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• Study of Academic Anxiety among Rural and Urban Adolescent Girls

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Authors

Deepika Vig ¹, Asha Chawla ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 8, No 1 (2013), Pagination: 128-130

Abstract

Present study was an attempt to assess the prevailing academic anxiety among rural and urban adolescent girls of Ludhiana district. Many studies have reported that girls show greater academic anxiety than boys and the levels of anxiety also differ in rural and urban settings. Keeping this in view the present research was carried out in rural and urban senior secondary schools of Ludhiana district. A total sample consisted of 100 adolescent girls in the age group of 15-16 years, evenly distributed over rural and urban areas (50 rural and 50 urban). The results of the present study revealed that majority of rural and urban girls had moderate level of academic anxiety. The mean scores indicated that rural girls experienced significantly higher levels of academic anxiety as compared to their counterparts. The results emphasise the need to provide better educational facilities in rural areas and to teach adolescent girls strategies for effective management of their anxiety.

Keywords

Academic Anxiety, Adolescent Girls, Rural, Urban

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• Age and Gender: Determinants of Metacognition among Rural Adolescents

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Authors

Divya Narang ¹, Sarita Saini ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 8, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 490-495

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to investigate the age and gender differentials in metacognition of rural adolescents (13-16 years). The study was carried out in rural schools of block-I, Ludhiana district. The sample comprised of 240 rural adolescents equally distributed over four grades (7^th, 8^th, 9^th and 10^th grade), two sexes and two socio-economic groups i.e. middle and low socio-economic group. Metacognitive skills of the subjects were assessed using a self-structured questionnaire adapted from Metacognition Inventory (Govil, 2003) and Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (Schraw and Dennison 1994). Results revealed significant gender differentials in metacognitive skills of rural adolescents with major proportion of female respondents having high level of metacognition as well as better mean scores as compared to their male counterparts.

Keywords

Metacognition, Knowledge of Cognition, Regulation of Cognition, Academic Performance, Adolescents

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• Impact of an Sensitization Programme on Knowledge of Parents Regarding Learning Difficulties among Children

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Authors

Deepika Vig ¹, Sumandeep Kaur ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, AE

Source

Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 4, No 1 (2013), Pagination: 118-121

Abstract

The present research study investigated the impact of an intervention programme designed to enhance the knowledge levels of parents regarding management of learning difficulties among elementary school children. The study was carried out in 15 urban Private schools of Ludhiana City. From each school, 3rd and 4th class children facing problems in reading, writing and mathematics were randomly selected. The total sample consisted of 258 parents of these selected children .The parents were given intervention on various aspects of learning difficulties among children. Pre and post-intervention knowledge scores were assessed. The results indicated that intervention significantly improved the overall knowledge scores of the parents from poor to good level. After getting intervention, parents were found to have significantly better knowledge and comprehension skills and were able to utilize the gained knowledge for solving day to day problems related to reading, writing and mathematics among their children.

Keywords

Intervention, Knoweldge, Comprehension, Application, Learning Difficulties

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• Assessment of Parent-child Relationship across Various Levels of Social Maturity of Parents

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Authors

Deepika Vig ¹, I. J. S. Jaswal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 5, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 465-467

Abstract

The present study was an attempt to understand the role of social maturity of parents in determining quality of parent-child relationships. The total sample comprised of 400 respondents (100 of each mothers, fathers sons and daughters) selected purposely from four zones of Ludhiana city. Parent-Child Relationship scale by Sharma and Chauhan (2002) was used to assess the quality of parent-teen relationship as perceived by mothers and fathers. Social Adjustment Inventory by Deva (1990) was administered to assess social maturity of the parents. The results of the study revealed that majority of mothers and fathers were socially mature. Both socially mature mothers and fathers were having good marital relations had less conflicts in their lives. Socially mature mothers and fathers showed better emotional stability and consistency in their thoughts and actions and had significantly more realistic expectations from their sons and daughters.

