Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Nikita Agnihotri ¹, Sumit Chawla ², Praval Jain ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi, IN
2 BPIT, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, IN

Abstract

The aim of this study was to uncover the nature of relationship between trust and online communication. A sample of 119 was taken from under-graduate and post graduate students. Random Stratified Selection procedure was employed as to equally represent the population from which the sample was taken. The criterion groups that is, Gender, Level of Cynicism in relationships, Agreeableness in social interactions were compared on Introversion, Subjective-Wellbeing, Loneliness, Optimism, Self-esteem, Empathy, Anxiety and Stress. Level of Self-esteem, Loneliness and IRI were compared on basis of their trust level. t test was used for comparison of two criterion group; ANOVA was used for number of hours spent online and personality variables mentioned above. Also, Regression was administered. Significant differences were found on the said criterion groups. No significant difference was found on IRI on the basis of their trust level. Results are discussed based on the available reviews.

Keywords

Trust, Online, Communication, Students.

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R. B. Jain ¹, Anand Kumar Sharma ², Sami Magray ³, Sumit Chawla ⁴, Bharti ⁵, Inderjeet Singh ¹, Vikas Gupta ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Community Medicine, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
2 Department of Physiology, MMMC&H, Kumarhatti, Solan, H.P., IN
3 Department of Pharmacology, MMMC&H, Kumarhatti, Solan, H.P, IN
4 Department of Community Medicine, MMMC&H, Kumarhatti, Solan, Himachal Pardesh, IN
5 WHO, IN

Abstract

Tobacco use is today's major public health concern in our country, which can be largely reduced by primordial and primary prevention. According to NFHS III, 57% of men and 10.8% of women use any kind of tobacco in India. To determine the prevalence and correlates of tobacco use among the rural community of block Beri, district Jhajjar, Haryana. This cross-sectional study was carried out during the period of September 2012 to August 2013.Multistage random sampling was used in this study. A sample size of 1080 was included in the study Appropriate statistical tests were used for analysis. The overall prevalence of current tobacco use was found to be 26.9% (tobacco-smoking: 26.4%; tobacco-smokeless: 2.7%) and it was found to be higher among males as 46.7% (tobacco-smoking: 46.3%; tobacco-smokeless: 4.4%) than7.2% in females (tobacco-smoking: 6.5%; tobacco-smokeless: 0.9%). Our study confirmed the high burden of tobacco use in rural areas and reiterated the need to address these issues comprehensively as a part of NCD prevention and control strategy.

Keywords

Prevalence, Tobacco, Socio-Demographic, Rural, Haryana.

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