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Hariharan, Meena
- Forgiveness:A Determinant of Adolescents' Happiness
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1 Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, IN
1 Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, IN
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 5, No 9 (2014), Pagination: 1119-1123Abstract
As forgiveness plays a vital role in the process of building healthy relationship, this study explored the contributions of forgiveness on happiness among adolescents. A convenience sample of 200 adolescent participants from two leading educational institutions was selected. The participants completed a survey assessing the forgiveness (forgiveness of self others, and situations) and happiness. The results revealed that there were significant contributions of forgiveness and its domains on happiness of the adolescents. The role of age was also found to be significant indicating that the older adolescents were found to be higher in forgiveness compared with their younger counterparts. Since there was an impact of forgiveness on happiness, adolescents need to be taught the prosocial behavior during childhood and adolescence in order to foster positive health, both at individual as well as community levels.Keywords
Forgiveness, Healthy Relationship, Happiness, Prosocial Behavior, Positive Health.
- The Adherence Scale for Cardiac Patients: Development and Initial Testing
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1 Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, IN
1 Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, IN
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 6, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 936-942Abstract
The objective was to construct a self-report Adherence Scale for Cardiac Patients (ADSCAP), which measured the level of adherence to multiple aspects of self-care in heart disease. Through five phases, involving 450 patients and 100 caregivers altogether, the development and initial testing of the psychometric properties of ADSCAP were carried out. Based on the findings of exploratory factor analyses using principal component analyses with varimax rotation, ADSCAP was finalised to have 17 items with a 5-factor structure Adherence to exercise, Avoidance of health risk behaviours, Adherence to medication, Adherence to diet, and Planned adherence and emergency care. The reliability and validity analyses revealed satisfactory results. The limitations and recommendations, seeking testing of model-fit in future research, are presented.Keywords
Adherence, Cardiac Patients, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Self-Care, Self-Report Scale.- Conceptual Complexity in Children's Understanding of Diabetes
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1 Centre for Health Psychology University of Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana, IN
2 Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana, IN
3 School of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, IN
1 Centre for Health Psychology University of Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana, IN
2 Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana, IN
3 School of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, IN
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 9, No 3 (2018), Pagination: 392-396Abstract
Diabetes is one of the highly prevalent non communicable diseases (NCD) that has invaded both developed and developing countries. The WHO projections for the world as well as specific countries are highly alarming. Interventions consequent upon these projections must target children who constitute vulnerable population for the projected year. The first stepping stone towards such intervention is to measure the existing knowledge about the disease in children. The present study combined the qualitative and quantitative methods in exploring children's concept of diabetes. A sample of 548 children from three schools studying in class VI through X were administered an open ended question to get data on children's understanding of the concept of diabetes. The data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The content analyses identified five broad themes, viz., the definition, causes, symptoms, consequences and management of diabetes. Responses indicating misconceptions were grouped separately. Anew method of measuring the complexity of the concept was used. The response divergence indicating explanation of the disease across the themes was measured by computing 'Entropy values' using a formula. The response divergence or conceptual complexity was measured for each class. Results indicated a sudden spurt in conceptual complexity in class X. Results also indicated a dismally low level of knowledge about diabetes and large number of misconceptions. Low levels of knowledge and huge misconceptions warrant public health measures through awareness programmes in campaignmode.Keywords
Concept Development, Concept of Diabetes, Children's Knowledge, Entropy, Conceptual Complexity.References
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