Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

P. D. Bishmi ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Christ College, Autonomous Irinjalakuda, Kerala, IN

Abstract

Rejection sensitivity is a psychological condition which is characterized by over sensitivity to rejection. It can be roughly defined as a cognitive-affective processing dynamic whereby individuals are led to anxiously expect and perceive rejection from others. The present study is doing as an exploration of rejection sensitivity among adolescents and to find out the level and direction of aggression. The sample consisted of 200 (133 girls&67 boys) school going adolescents within age range of 13 to 19 collected using convenient sampling for the first half of the study and 10 percent with high and low rejection sensitive sub sample were selected from the main sample for the second part of the study. The main tools used are Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire and Rosenzeigw's Picture Frustration Study. Major findings of the study was the low rejection sensitive boys and girls use ego defensive type of aggression. Low rejection sensitive girls direct their aggression to the environment and low rejection sensitive boys direct their aggression by denying it. The high rejection sensitive girls use obstacle dominant type of aggression and boys use ego defensive type of aggression. The high rejection sensitive adolescents direct their aggression towards the environment.

Keywords

Aggression, Rejection Sensitivity, Adolescents.

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Safa P. Shamsudheen ¹, P. D. Bishmi ², Aneesh V. Appu ²

Affiliations
1 Pondicherry Central University, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, IN
2 Department of Psychology, Christ College (Autonomous), Irinjalakuda, Kerala, IN

Abstract

Machiavellianism refers to a personality type that does not choose to be but simply is a master manipulator. They are temperamentally predisposed to be calculating, conniving and deceptive. Essentially amoral, they use other people as stepping stones to reach their goals. Emotional maturity is a process in which the personality is continuously striving for greater sense of emotional health, both intra - physically and intra-personally. Self-control is defined as the ability to control one's emotion, behavior, and desires in the face of external demands, to function in society. The study comprised of 68 office workers of 23 60 years of age. Simple Random sampling was used to collect the data. The tools used in the study include Mach IV Scale, Emotional Maturity Scale, and Brief Self-Control Scale. The statistical technique such as moderator regression, correlation and t test were carried out to analyze the calculated data. The main objective of the study was to analyze the moderating effect of Self-control on the relationship between Emotional maturity and Machiavellianism. The result shows that Self-control is negatively moderated on the relation between Emotional maturity and Machiavellianism. The study also got the evidence for negative correlation between self-control and Machiavellianism. The study implicates the importance of self-control which is essential for reducing deceptive and manipulative behavior for making success at career.

Keywords

Emotional Maturity, Self-Control, Machiavellianism, Office Workers.

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