Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Reena ¹, Bimla Dhanda ¹, Pinki Ninaniya ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I. C. College of Home Sciences, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The present study was carried out on 300 adolescents from Panipat district of Haryana state. Academic motivation Scale by Areepattamannil (2006) was used to assess the influence of socio economic factors on academic motivation of adolescents. The results showed that there was significant difference (F=4.1*) between academic motivation in their blocks. Result revealed that significant difference was found for academic motivation across blocks Panipat versus Smalkha (Z=2.94**). Statistically non-significant differences were observed for academic motivation i.e. Panipat vs Bapoli (Z=1.0) and Bapoli vs Smalkha (Z=1.89) and Social intelligence scale by Chadda and Ganeshan (1986) was used to assess the social intelligence of adolescents. There was no significant increase in academic motivation and social intelligence with increase in age. Mean scores of respondents of 14 years of age for academic motivation was X=145.5 and social intelligence was =86.8, whereas for the respondents belonging to 13 years mean score in academic motivation X=143.7 and for social intelligence was X=86.6.

Keywords

Academic Motivation, Adolescents, Panipat, Smalkha and Bapoli Blocks, Social Intelligence, and Age.

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Reena ¹, Bimla Dhanda ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I. C. College of Home Sciences, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The study was conducted in five cultural zones of Haryana state. For the rural sample 400 widow elderly women of age group 60-75 years were selected. Quality of life scale developed by World Health Organization (1997) was accessed to quality of life of widow elderly women. The questionnaire short form-36 health survey by Mchorney (1993) was used to assess the health status of widow elderly women. Clearly shows that relationship between aspects of perceived health status and quality of life among widow elderly women. Physical aspects of quality of life was positively significantly correlated with vitality (r =0.13**, p<0.01), body pain (r =0.39**, p<0.01), physical role functioning (r= 0.23**, p<0.01), mental health ((r =0.10*, p<0.01) negatively significantly correlated with general health perception (r = - 0.17**, p<0.01) and emotional role functioning (r = - 0.28**, p<0.01). Psychological aspects of quality of life was positively significantly correlated with physical functioning (r =0.13**, p<0.01) and body pain (r =0.10*, p<0.05). Another aspects social relationship of quality of life was negatively significantly correlated with physical functioning (r = - 0.18**, p<0.01), body pain (r = - 0.12**, p<0.01) and social role functioning (r = - 0.11**, p<0.01), Physical role functioning, Emotional role function was negatively correlated with (r = 0.28**, p<0.01). Further aspects of environment was positively significantly correlated with vitality (r = 0.09*, p<0.05), Physical Functioning (r = 0.46**, p<0.01), body pain (r = 0.14**, p<0.01), General health perception (r = 0.30**, p<0.01) and physical role functioning (r = - 0.09*, p<0.05).

Keywords

Quality of Life, Perceived Health, Widow Elderly Women and Cultural Zones.

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