Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Shubhdip Kaur ¹, Damanjit Sandhu ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, IN

Abstract

India has the world's largest number of sexually abused children. Child sexual abuse is the involvement of a child in a sexual activity that he or she does not comprehend, is unable to give informed consent to, or for which the child is not developmentally prepared and cannot give consent, or that violates the laws or social taboos of society. Childhood sexual abuse carries long-term behavioral consequences for the victim such as post-traumatic stress, conduct problems, anxiety, withdrawal, fear, sexual behavior, poor physical and mental health, greater substance abuse, poorer parental relationships, and various cognitive distortions. These consequences make the psychological adjustment of victim harder during adolescence. Still, these adolescents can be made to come out of past trauma for getting better adjusted psychologically in future, with the use of effective interventions. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is one such intervention, which has been proved to be effective in reducing the psychological distress and thus, behavioral problems of the sexually abused victims, in the course of this study.

Keywords

Sexual Abuse, Consequences, Trauma-Focused CBT

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S. Suresh ¹, Damanjit Sandhu ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Chennai, IN
2 Department of Psychology Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, IN

Abstract

The possession and demonstration of good social skills bring about positive social consequences, whereas a lack of social skills is associated with negative social outcomes. The importance of these social outcomes lies in their obvious connection to apositive or negative state of psychological wellbemg. The primary goal of this study was to explore that positive relation with other people would mediate the association between social skills and psychological well-being. This study adopted survey design; the data was collected from the sample of 110 college students. The self-report instruments used to collect the data were the measures of social skills, positive relations with others, and psychological well-being. Results indicate that social skills positively associated with psychological well-being. Social skills were also strongly associated with positive relations with others. Positive relations with others proved to mediate the association between social skills and psychological well-being.

Keywords

Social Skills, Well-Being, Positive Relations.

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