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Bharat Singh ¹, Anita Moral ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Sri Varshney (PG) College, Aligarh, UP, IN

Abstract

Child abuse is a state in which a child (below the age of 18 years) is maltreated physically, emotionally, sexually and economically. These various types of child abuse lead a child in many long term traumatic stages. Children may face trauma that threatens their integrity, safety, level of confidence, self-esteem, social life and so forth. The effects of trauma are broad, encompassing fear, anger, sadness and humiliation. It is a globally prevalent phenomenon. The women and child development ministry-survey revealed that 53.22% of children reported having faced one or more forms of sexual abuse. It was also found that over 50% children were subjected to one or the other form of physical abuse and every second child reported of facing emotional abuse. In 83% of the cases parents were the abusers. In a number of joint studies conducted by UNICEF and the Ministry of Labour, 75% of the children reported treatment by staff as bad and 91.7% reported provisions of necessities as bad. In Mumbai 75.4 % reported bad treatment by staff and 53.2 reported that provisions were poor. One million children are trafficked into prostitution, in Asia every year; child abuse affects children in a number of ways, such as higher rates of psychiatric and psychological disorders as PTSD, depression, suicidal tendency, antisocial behaviour and so forth. Though there are certain acts as 'National Policy on Children, 1974; 'Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and recently government passed 'The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012', but due to lack of awareness and proper implementation in these acts, cases of child abuse are increasing day by day. So the gravity of the situation demands that the issue of child abuse be placed on the national agenda.

Keywords

Child Abuse, Maltreated, Protection And Traumatic Consequences

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Anita Moral ¹, Raj Kumar ², Manisha Sharma ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, S.V. Degree College, Aligarh, U.P., IN
2 Department of Physiology, NRI Medical College, Vishakhapatnam, A.P, IN
3 Department of in Psychology, C.C.S. University, Meerut, IN

Abstract

Meditation is the state of skillful awareness. Now a days, immense effects are studied by researcher about this state, which have various psychological, neurological and physiological effects. Rob Nairn (1989) explains meditation as a highly alert and skillful state of mind. The present study attempts to assess the effect of meditation and gender on well being on 80 subjects who were divided into two groups, one was Experimental and second was Control. Each group consists of 40 subjects (20 male and 20 female). To measure the status of well being the P.G.I. general well being measure (PGIG, WBM, Verma&Verma, 1989) was used. The results of study clearly define significant difference(f-value 83.70) on the status of well being between meditators and non-meditators. Results also indicate the significant difference of gender(f-value 17.66) on well being. Concluding results highlight the significant effect of meditation and gender on well being.

Keywords

Meditators, Non-Meditators and Well-Being.

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Bhagat Singh ¹, Anita Moral ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Sri Varshney (PG) College, Aligarh, U.P., IN

Abstract

Child abuse is a state in which a child (below the age of 18 years) is maltreated physically, emotionally, sexually and economically. These various types of child abuse lead a child in many long term traumatic stages. Children may face trauma that threatens their integrity, safety, level of confidence, self-esteem, social life and so forth. The effects of trauma are broad, encompassing fear, anger, sadness and humiliation. It is a globally prevalent phenomenon. The women and child development ministry-survey revealed that 53.22% of children reported having faced one or more forms of sexual abuse. It was also found that over 50% children were subjected to one or the other form of physical abuse and every second child reported of facing emotional abuse. In 83% of the cases parents were the abusers. In a number of joint studies conducted by UNICEF and the Ministry of Labour, 75% of the children reported treatment by staff as bad and 91.7% reported provisions of necessities as bad. In Mumbai 75.4 % reported bad treatment by staff and 53.2 reported that provisions were poor. One million children are trafficked into prostitution, in Asia every year; child abuse affects children in a number of ways, such as higher rates of psychiatric and psychological disorders as PTSD, depression, suicidal tendency, antisocial behaviour and so forth. Though there are certain acts as 'National Policy on Children, 1974'; 'Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and recently government passed 'The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012', but due to lack of awareness and proper implementation in these acts, cases of child abuse are increasing day by day. So the gravity of the situation demands that the issue of child abuse be placed on the national agenda.

Keywords

Child Abuse, Maltreated, Protection and Traumatic Consequences.

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Anita Moral ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, S.V. Degree College, Aligarh, U.P., IN

Abstract

Guided meditation is a process by which one or more participants meditate in response to the instructions by concerning expert. The instructions may comprise of verbal guidance, written script, audio or audio-visual mediums to practice the meditation. To study the role of guided meditation in achieving peaceful and sound mental health as a regular practice. By analyzing and reviewing the existing studies and other available feedback sources by practitioners and therapists. Various studies and findings suggest that guided meditation is a significant beneficial technique in attaining sound mental health and works as one of the best alternative approach in promoting healing process. JAMA Internal Medicine review found that a mindfulness stress reduction programme helped to relief of anxiety symptoms in people with general anxiety disorder, a condition marked by hard to control wishes, poor sleep, and irritability. Meditation creates a deep understanding about self and helpful to create serene and sound health overall.

Keywords

Guided Meditation, Peaceful and Mental Health.

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