Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Anita Sharma ¹, Deepika Bali ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, H.P.University, Summer Hill Shimla-5, IN

Abstract

In this study, an effort has been made to investigate the role of self-esteem and well-being on resilience to stress in the university students. The main findings were gauged through ANOVA. The findings suggest that: (i) High self-esteem and high well-being subjects have shown significantly more resilience to stress as compared to their counterparts by scoring significantly low on deficiency focusing and necessitating and high on skill recognition.(ii)With regard to gender, difference has been found to be significant only on necessitating with females showing more resilience to stress to that of males.(iii)The three factor interaction effect of self-esteem x well-being x gender has also turned out to be significant on deficiency focusing and necessitating.

Keywords

Resilience, Self-Esteem, Well-being and Gender

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Anita Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, IN

Abstract

How crucial is the role of well-being on resiliency to stress in both the genders is the main objective of the present study. To achieve this objective, a sample of 400 university students from Himachal Pradesh University was selected, which was then divided into two equal groups i.e. low and high on well-being by using the formula mean ± ½ sd, having the total sample of 200 with equal number of males and females. The main effects were gauged through ANOVA. The results revealed that: (1) High well-being group has shown more resilience to stress as compared to its counterpart i.e. low well-being group; (2) Males have shown higher resilience to stress than females on the dimension of necessitating;(3) Interaction effect of well-being and gender has also turned out be significant on deficiency focusing dimension of resilience to stress.

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Anita Sharma ¹, Shweta Verma ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, HP, IN

Abstract

An Anova of the order of 2&3215;2×(2) with repeated measure on the last factor was employed in the present study to gauge the effect of psychological interventions, if any between the control group and the experimental group in the two genders from pre to post test on occupational stress, psychosocial stress and life stress among the high stressed lawyers (N=160 who scored above mean +1/2 SD assessed through stress scales). The main findings are: (1). The main effects of group,gender and treatment have turned out to be significant at.01 1evel.(2).The interaction effects of group x treatment have yielded significant F ratios (1754.686**,1119.7968*, and 373.025**, P.01) thereby depicting the remarkable improvement of experimental group from pre to post test over control group in terms of stress reduction due to psychological interventions. Thus, overall, the effect of interventions was highly significant.

Keywords

Stress, Intervention Programme.

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Gauri Sharma ¹, Anita Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, IN

Abstract

The present investigation aims to study the four aspects of quality of life i.e. health, psychological well being, social relationship and environment between executives and technocrats. The sample comprised of 200 executives and 200 technocrats with equal number of both the genders, within the age range of 25-40 years. Data were gathered by using WHOQOL-BREF Scale (1996). Findings indicated significant differences between executives and technocrats and males and females on all the four aspects of quality of life. Results revealed that executives who are the planners of the organization are high on most of the aspects of quality of life as compared to technocrats. And males, the dominant sex of the society stood higher on all the aspects as compared to females.

Keywords

Quality of Life, Executives, Technocrats and Gender.

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Deepika Bali ¹, Anita Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, IN

Abstract

The main premise of the present study is to see the relationship between resilience and social support among government and private school adolescents. To achieve this objective, a sample of 400 adolescents from Shimla and Himachal Pradesh was selected with equal number of males and females. The main findings were gauged through correlation and regression Analysis. The results revealed that in skill recognition dimension of resilience to stress, social support explained 8% (r=278**, P<.01) of variance in Government Schools' Sample and 4% (r=.251**, P<.01) of variance in males' sample.

Keywords

Resilience, Social Support, School and Gender.

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