and social role functioning (r = - 0.11**, p<0.01), Physical role functioning, Emotional role function was negatively correlated with (r = 0.28**, p<0.01). Further aspects of environment was positively significantly correlated with vitality (r = 0.09*, p<0.05), Physical Functioning (r = 0.46**, p<0.01), body pain (r = 0.14**, p<0.01), General health perception (r = 0.30**, p<0.01) and physical role functioning (r = - 0.09*, p<0.05).

Keywords

Quality of Life, Perceived Health, Widow Elderly Women and Cultural Zones.

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Reena ¹, Bimla Dhanda ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I. C. College of Home Sciences, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The study was conducted in five cultural zones of Haryana state. For the rural sample 400 widow elderly women of age group 60-75 years were selected. Quality of life scale developed by World Health Organization (1997) was accessed to quality of life of widow elderly women. The questionnaire short form-36 health survey by Mchorney (1993) was used to assess the health status of widow elderly women. Clearly shows that relationship between aspects of perceived health status and quality of life among widow elderly women. Physical aspects of quality of life was positively significantly correlated with vitality (r =0.13**, p<0.01), body pain (r =0.39**, p<0.01), physical role functioning (r= 0.23**, p<0.01) , mental health ((r =0.10*, p<0.01) negatively significantly correlated with general health perception (r = -0.17**, p<0.01) and emotional role functioning (r = - 0.28**, p<0.01). Psychological aspects of quality of life was positively significantly correlated with physical functioning (r =0.13**, p<0.01) and body pain (r =0.10*, p<0.05). Another aspects social relationship of quality of life was negatively significantly correlated with physical functioning (r = -0.18**, p<0.01), body pain (r = -0.12**, p<0.01) and social role functioning (r = -0.11**, p<0.01), Physical role functioning, Emotional role function was negatively correlated with (r = 0.28**, p<0.01). Further aspects of environment was positively significantly correlated with vitality (r = 0.09*, p<0.05), Physical Functioning (r = 0.46**, p<0.01), body pain (r = 0.14**, p<0.01), General health perception (r = 0.30**, p<0.01) and physical role functioning (r = - 0.09*, p<0.05).

Keywords

Quality Of Life, Perceived Health, Widow Elderly Women and Cultural Zones.

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Annu ¹, Bimla Dhanda ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I. C. College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The main focus of the present investigation on significance of twin study in examines the genetic and environmental factor which influences the verbal and nonverbal cognitive abilities of twins with the age group 6-8 years. The objectives of the designed twin study to assess the substantial genetic influence on the vernal and nonverbal cognitive abilities of twins. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children WISC-R (Wechsler, 1974) was used to examine the both type of cognitive abilities namely: verbal and nonverbal. The estimates of heritability were 56 percent for verbal cognitive abilities and 60 percent for nonverbal cognitive abilities in Bhiwani district. In Hisar district the heritability estimates for verbal cognitive abilities was 53 per cent and for nonverbal cognitive abilities was 52 per cent. There was evidence for the gentic influence on verbal and nonverbal cognitive abilities of twins was more in Bhiwani location as compared to Hisar location and also concluded that the genetic influence was more on nonverbal cognitive abilities than the verbal cognitive abilities of twins.

Keywords

Genetics, Heredity, Verbal Cognitive Abilities, Nonverbal Cognitive Abilities, Twins.

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