Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

B. S. Sandhu ¹, Swati Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, IN

Abstract

The study aimed at examining the role of critical thinking in ego identity statuses (identity achievement, identity moratorium, identity foreclosure and identity diffusion) among adolescents. Three hypotheses were formulated for empirical verification. These are: Identity achieved adolescents would be high on critical thinking as compared to diffusions, foreclosures and moratoriums; Moratorium adolescents would be high on critical thinking as compared to diffusions and foreclosures; Foreclosure adolescents would be high on critical thinking as compared to diffusions. The study was conducted on 100 adolescents (their age ranges between 17-21). The research methods include Extended Objective Measure of Ego-Identity Status - R (Bennion & Adams, 1986) and Watson-Glaser Critical thinking Appraisal - R (Watson & Glaser, 1994). Data were analyzed using one way analysis of variance. The result findings showed that foreclosures were found to be high on critical thinking as compared to diffusions.

Keywords

Critical Thinking, Ego Identity Adolescents.

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Swati Sharma ¹, Neena Rosey Kahlon ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, IN
2 Department of Sociology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, IN

Abstract

Despite of not being a gender specific disease, females in Srinagar are found to be more susceptible to Diabetes Mellitus (DM) as compared to their male counterparts. It may be due to the fact that physical work, which once constituted a considerable part of their house hold work, has reduced substantially. This change in lifestyle has emerged as a paramount cause for the rise of this disease in contemporary society. Present study was conducted with a sample size of thirty three respondents at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of medical Sciences, Soura (SKIMS) by means of purposive random sampling technique. Main objective of the paper in hand is to study and analyse dependency of females on their male counterparts for their treatment; to study the relation between their education level and awareness of the disease; and the burden of disease on them. It was observed that their awareness level about the disease was very low and it was a social as well as economic burden for them. More than half of the respondents had to face the stress of one disease or another in addition to Diabetes. Results of the study showed that majority of the women were dependent on one or another male member of their family with regard to deciding for the course of the treatment. Despite of having very low literacy level, majority of the respondents wanted that children should be taught about the disease from a tender age in order to make them aware of the disease.

Keywords

Diabetes Mellitus, Lifestyle, Gender And Health.

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Swati Sharma ¹, Sushma Suri ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, IN

Abstract

The book is a meticulous collection divided into three segments. Aruna's story is brought before all of us by a journalist Pinki Virani. She introduces the book to the mass by saying that "I report on events in order to fulfill people's right to know." Readers mailed letters to the KEM hospital showing enormous concern to the extent that true account of rape and its aftermath has been lifted and printed in several languages, namely Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu. Brain dead for sight, speech and movement yet hopelessly had been alive for years to pain, hunger and terror for over 24 years, her rapist walked a free man after a mere 7 years in prison for robbery and attempt to murder. This is a story which gives a true account of rape and its aftermath. It is a comprehensive biography of trauma stricken nurse Aruna Shanbaug described in three segments i.e. Into the Twilight Zone, Out of Konkan Land and Towards an Elusive Mukti.

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