Keywords

Social Maturity, Parent-Child Relationship, Realistic Role Expectations

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• Exploratory Analysis of Intellectual Abilities, Metacognitive Skills and Academic Performance of Rural Adolescents

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Authors

Navjot Kukreja ¹, Sarita Saini ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 5, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 524-532

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to analyse the relationship between intellectual abilities, metacognitive skills and academic performance of rural adolescents (13-16 years). The study was conducted in Government schools in villages of Ludhiana-I Block. The final sample comprised 240 rural school-going adolescents (N=240) studying in grade 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th. The subjects were equally distributed across both the genders (Males=120 and Females=120) and all the grades. To assess the metacognitive skills of the adolescents, a Self-Structured Metacognitive Questionnaire adapted from Metacognition Inventory (Govil 2003) and Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (Schraw&Dennison 1994) was used. Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (Raven 1960) was used to assess the intellectual abilities of the selected subjects, whereas the academic performance was assessed through aggregate percentage of marks/ grades obtained by the subject in the last school examination substantiated by teacher ratings. It was found that majority of the adolescents had an 'Average' level of metacognition. 'Above Average' and 'Average' level of Intellectual Abilities and Grade A' and 'Grade B' level of Academic Performance. However, gender differentials were found to be non-significant in distribution across the various levels of Intellectual Abilities, Metacognition as well as Academic Performance. Further, the subjects were found to be reasonably well in their Procedural skills, Declarative Knowledge, Evaluation, Comprehension, Monitoring and Planning aspects, but were quite weak in some of the learning strategies like Conditional Knowledge, Debugging and Information Management Strategies.

Keywords

Metacognitive Skills, Knowledge of Cognition, Regulation of Cognition, Academic Performance, Intellectual Abilities.

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• Sensitization of Teachers Regarding Management of Learning Difficulties across Various Educational Levels

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Authors

Deepika Vig ¹, Sumandeep Kaur ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 5, No 1 (2014), Pagination: 69-71

Abstract

The present research study investigated the impact of an intervention programme designed to enhance the knowledge levels of teachers regarding management of learning difficulties among elementary school children across various educational levels. The study was carried out in 15 urban Private schools of Ludhiana City. From each school, 3rd and 4th class children facing problems in reading, writing and mathematics were randomly selected. The total sample consisted of 300 students. 172 teachers who were teaching Mathematics & language to these selected students constituted the sample of teachers .These teachers were given intervention on various aspects of learning difficulties among children. Pre and post-intervention knowledge scores were assessed across two educational levels. The results indicated that intervention significantly improved the overall knowledge scores of the teachers from poor to good level at both the educational levels. However, after getting intervention, post- graduate teachers were found to have significantly better comprehension and application skills and were able to utilize the gained knowledge for solving day to day problems related to reading, writing and mathematics among students of their respective classes.

Keywords

Intervention, Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Learning Difficulties, Graduate, Post-graduate

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• Role of Visual Perception in Improving Quality of Handwriting

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Authors

Rupinder Kaur Grewal ¹, Deepika Vig ¹, Sarita Saini ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 5, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 591–595

Abstract

Visual perceptual skills play an important role in learning how to form letters. These skills are also important for copying, sizing, spacing and orienting letters and words correctly. The present study aimed to ascertain the contribution of visual perception in determining the quality of handwriting. The total sample for the study comprised of 160 public school children studying in grade 3 and 4. Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices was administered to ascertain intellectual abilities of the children. They were further evenly distributed across the categories of good and poor writers (English language) viz. children with good handwriting (n=80) and poor handwriting (n=80) by administering handwriting test by Lilley (2006). The visual perception test was also administered on the same sample. The results revealed that sub - skills of visual perception were found significantly higher among students with good handwriting. It signifies that children with good handwriting had better visual perceptual skills in contrast to children with poor handwriting.

