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Das, Sanjukta
- Optimism, Meaning in Life, Spirituality and Subjective Well Being in Emerging Adults in Kolkata:A Brief Exploratory Study
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1 Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, IN
2 Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, IN
1 Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, IN
2 Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, IN
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Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 3, No 3 (2012), Pagination: 232-237Abstract
The concept of emerging adulthood is new. It is a by product of industrialization and has its origin in the post industrialized American society of 21st century. But Indian urban community is believed to have certain significant resemblance to post industrialized Americans. Keeping this in mind the present study explored four variables: subjective well being (SWB), optimism, meaning in life (presence and search) and spirituality in the emerging adults of Kolkata, belonging to the age group of 20 to 25. Standardized questionnaires were administered to 50 male and 50 female emerging adults. Data was treated with appropriate statistics. No significant difference was found across gender as far as the variables included were concerned. Meaning in life presence emerged as the positive predictor of SWB. Spirituality emerged as a negative predictor of SWB.Keywords
Emerging Adulthood, Optimism, Meaning in Life, Spirituality, Subjective Well Being.- Protecting the Resilient Worldview : A Study of Male and Female Post-graduate Students
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1 Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, IN
1 Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, IN
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Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 4, No 1 (2013), Pagination: 76-81Abstract
The present study was meant to be an exploration of the cognitive and personality features that might affect the psychological resilience of the high functioning young population. The study examined the roles of masculinity, femininity cognitive errors and metacognition on the resilient worldview of male and female students of post-graduation, aged 21 -25 years. A total of 187 students were investigated, of which 94 were male and 93 were female. The participants were chosen from a Hindu, Bengali background and all were required to complete a personal information schedule, the Inventory of Positive Psychological Attitudes (IPPA), (Kass,1985-86), the Indian Gender Role Identity Scale (Basu, 2010), the Cognitive Error Questionnaire (Lefebvre,1981), and the Self-Assessment Questionnaire (O'Neill&Abedi, 1992). The obtained data were analyzed using parametric statistics. Results revealed that males and females did not differ significantly in their psychological resilience. The high and low resilient females differ significantly in their masculinity and certain aspects of cognitive errors and metacognition .Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis reveals that in case of males, masculinity, overgeneralization, and awareness were found to be contributory variables in their resilience. For females, only masculinity was found to be contributory to their resilience .Psychological explanations of the above findings have been given and implications mentioned.Keywords
Resilience, Role Identity, Cognitive Errror- Quest for Defining Wisdom in Psychology: A Brief overview
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1 Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, IN
1 Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, IN
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Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 4, No 4 (2013), Pagination: 568-570Abstract
Wisdom has been recognized as an important human virtue for ages and in all societies. But history of wisdom in psychology is a brief one and the existing literature is limited. Wisdom being a complex concept, the studies done so far in psychology have primarily focused on the issue of defining wisdom. The present study purports to explore the different definitions of wisdom proposed by the pioneering researchers in the field.Keywords
Wisdom, Psychology- Midlife and the life-course: The associated shifts in life perspective and societal obligations
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1 Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, IN
1 Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, IN