Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Rakesh Kumar Behmani ¹, Mayank Upmanyu ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders and, also a highly recurrent disorder with an increasingly younger age of onset for the initial episode. Depression in adolescence is under-recognized although its associated burden of illness is very high. Some frequent associations with depression in this age group are underachievement, poor lifestyle choices including substance abuse, and a high risk of the persistence of the illness into adulthood. The present study was aimed to examine the effect of age and gender in the experience of symptoms of depression among adolescents. The sample comprised of 50 males (25 early adolescents, 25 middle adolescents) and 50 females (25 early adolescents, 25 middle adolescents) adolescents in the age range of 12-18 years. Sample was selected by making use of purposive incidental sampling procedure. The results of 2X2 ANOVA revealed that female adolescents were significantly higher on depression as measured by Beck depression inventory, than male adolescents. Further, depression was found to be significantly higher in early adolescence as compared to middle adolescence.

Keywords

Depression, Age, Gender, and Adolescents.

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Suresh Kumar ¹, Rakesh Kumar Behmani ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology Govt. College of Girls, Sec -11, Chandigarh, IN
2 Department of Applied Psychology G J. University of Science and Technology, Hisar, IN

Abstract

Adolescence is a time of change in life and peer pressure hopelessness and negative automatic thoughts can emerge in this age among females because their life is changing rapidly at this time of life. This study is an attempt to study all these variables among late adolescent females. Results shows that urban late adolescent females perceive more peer pressure and they have more negative automatic thoughts. Further peer pressure and hopelessness are significantly correlated and while on the other side peer pressure is significantly correlated with automatic thoughts.

Keywords

Hopelessness, Peer Pressure, Automatic Thoughts, Adolescent Females.

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Suresh Kumar ¹, Rakesh Kumar Behmani ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Govt. College of Girls, Sec-11, Chandigarh, IN
2 Department of Applied Psychology, G J. University of Science and Technology, Hisar, IN

Abstract

Adolescence is a time of change in life and peer pressure is a main issue of discussion among different fraternities. Peer pressure refers to the influence exerted by a peer group in encouraging a person to change his or her attitudes values or behaviour in order to conform to group norms. Youth peer pressure is one of the most frequently referred to forms of peer pressure. It is particularly common because most youth spend large amounts of time in fixed groups regardless of their opinion of those groups. In addition to this, they may lack the maturity to handle pressure from friends. Peer relationships can be a powerful positive or negative influence. Friends and other ideals of the same age are main source of peer pressure because they affect an adolescent's decision making a lot.

Keywords

Peer Pressure, Adolescents.

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Sunita Tundwal ¹, Rakesh Kumar Behmani ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Stress has always been a part of human existence. In the context of stress, organisational stress has been of great concern to the management, employees, and other stake holders of the organisation. One widely investigated research focus with relatively less semantic confusion pertains to the study of the impact of role stressors in organisations. The current study examined with relationship of different organizational role stressors with a positive parameter referring to life satisfaction. 400 female police personnel completed Pareek's organizational role stress scale and Alam and Srivastava's life satisfaction scale. The correlational results revealed the relevance of perceived inter-role distance, role stagnation, role erosion, role overload, and self role distance in lowered life satisfaction.

Keywords

Life Satisfaction, Organizational Stress, Female Police Personnel.

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Nirmala Kaushik ¹, Rakesh Kumar Behmani ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Applied Psychology, GJUS&T, Hisar, IN
2 Department of Psychology, GJUS&T, University, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Suicide has major concern in the present societal scenario. This is a complicated problem for today. Stress is the major cause for suicidal thoughts. Suicidal thoughts can be prevented by various coping resource techniques and self efficacy. Keeping all these views in mind the present study was conducted. The present study is an attempt to relate the suicidal ideation, perceived stress, coping strategies and self efficacy in students. The sample was constituted on 204 students (102 male and 102 females) of engineering colleges of Haryana state with the age range of 18-25 years. The results revealed that positive coping strategies have negative correlation with suicidal ideation. Perceived stress has positive correlation with suicidal ideation among college students.

Keywords

Coping Resource, Perceived Stress, Self Efficacy, Suicidal Ideation.

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Rakesh Kumar Behmani ¹, Promila ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Present study is an attempt to study the differences between adult males on life satisfaction. Sample of the study consist 540 persons from villages of Haryana. Sample is further divided between three categories of migrant labours, below poverty line people and people who earn moderately of above poverty line persons (180 each). Age range of the whole sample is between 22 to 45 years. The life satisfaction scale constructed by Alam and Srivastava was used here. Results suggest that there are significant differences between different groups on life satisfaction. The mean scores clearly reveal that the migrant labours scored lower on life satisfaction followed by participants who were below poverty line. Relatively participants above poverty line evinced more life satisfaction, and it is very much understood because financial aspects determine the life satisfaction very much.

Keywords

Life Satisfaction, Poverty Line, Migrant Labours.

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Sunita ¹, Suresh Kumar ², Rakesh Kumar Behmani ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, IN
2 Govt, College of Girls, Sector-11, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Adolescence is a sensitive period with many transitions experienced by teens. Many factors exert influence on an individual during adolescence; these influences may be psychological or physical in nature. Influence of (& influence on) perceptions of an adolescent play a crucial role in an individual's development. These perceptions may relate to their health, peers, or the level of control they feel they have on their lives. This research investigates the perceptions of adolescents on health locus of control, peer pressure, and cognitive triad. The purpose of the present research was to study the correlations between cognitive triad, health locus of control and peer pressure among late adolescents. For this, the study includes a sample of 200 college going late adolescents with mean age of 18.165 years, of which 100 are males and 100 are females. Further, out of these 100 males and 100 females, 50 are from rural background and 50 are from urban background. The results shows that males are more dependent upon external factors and powerful others for their HLOC as do females, while females are more inclined towards internal factors than do males and adolescents belonging from rural area are more inclined upon internal and chance factors, while urban adolescents are more dependent upon powerful others for their HLOC. The results for peer pressure indicate that rural males perceive more peer pressure than urban males and urban females perceive more peer pressure than rural females. For cognitive triad the results show that females and rural adolescents, in comparison to males and urban adolescents, respectively, have more distorted thoughts about the self, the world, and the future.

Keywords

Locus of Control, Peer Pressure, Cognitive Triad, among Adolescents.

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