Keywords

Visual Perception, Visual Discrimination, Visual Closure, Visual Motor Integration, Position in Space And Visual Analysis, Good Handwriting, Poor Handwriting

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• Academic Anxiety Among Urban Adolescents: A Study of Gender Differences

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Authors

Asha Chawla ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN

Source

Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 9, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 598-600

Abstract

Present study was an attempt to investigate the gender differences in academic anxiety of urban adolescents. Gender differences in academic anxiety have been highlighted by many researchers. The total sample for the present study consisted of 100 urban adolescents studying in 10^th standard in various public schools of Ludhiana city. The study was evenly distributed over two sexes i.e. 50 boys and 50 girls. The result of the present study revealed that 42 per cent of the boys and 74 per cent of the girls were found to have medium level of anxiety. Further, it was found that urban girls showed significantly more academic anxiety than urban boys. The result emphasises the need to teach simple strategies to adolescent girls for managing their anxiety effectively. Parent education programme can also be initiated so that parents can guide and provide practical support to girls on issues related to academic performance.

Keywords

Academic Anxiety, Gender Difference, Adolescents.

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• Psycho-Social Morbidities among Adolescents:A Threat to Physical and Mental Well-Being

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Authors

Sarita Saini ¹, Deepika Vig ¹, Harleen Kaur ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 5, No 10 (2014), Pagination: 1161-1164

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the perceptions of adolescents regarding the prevalence of various Psycho-Social Morbidities, viz.. Depression, Attention and Thought Problems, Somatic Complaints, Aggression, Delinquent Behaviour, Social Problems and Withdrawn Behaviour in the present day society. The study was based upon the sample of 200 adolescents (100 boys and 100 girls) drawn equally from randomly selected Senior Secondary Schools of Ludhiana City. The Socio-economic Status Scale by Sharma (2010) was administered to ascertain the middle socio-economic status of the sample adolescents. Thereafter, a self- structured questionnaire in Punjabi vernacular adapted from Youth Self Report (YSR) Inventory by Achenbach (2001) was administered to the sampled adolescents to obtain the information pertaining to their perceptions regarding prevalent psycho-social morbidities. The results revealed that 'Social Problems' followed by 'Attention and Thought Problems' were the major threat to the psychological well-being of the youth in contemporary society whereas, 'Aggression and Delinquent Behaviour' were perceived as the least existent. Also, significant gender differences were observed in 'Aggression and Delinquent Behaviour' dimension of psycho-social morbidities with significantly more number of boys experiencing 'average' and 'high' level of'Aggression and Delinquent Behaviour' as compared to their female counterparts. These trends call for an urgent attention towards preserving the physical and psychological well-being of youth through the resolution of the sporadic struggle and mental conflicts which adolescents reportedly face in the present day society.

Keywords

Adolescents, Psycho-Social, Physical and Mental Wellbeing, Morbidities.

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• Inter Relationship between Parental Use of Positive Values and Strong Family Bonds

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Authors

Deepika Vig ¹, J. S. Jaswal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, College of Home Science, PAU, Ludhiana, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 5, No 10 (2014), Pagination: 1181-1183

Abstract

The present study was an attempt to explore the inter relationship between type of values parents have and its impact on their relationship with teenaged sons and daughters. Families for the present study were purposively selected from four zones of Ludhtana city. These families were nuclear families from middle and upper-middle class where both parents were at least graduate and were working and had one teenaged son and teenaged daughter between 13-19 years of age. The target sample in each family was father, mother, son and daughter. Thus, the present study was based upon a total sample size of 400 respondents (100 of each fathers, mothers, sons&daughters). A self constructed socio-demographic questionnaire was used to identify families that fulfilled the inclusion criteria set for the present study. Socio-Economic Scale (Bhardwaj, 2001) was used to identify families with middle and upper middle socio-economic status. Relationship of teenage sons and daughters with their parents was assessed by using Parent Child Relationship Scale by Sharma and Chuahan (2002). The results of the study revealed that parents who gave value to love, empathy, cooperativeness, tolerance, flexibility, commitment, scientific thinking, mutual understanding and showed expression of fondness and devoted attachment towards their children, were perceived as better parents by their sons and daughters. Parents' positive attitude towards children, emotional stability consistency in their thoughts and actions presented them as sufficiently effective and inspiring models for their children to follow.

Keywords

Positive Values, Strong Family Bonds, Teenagers.

