Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Shiv Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheswar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, IN

Abstract

The present study was designed to investigate the psychological well being in relation to locus of control and attitude towards morality. The study was conducted on 300 criminals of different type i.e 60 murder convict, 60 rape convict, 60 dowry convict, 60 robbery convict and 60 ndps act convict. Rotter's (1966) locus of control scale, Verma & Verma (1969) Psychological wellbeing measure and Banerjee (1962) Attitude towards morality scale were used to collect the data. The results of the study reveal that psychological well have the significant effect on locus of control and attitude towards morality in criminals. Subjects with high attitude towards morality and internal locus of control score significantly high on psychological well being.

Keywords

Attitude towards Morality, Locus of Control and Psychological Well Being.

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Shiv Kumar ¹

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

Abstract

The present study was designed to investigate the psychological well being m relation to emotional quotient and locus of control among criminals. The study was conducted on 300 criminals of different type i.e. 60 murder convict, 60 rape convict, 60 dowry convict, 60 robbery convict and 60 mudps act convict. Dhar et al (2001) Emotional Quotient test. Rotter's (1966) Locus of Control scale, Varma and Varma (1969) Psychological Well Being Measure were used to collect the data. The results of the study revealthat psychological well-being have the significant effect on emotional quotient and locus of control among criminals. Subjects with high emotional Quotient and internal locus of control scored significantly high on Psychological wellbeing.

Keywords

Psychological well Being, Emotional Quotient, Locus of Control.

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