Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Nandini Sanyal ¹, Tina Fernandes ¹, Munira Fathi ², Sakina Khatoon ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, St. Francis College for Women, Begumpet, Hyderabad, IN
2 St. Francis College for Women, Begumpet, Hyderabad, IN

Abstract

The present study was conducted in two phases. The objective of Study 1 was to explore the relationship between illness perception and medication adherence in patients with Arthritis and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) diagnosed less than 2 years and more than 4 years. The objective of Study 2 was to examine whether there is any relationship between the resilience and quality of life in a similar sample. A non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 160 Arthritis and COPD patients for both the studies. The results of Study 1 revealed that there is a significant difference between the patients suffering from Arthritis and COPD with respect to personal control and emotional representation (p<0.01). Significant differences were observed between the patients suffering from Arthritis diagnosed less than 2 years and more than 4 years in terms of personal control, treatment control and emotional representation (p<0.01). The study revealed significant negative correlations between coherence and medication adherence in COPD patients diagnosed more than 4 years (p<0.05) and between emotional representation and medication adherence in Arthritis patients, diagnosed less than 2 years (p<0.01). The results of Study 2 showed significant correlations between resilience and the dimensions of quality of life among Arthritis and COPD patients diagnosed less than 2 yrs and those above 4 years (p<0.05). Studies such as these highlight the need for healthcare professionals to consider the patients' resilience and their views on illness and adherence to provide effective care and treatment regimens and optimize their well-being.

Keywords

Arthritis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder, Illness Perception, Adherence, Quality of Life, Resilience.

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Tina Fernandes ¹, Nandini Sanyal ², Sakshi Chadha ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, St. Francis College for Women, Begumpet, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, IN
2 Department of Psychology, St. Francis College for Women, Begumpet, Hyderabad, IN

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to determine whether there is any relationship between self-esteem and social interaction anxiety in cyberbullied and non-cyberbullied adolescent boys and girls. This study also aimed to determine whether there is any effect of cyberbullying and gender on self-esteem and social interaction anxiety of the adolescents. Furthermore, the present research went on to explore whether there is any difference between the cyberbullied boys and girls with respect to self-esteem and social interaction anxiety. A randomly selected sample of 480 adolescents, between the age range of 16 19 years, were administered the Cyberbullying and Aggression Survey Instrument (Hinduja & Patchin, 2014) to screen those who were cyberbullied. Based on their responses, 60 cyberbullied (30 boys and 30 girls) and 60 non-cyberbullied (30 boys and 30 girls) were selected for the present study. Thereafter, the Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1963) and the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (Mattick, & Clarke, 1998) was administered to them. Results indicated that there is a significant negative correlation between self-esteem and social interaction anxiety in the cyberbullied girls. Moreover, the findings revealed that the non-cyberbullied adolescents had significantly higher self-esteem than the cyberbullied adolescents, and the cyberbullied adolescents had significantly higher levels of social interaction anxiety than the non-cyberbullied adolescents. Furthermore, the study reported that the cyberbullied boys had significantly higher self-esteem than the cyberbullied girls. Thus, the outcomes of studies such as this are surely indicative of the need for some degree of adult guidance and supervision with regard to adolescents' online activities and engagements, as that may prove to be helpful in channelizing their interests in more constructive than destructive ways.

Keywords

Self-Esteem, Social Interaction Anxiety, Cyberbuuying Victimization.

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