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• Relationship between Social Maturity of Parents and Family Relationships as Perceived by Teenagers

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Authors

Deepika Vig ¹, I. J. S. Jaswal ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, COHSc, PAU, Ludhiana, IN
2 Department of Human Development, COHSc, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 4, No 4 (2013), Pagination: 814-816

Abstract

The present study investigated relationship of social maturity of parents with parental relationship with their teenage sons and daughters. Families for the present study were selected from four zones of Ludhiana city. Only nuclear families from middle and upper-middle class where both working parents were at least graduate and had one teenaged son and daughter were purposively selected for the present study. The total sample comprised of 400 respondents (100 of each fathers, mothers, sons and daughters). Each selected teenaged son and daughter was examined separately for his/her relationship with parents. Various levels of social maturity of the parents were assessed and it was found that.

Keywords

Social Maturity, Family Relationships, Parents, Teenagers.

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• Education as Determinant of Parental Knowledge Regarding Management of Learning Difficulties among Children

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Authors

Deepika Vig ¹, Sumandeep Kaur ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 4, No 1 (2013), Pagination: 175-179

Abstract

The present research study investigated the impact of an intervention programme designed to enhance the knowledge levels of parents regarding management of learning difficulties among elementary school children across various educational levels. The study was carried out in 15 urban Private schools of Ludhiana City. From each school, 3rd and 4th class children facing problems in reading, writing and mathematics were randomly selected. The total sample consisted of300 students. Parents of these selected students constituted the total sample of the parents .The parents were given intervention on various aspects of learning difficulties among children. Pre and post-intervention knowledge scores were assessed across two educational levels. The results indicated that intervention significantly improved the overall knowledge scores of the parents from poor to good level across all educational levels. However, after getting intervention, graduate and post- graduate parents were found to have significantly better comprehension and application skills as compared to parents with education up to matric and middle. Highly educated parents were better able to utilize the gained knowledge for solving day to day problems faced by their children.

Keywords

Intervention, Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Learning Difficulties, Graduate, Post-Graduate.

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• Inclusive Education:A Boon for Children with Special Needs

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Authors

Deepika Vig ¹, Jaskeerat Kaur ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 3, No 1 (2012), Pagination: 362-365

Abstract

India has earned a notorious global reputation for hypocritical piety and institutionalised neglect of the poor and disadvantaged. It has been estimated that 90 percent of India's estimated 40 million children aged 4-16 years with physical and mental disabilities are out of school and majority of them are out of schools not out of choice but because callous school managements and over-anxious parents of abled children in a travesty of humanity and social justice have consistently discouraged them from entering the nation's classrooms. Education is a fundamental human right of every child. Governments across the globe are deliberating on workable policies and practices to make education for all a reality within 2015. It is also an attempt to provide an opportunity for improving human capabilities of all children. It's time that government agencies as well as mainstream institutions woke up to the reality that segregation of children is morally unjustifiable and a violation of human rights. Special schools are dead ends for special needs children. They promote isolation, alienation and social exclusion. It is this dominant attitude of exclusion which needs to be changed to build harmomous and compassionate societies. The inclusion of disabled children in to main-stream schools will inevitably result in their acceptance into society and also within their own families many of whom still hide away children with disabilities. If all children grow up together there is less likelihood of resistance towards and ostracism of the disabled.

Keywords

Inclusive Education, Children with Special Needs.

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• Adolescence and Health Concerns:An Overview of Facts and Fallacies

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Authors

Jaskeerat Kaur ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, PAU, Ludhiana, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 2, No 4 (2011), Pagination: 893-895

Abstract

Adolescence is defined as the stage of life when individuals reach sexual maturity and experience a change in their physical, social, and emotional aspects of life. In order to effectively deal with this transition, they require information and a clear picture of their bodily changes to prevent them from physical problems, guilt, ambiguity, and confusion. There are many health concerns that adolescents have to face during their adolescence. For example: precocious puberty, eating disorders, sexually transmitted diseases, teenage pregnancies and mental health problems. Here are some facts and fallacies about adolescents' health concerns.

Keywords

Adolescents Health Concern.

