Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Manoj Kumar Rao ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, U.P., IN

Abstract

The present research paper deals with reactions of Indian children's to the 26/11 terrorist attacks. To assess the knowledge of terrorism to the school going children's of Eastern Uttar Pradesh who was miles away from the actual incident. The study used a survey design with a QCPT questionnaire administered to 195 students (111 boys and 84 girls) in 20 public schools of standards 5-7. The questionnaire was administered within 3 week of occurrence of November, 26 terrorist attacks on the Mumbai in 2008. The mean age of the participants was 11.60 years (SD=1.42, range=9-14). The results indicate that most children's known the terrorist attack took place in Mumbai, Varanasi, Delhi, United States and all over the world. Students most frequently define terrorism as a something bad, committing crime robbery, 'the killing of innocent people' create terror and categorized terrorist as 'bandits'. They report feeling fear-horror when they hear the world 'terrorism'. This study provides preliminary information about Eastern Uttar Pradesh children's perception of terrorism in cognitive and affective domains of functioning. In general most children's in this study are knowledgeable about the terrorist attacks took place in India and around the world. It is likely that the media has had an impact on the amount of information children's receive on terrorism. Children's responses show that their definition of terrorism is akin to the original definition of terrorism.

Keywords

Children, Psychological Reactions, Terrorist Attacks, School, 26/11.

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Manoj Kumar Rao ¹, Preeti Tamta ², Pratima Kumari ³

Affiliations
1 B. P. D. Govt. P. G. College, Kanker, Chhattisgarh, IN
2 S. S. J. Campus Almora, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, IN
3 D. D. U. G. K. P. University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, IN

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the impact of impact of age, education and residential setting (community) on health status and life satisfaction. A 2X2X2 factorial design, with two age groups (younger females and older females) x two level of education (educated and uneducated) x two residential setting (rural&urban) was used in the present study. Life satisfaction scale (Alam&Srivastava, 1971) was used to assess how much participant is satisfied in the life. P.G.I. Health questionnaire (Verma, Wig.&Prasad, 1985) was used to assess the health status of females. Results revealed that age were significant impact on health status and life satisfaction. Middle age female more satisfied than younger females. Similarly, significant main effect of education also reveals that uneducated women expressed more satisfaction about life than educated females. However, age x residential setting interaction effect was also found to be significant.

Keywords

Age, Education, Health, Life Satisfaction, Residential Setting

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Manoj Kumar Rao ¹, Preeti Tamta ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Bhanupratapdev Govt. P.G. College, Kanker-494 334, Chhattisgarh, IN
2 Department of Psychology, S.S.J. Campus, Kumaun University, Almora, Uttarkhand, IN

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to understand mental health in the context of self-concept of the participants. A 2 x 2 factorial design, with gender (boys and girls) x level of self-concept (low and high) was used in the present study. The high self-concept and low self-concept groups of adolescent were categorized on the basis of the median score obtain on self-concept scale (SCS) (mdn = 40.5). SCS (Ahluwalia, 2002) and mental health inventory (Jagdish & Srivastva, 1996) tests were administrated on each of the groups. Results revealed the significant effects of level of self-concept. High self-concept group had better mental health than low self-concept group. Role of gender and gender x level of self-concept interaction were found insignificant. Regression results evinced that behavior, intellectual and school status, popularity, happiness and satisfaction and as a whole self-concept predicted positively whereas, anxiety has contributed negatively in mental health.

Keywords

Behavior, Children, Intellectual and School Status, Mental Health, Self-Concept.

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Dhananjay Kumar ¹, Shagufta Afroz ¹, Manoj Kumar Rao ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, U.P., IN
2 Department of Psychology Bhanupratapdev Govt. P. G College, Ranker, Chhattisgarh, IN

Abstract

The major objective of the present study was to explore the nature of social identity and subjective well being among the members of Hindu and Muslim community. The sample composed of 40 Hindu and 40 Muslim participants. The 2x2x2 factorial design was used for the study. To know the effect of independent variables, a Univariate factorial ANOVA was performed. The finding suggests that Muslim community has scored high on social identity scale in comparison to Hindu community. Whereas, gender and age level has no significant effect on social identity. The community and gender has no significant difference on the level of subjective well being (SWB) but age level has significant effect on SWB. Young adults of both community and both gender have high scores on SWB. A significant positive correlation was found between social dentity and subjective well being.

Keywords

Social Identity, Subjective well Being, Hindu and Muslim Community.

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Preeti Tamta ¹, Manoj Kumar Rao ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology DDU Gorakhpur University Gorakhpur, IN
2 Department of Psychology BPD Govt. P. G College, Ranker, Chhattisgarh, IN

Abstract

The major objective of the present studyt is to explore the nature of child abuse.neglect and well-being in adolescent. A2(Boys and Girls) X2 (High abused and Low abused) two way factorial design was used.A total 160 children's(16 to 18yrs.) were randomly selected from urban area of Gorakhpur city. The high abused and low abused groups of children were categorized on the basis of median score obtain on child abused checklist (mdn=132.5). WHO Wellbeing index (Psychiatric Research Unit WHO Collaborating centre) and Child abuse Checklist (S. Pandey) tests were administrated on each of the group. The obtained results indicates that the Mam effect of child abuse were significant, which evinced that high abused adolescents show poor well being than low abused adolescents. Similarly, significant main effects of gender x child abuse interaction were found significant.

Keywords

Adolescent, Child Abuse, Neglect, Well-Being.

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