Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Vibhuti Gupta ¹, N. K. Chadha ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi, IN

Abstract

The present research aims to examine the relationship between spirituality (daily spiritual experiences&perceived closeness to God) and well being (life satisfaction, self esteem&quality of life). The sample consisted of 171 participants from Delhi NCR region aged between 45 to 89 years. Pearson product moment correlation was used to investigate relationship among the study variables. For predicting the effect of spirituality (daily spiritual experiences&perceived closeness to God) on well being of the participants, simple linear regression was used. The analysis showed that daily spiritual experiences and perceived closeness to God correlated positively and significantly with the total well being score and were significant predictors of well being. Perceived closeness to God was a stronger predictor of well being as compared to daily spiritual experiences. The results are discussed in light of existing research.

Keywords

Spirituality, Daily Spiritual Experiences, Perceived Closeness to God, well Being, Life Satisfaction, Self Esteem

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Gopal C. Mahakud ¹, Vibhuti Gupta ², N. K. Chadha ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Applied Psychology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, IN
2 Department of Applied Psychology, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi - 110 021, IN

Abstract

The objective of this study is to compare the attitude of adolescent and young adult females toward women empowerment residing in the urban area of Delhi NCR region. For this purpose the Adolescent Girls Empowerment Scale by Sisodia and Singh, 2009 was used to compare the attitudes of the two groups. Random sampling was used to select the sample of 100 participants each in the adolescent and young adult females group. The scale was administered individually to each participant. The study hypothesized that there will be a significant difference on the attitude of adolescent and young adult females toward women empowerment. Means, standard deviations and Student's 't' test were computed for analyzing the results. The results indicated that there was no difference in the two groups in all the seven sub-areas of the scale as well as for the total score on women empowerment. The results are discussed in light of existing research and limitations and scope for future improvements are suggested.

Keywords

Adolescent, Young Adult Females, Women Empowerment.

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Nisha Chaudhary ¹, N. K. Chadha ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology University of Delhi, New Delhi, IN

Abstract

Women in our culture have always being portrayed as the courageous ones. She has that mental power to overcome all obstacles and take care of her man and his family in every and any kind of situation. Resilience is one of her greatest strength. On these lines, the current research was carried out to find the level of resilience in women having lost their husbands at different ages of their lives. One group consisted of women who became a widow at the age of 25-35 years and the other group consisted of women who lost their husbands after 55 years and above. For the purpose of the study, resilience scale was being used, and each group consisted of 10 widows. The results clearly showed that the resilience level of widows in the first group was much lower and even the ways to recover were quite different when compared with the second group.

Keywords

Loss, Resilience, Widows.

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Shailja Rana ¹, N. K. Chadha ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi, IN

Abstract

Tremendous research has been conducted in industrial/organizational psychology to study the factors that improve work performance of the employees. Most researchers study variables like working conditions, salary, organizational culture and their impact on the performance of the employees. Very little research has been conducted to study the impact of optimism on the work performance of the employees. This paper is an effort to review the factors that lead to an optimistic explanatory style, impact of optimism on performance as well as measures to increase the optimism of employees.

Keywords

Optimism, Job Performance, Learned Optimism, Increasing Optimism.

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Nisha Chaudhary ¹, N. K. Chadha ², Salma Seth ³

Affiliations
1 Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, University of Delhi, Delhi, IN
2 Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi, IN
3 Department of Applied Psychology, Vivekananda College, University of Delhi, Delhi, IN

Abstract

Positive psychology has come up as a field which portrays a balanced view of human beings. The present research aimed at understanding the aspects of positive psychology (Quality of Life) in relation to geriatrics. The study tried to find the difference between elderly from different culture and living arrangements on Quality of Life. A pilot study was conducted to find the correlations between the English and the Hindi translated versions of the tool used, as the elderly sample was comfortable with the Hindi language. OPQOL (Older people Quality of Life Questionnaire) based on QOL ONS Omnibus Survey (2008) was used for study. The total sample under study were 179. The sample was classified on the basis of culture (rural & urban) and living arrangements (living with families, living with old age homes & those living only with spouses). The comparison of different aspects of Quality of Life on the basis of culture showed that rural elderly are much higher than urban elderly on their Physical health. Social relationship. Freedom, Psychological and Emotional well-being and also Finances. The overall comparison of different aspects of Quality of Life for whole sample, showed that for Health, Home and Freedom; the mean scores portrays a higher level for rural elderly living with families, then comes urban elderly living with families after that urban elderly living only with their spouses and at last urban elderly living in old age homes. For overall Life and Social Relationships the mean values are highest for urban elderly living with families then comes rural elderly living with families after that urban elderly living only with spouses and at last urban elderly living in old age homes. For Psychological well being and Finances, the mean values were highest for rural elderly living with families, then comes urban elderly living with families, after that urban elderly who are living in old age homes and at last urban elderly staying only with their spouse. The research observed that rural elderly showed a better Quality of Life.

Keywords

Aged, Positive Aging, Quality of Life, Rural, Urban.

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Shailja Rana ¹, N. K. Chadha ¹, Deepesh Rathore ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi, IN

Abstract

There has been a tremendous increase in the suicide rates of adolescents in India. The etiology for suicide includes various factors like psychiatric illness, financial crunch and unemployment. Though many efforts have been made to reduce the suicide rates, they have not been very effective due to lack of empirical data regarding the cause of committing suicide. An effort has been made to review the causes of increased suicide rates among adolescents in India and suggest certain policy recommendations to curb the suicides.

Keywords

Suicide, Etiology, Prevention, Recommendations.

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