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• Selfie and Mental Health Issues:An Overview

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Authors

Satinder Kaur ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, PAU, Ludhiana, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 7, No 12 (2016), Pagination: 1149-1152

Abstract

A selfie is a self-portrait photograph of oneself, taken with camera or a camera phone held at arm's length or pointed at a mirror that is usually shared through social media. Though people were fond of taking photographs of their own and others since many decades, with selfie camera it has lead to an extreme effect. Selfies became a very interesting topic for researchers to study and examine the cause since 2012, as the rate of usage of selfie has reportedly increased many fold. The extent of selfie addiction can be well judged from the fact that many deaths have been reported in India due to increasing obsession of taking selfies in general public. Infact, India has witnessed highest number of selfie deaths in recent years. A strong relationship has been found between selfie addiction and various mental health issues like poor self esteem, narcissism, loneliness and depression. Addiction with selfie in youth, especially teenagers and mental health issues are on the rise as many psychiatrists are seeing number of parents coming with the same complaint. Therefore, it is right time to sensitize parents, teachers and educators about the alarming increase in selfie addiction and its deteriorating impact on mental health of adolescents.

Keywords

Selfie, Social Media, Mental Health.

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• Learning Disability:Needs Space in Policies

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Authors

Lata Sati ¹, Deepika Vig ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, PAU, Ludhiana, IN
2 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 8, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 35-37

Abstract

Learning disability is a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. Learning disability does not include learning problems that are primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities, of mental retardation, of emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage. These children have needs just like any other child and in addition have a specific need but we do not have systems to deal with these specific needs thus turning them into disabilities. In government policies this disability has no place, i.e., it is not recognized as disability and hence no benefits for the sufferers. Learning disability becomes evident when child enters an educational institution which practices uniform structures of instruction and evaluation but sometimes it is underestimated under the ground that child is lazy, not interested in studies etc. Parents are not accepting this hard truth and at the same time lack of quality researches due to lack of support from organization, parents etc. In absence of research the necessary focus which this disability should get in policy making and intervention are not present. Social acceptance is also lacking. We are using majority of assessment and recommendations given by foreign researches. How much they are suitable in Indian context is of great question.

Keywords

Learning Disability, Policy, Parents Denial.

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• Perception of Parent-Child Relationship:A Critical Analysis of Gender Differences

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Authors

Deepika Vig ¹, I. J. S. Jaswal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, PAU, Ludhiana, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 2, No 5 (2011), Pagination: 1160-1163

Abstract

The present study investigated gender differences in the perception of teenage sons and daughters regarding relationship with their parents. Families for the present study were selected from four zones of Ludhiana city. Only those adolescents (13-19 years of age) were selected who belonged to nuclear and upper- middle class families, where both working parents were at least graduate. The total sample comprised of 400 respondents (100 of each fathers, mothers, sons and daughters). A self structured checklist was used to identify families that fulfilled the selection criteria. Relationship of teenage sons and daughters with their parents was assessed by using Parent child relationships scale by Rao (2001). Each selected adolescent was examined separately for his/her relationship with father and mother across three levels often dimensions of parenting. The results revealed that sons perceived their fathers significantly more in different in attitude, more physically punishing whereas mothers were perceived as more demanding in nature. Daughters perceived their fathers to less punishing and mothers to more symbolically rewarding. The overall results showed significant differences in the perception of sons and daughters regarding relationship with their parents that in turn indicates that family relationships are perceived differently by sons and daughters.

Keywords

Parent-Child Relationship, Gender Differences.

