Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Mehmoodun Nisa ¹, Sadaf Hameed ¹, Shaheen Zehra ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, IN

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to assess how perceived quality of home environment i.e. family relations, continuing parental conflict and family members associations with adolescents vary by gender and contribute in the development of social intelligence. For this purpose data was collected on a representative sample of 156 adolescents. Studying in class IX, X, XI and XII (78 males and 78 females) aged 14-17 years from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. After building rapport participants were requested to give response on Home Environment Inventory (HEI) developed by Misra (1983) and Social Intelligence Scale developed by Chadha and Ganesan's (1986) administered individually. The findings of study after applying multiple regression analysis (step-wise) revealed that gender as a factor associated with social intelligence operates differently in terms of home environment. Male adolescents perceive their home environment in more negative manner in terms of rejection, deprivation of privileges and punishment emerged as significant predictors for most of the dimensions of social intelligence. But in females most of the dimensions of home environment were positive in nature like protectiveness, reward, permissiveness and nurturance showed positive influence on social intelligence. Further findings indicated that confidence was the only dimension of social intelligence that emerges significant predictor for control in male group. In females in spite of having positive influence permissiveness also showed negative influence on patience and nurturance on sensitivity aspects of social intelligence. Finally females were found to be more outgoing and socially more socially more intelligent in comparison of male adolescents.

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Sadaf Hameed ¹, Shahin Zehra ¹, Ashfia Nisha ¹, Mehmoodun Nisa ¹, Huma Hilal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, IN

Abstract

The present investigation was done to study the effect of Health Locus of Control on Psychological and Physical distress among type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients. The sample consisted of 100 type 2 diabetic patients (50 males and 50 females) with a mean age of 56.44 years. The sample was taken from an endocrinology OPD of a government hospital. PGI Health Questionnaire N-1 by Verma, Wig and Pershad was used to evaluate the physical and psychological distress among diabetics, to assess health locus of control, 18 item Health Locus of Control scale developed by Wallston and Wallston was used. Multiple regression analysis was done to see the effect of Health Locus of Control on Physical and Psychological Distress among type 2 diabetics. Results showed that among the three dimensions of Health Locus of Control, Chance significantly predicted psychological distress and internal locus of control significantly predicted physical distress among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Female diabetic patients scored significantly high on physical distress than their male counterparts.

Keywords

Health Locus of Control, Psychological Distress, Physical Distress, Diabetes.

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Shahin Zehra ¹, Sadaf Hameed ¹, Ashfia Nishat ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, IN

Abstract

It is important to bear in mind that several factors contribute to an adolescent development. The interaction between the environmental factors and the personal factors help the adolescent to develop certain perceptions about his own self and his environment that in turn affects his social development. The present study examined the influence of gender and vocational stream on self-efficacy, family environment and depression among adolescents. Personal self-efficacy scale, family environment scale and depression inventory were administered to 100 students (50 males and 50 females) from Aligarh Muslim University. Results based on ANOVA revealed that the main effect of gender was found statistically significant on depression. Significant main effect of vocational stream was found on cohesion and organization dimensions of family environment scale.

Keywords

Self Efficacy, Family Environment, Depression, Adolescents.

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