Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Manpreet Ola ¹, Dweep Chand Singh ²

Affiliations
1 IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN
2 AIBHAS, Amity University, Noida, U.P., IN

Abstract

Many children are reared in adverse conditions, e.g., poverty, substance abuse, personal or family members' illnesses, family conflicts and violence in society at large. Such situations may inhibit the normal intellectual, emotional and social development of children and youth by interfering in reaching their full potential as adults. Especially, if we look at the youths of Kashmir, India, the problems they face, viz, armed conflict, violence etc. and the impact of these on their minds, mental and physical health, it becomes important to understand the factors which can help them to overcome impact of such adverse situations and help them out to recover from the hardships. It is very imperative now for psychologists to study resilience in the youth living in prolonged violence area and to suggest ways to promote resilience in the younger generation. This paper is an effort in this direction.

Keywords

Children, Youth, Development, Violence, Armed Conflict, Resilience.

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Manpreet Ola ¹, Roopa Mathur ²

Affiliations
1 AIBAS, Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana, IN
2 Department of Psychology, The IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

All of us are aware about the problems faced by the elderly in our society; simultaneously if we look around we can clearly see that not many of us are doing something about it. With fast rising population and the low rates of mortality levels, it is very essential that we become sensitive about this grave issue and give the desired needed attention to this particular class of population, we should focus on their issues, by applying any means through which we can be of use to them, even if those efforts include; just a small bit of quality time for them; listening to them; helping them in their little chores and lastly to be a little human and realize that even they have mental health issues and which needs to be treated and handled with love and care. After looking at the vast researches on the various factors we can clearly understand the role played by the social support received by these individuals, their own perception regarding their health and their actual physical health and lastly the strong role played by the stressors cannot be ignored, and combined all these three factors have a very tough impact on their subjective well being.

Keywords

Subjective Wellbeing, Environmental Factors.

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