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• Exploratory Appraisal of Metacognition and Multiple Intelligence among Adolescents

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Authors

Gagandeep Kaur Gharial ¹, Sarita Saini ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 8, No 3 (2017), Pagination: 260-269

Abstract

Metacognition is defined as one's own awareness of the thought process: specifically it concerns the ability to regulate the cognitive processes of the learners in their learning. Similarly, multiple intelligence covers the capacity to reason, figure and handle logical thinking. Therefore, it must be seen more as the "OUTPUT" function of information intake, learning, skills and ability. Hence, the present study is focused towards studying the level of metacognition and multiple intelligence among adolescents. The investigation was conducted on 200 rural school going adolescents (n=200) studying in grade 9th and 10th, exclusively drawn from selected Government Senior Secondary Schools in the villages of Ludhiana-1 Block. The subjects were randomly selected and equally distributed across both the genders (males=100&females=100). A self-designed socio-personal information sheet was used to collect the background information of the adolescents. Metacognitive Awareness lnventory (Schraw & Dennison, 1994) and Multiple Intelligence Survey (McKenzie, 1999) were used to assess the metacognition and multiple intelligence of the selected subjects. The results of the study revealed that majority of the adolescents had an 'average level' of metacognition as well as multiple intelligence. Further, results unveiled that across various components and sub-components of metacognition as well as types of multiple intelligence gender emerged as a significantly impacting factor where girls showed better mean scores than boys.

Keywords

Metacognition, Knowledge of Cognition, Regulation of Cognition, Multiple Intelligence.

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• Gender Differences of Personality Traits in Altruistic Adolescents:A Study

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Authors

Rachna Rani ¹, Asha Chawla ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of HDFS, COHSc. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

International Journal of Education and Management Studies, Vol 7, No 3 (2017), Pagination: 387-391

Abstract

The present study was aimed to find out the gender differences in personality traits altruistic adolescents. The study was carried out in Government urban and rural schools of Ludhiana District of Punjab. The total sample comprised 240 adolescents (120 boys & 120 girls) in the age group of 14-16 years who belonging to low and middle socio-economic status. SocioEconomic Status scale. Altruism Scale and 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire was used to collect the data. The results showed that boys with moderate altruism were found more in medium level of personality traits. Which indicated that neither they were humble, expedient, shy, tough minded, trusting, group dependent, undisciplined and relaxed nor they were assertive, conscientious, venturesome, tender minded, suspicious, self-sufficient, controlled and tensed as compared to girls. Boys with moderate altruism were found more outgoing, socially aware, free thinkers and less sober Whereas, more number of girls with high altruism were found to have medium level of these personality traits as compared to boys. Boys with high altruism were found outgoing, tender minded, socially aware and were found less intelligent and humble.

Keywords

Adolescents, Altruism, Personality Traits.

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• An Appraisal of The Metacognitive Skills and Learning Styles of Rural Adolescents

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Authors

Gagandeep Kaur ¹, Sarita Saini ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 8, No 9 (2017), Pagination: 1001-1007

Abstract

The present study was conducted to examine the learning styles and metacognitive skills of rural adolescents. The sample for the study comprised 200 rural school going adolescents (grade 9th & 10th) randomly drawn from the selected Government Senior Secondary Schools of the selected village of Ludhiana-1 Block. The subjects were equally distributed across both the grades (grade 9th =100 & grade 10th =100) as well as genders (males= 100 & females =100). VAK Learning Styles Self Assessment Questionnaire (Chislett & Chapman, 2005) and Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (Schraw & Dennison, 1994) were used to collect data. Results of this research indicated that the major proportion of sample adolescents had an average level of metacognition with a preference for Visual and Kinaesthetic leaming style.

Keywords

Metacognition, Learning Styles, Rural Adolescents.

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• Academic Anxiety and Self-Esteem of Learning Disabled Children

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Authors

Lata Sati ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, PAU, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 8, No 9 (2017), Pagination: 1024-1026

Abstract

The present study aims to assess the influence of academic anxiety on self-esteem of learning disabled children. The total sample for the present study consistedofSO learning disabled children. The sample was selected from remedial centers / schools with remedial services m Ludhiana, Chandigarh, and Khanna. Only those children were selected who belonged to intact families and hadbeen formally diagnosed as learning disabled by a certified psychologist or remedial educationist and had been taking remediation for a period of at least 6 months. Cooper smith Inventories (School Form) by Cooper smith (1981) was used to assess self-esteem of learning disabled children. Academic Anxiety Scale by Smgh and Gupta (2009) was used to assess levels of academic anxiety among children. Results reflected that children with learning disability were found to be academically either highly anxious or less anxious. The learning disabled children who were having high self-esteem were found to have low academic anxiety in contrast to children having medium self-esteem.

