Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Harmeen Basra ¹, Amit Kumar Dwivedi ¹, Sajjan Kumar ², V. V. Upmanyu ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, IN
2 Govt. College for women, Lakhan Majra, Rohtak, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The current study in recognition of the importance of peer relations, examined the sociometric networks of rejected adolescents at the stage of mid-adolescence. The sample comprised of nine independent sections of school students studying in 7th to 8th grades. The nine sections were evenly distinguished across boys, girls, and co-educational schools. Partial-rank-order sociometric scale involving three positive and three negative choices was used to assess sociometric status of each student. The evidence suggests that although, popular adolescents have more tendency to form reciprocal friendship with popular adolescents, there was also sufficient evidence, though week, of reciprocal friendship between rejected and popular adolescents.

Keywords

Children Peer Relations, Intimacy and Friendship, Popular and Rejected Children.

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Ibadat Khan ¹, V. V. Upmanyu ¹, Seema Vinayak ¹, Sajjan Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, IN
2 Government College for Women, Lakhanmajra, Rohtak, Havana, IN

Abstract

Suicide ts a social as well mental problem worldwide. Suicide ideation is the pre-indication of suicide attempts or completion of suicide. Adolescents are at risk of suicide ideation while facing life challenges. It is often seen in the higher rate of suicide commitment among young male population. Many cognitive, emotional, and familial factors play a major role in evoking suicidal thoughts among male adolescents. The present study was an attempt to investigate the role of depression, hopelessness, anxiety, cognitive rigidity, affective dysregulation, and family environment as predictors of suicide ideation. The sample consisted of 150 male adolescents with age range of 15-17 years from different government schools of Chandigarh. The obtained data was analyzed with step wise regression analysis. The results revealed that combination of decreased organization and moral-religious emphasis in family environment and depression were the potent predictors of suicide ideation among male adolescents.

Keywords

Suicide Ideation, Adolescents, Depression, Affective Dysregulation, Family Environment.

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V. V. Upmanyu ¹, Shelly Bhagat ¹, Amit Dwivedi ¹, Mayank Upmanyu ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, IN
2 Department of Psychology, GJUS&T, Hisar, IN

Abstract

This study concerns with the prevalence of loneliness in a sample of college students and examines gender - differences in loneliness as a function of sex-role orientation and depression. Two hundred college students (100 male and 100 female) aged between 16 and 18 years were tested to ascertain the level of experienced loneliness. The study revealed: (1) college students experienced moderate degree of loneliness, (2) the two genders differed significantly in sex-role identity (3) males with androgynous and masculine sex-role identity did not differ significantly in perceived loneliness; the additional presence of feminine characteristics in androgynous sex-role identity failed to provide any special benefits in terms of vulnerability to loneliness, (4) males with androgynous and masculine sex-role orientation, however, were less lonely than feminine or undifferentiated characteristics, (5) for female, there was no significant difference in loneliness among different types of sex-roles orientation, and (6) gender differences in loneliness failed to reach statistical significance among groups low on depression.

Keywords

Loneliness, Depression, Sex-Role Orientation.

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