Keywords

Self-Esteem, Learning Disabled Children and Academic Anxiety.

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• A Study of Mental Health of Adolescents with Selfie Addiction

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Authors

Satinder Kaur ¹, Deepika Vig ¹, Sarita Saini ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, PAU, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 8, No 10 (2017), Pagination: 1107-1113

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to explore the mental health status of rural and urban adolescents with selfie addition. The total sample composed of 360 adolescents studying in 10th, 11th and 12th standard from rural and urban schools of Ludhiana district identified with different levels of selfie addiction and equally divided across two locales i.e. rural and urban. Self-structured Selfie Addiction checklist and Mental Health Battery (Singh & Gupta, 2000) was used to collect the data. The combined picture of mental health status of rural and urban adolescents showed that adolescents with chronic level of selfie addiction were having poor mental health status which indicates that they were having issues with certain aspects of mental health. The results indicated that within borderline and acute level of selfie addiction, urban adolescents had better mental health as compared to rural adolescents. It was found that all the rural urban adolescents with chrome selfie addiction were found to have low level of mental health. It was further found that as the seventy of selfie addiction increased from borderline to acute the percentage of adolescents with high intelligence decreased. Urban adolescents were having better emotional stability than rural adolescents whereas rural adolescents were having better intelligence than their urban counterparts. Urban adolescents were more independent, self-determined in thinking and had greater sense of security as compared to rural adolescents.

Keywords

Adolescents, Selfie Addiction, Self-Esteem.

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• Association between Emotional Maturity and Perceived Stress among Adolescents

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Authors

Deepika Vig ¹, Lata Sati ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN
2 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN

Source

Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 12, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 188-192

Abstract

The present study was an attempt to find association between emotional maturity and perceived stress among 17 to 19 years old adolescents. The total sample for the present study consisted of 100 adolescents from different colleges of Ludhiana city. Emotional Maturity Scale developed by Singh and Bhargava (2012) was used to assess levels of emotional maturity of the adolescents. Perceived Stress Scale developed by Cohen et al. (1993) was used to assess stressful feelings and thoughts of the respondents. Findings revealed that 82 per cent of the adolescents had high emotional maturity whereas, level of perceived stress was found to be low among 60 per cent of adolescents. The association between emotional maturity and perceived stress was found to be significant but negatively associated therefore, adolescents with higher emotional maturity were found to be low in stress. The results emphasized the role of emotional maturity in reducing stress among adolescents.

Keywords

Emotional Maturity, Perceived Stress, Adolescents.

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• Self-Esteem and Selfie Addiction:An Exploratory Study of Rural and Urban Adolescents

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Authors

Satinder Kaur ¹, Deepika Vig ¹, Sarita Saini ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, PAU, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review, Vol 6, No 1 (2018), Pagination: 86-89

Abstract

The current study was undertaken to explore the self-esteem of rural and urban adolescents with selfie addiction. The total sample comprised of 360 adolescents studying in 10th, 11th and 12th standard from schools of Ludhiana district identified with selfie addiction and equally divided across two locales i.e. rural and urban. Self-structured Selfie Addiction checklist and Self-Esteem Inventory (Coopersmith, 1986) was used to collect the data. The results indicated that majority of rural and urban adolescents with borderline, acute and chronic level of selfie addiction were found to have medium self-esteem. It was further found that none of the rural and urban adolescent with chronic level of self-esteem had high level of self-esteem. This indicated that irrespective of the locale (rural/urban), the percentage of rural and urban adolescents with high self-esteem decreased as the severity of selfie addiction increased.

Keywords

Adolescents, Selfie Addiction, Self-Esteem.

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• Gender Differentials in the Impact of Learning Styles on Metacognitive Skills of Rural Adolescents

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Authors

Gagandeep Kaur ¹, Sarita Saini ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN

Source

Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 13, No 1 (2018), Pagination: 151-157

Abstract

Metacognition has been described as a reaction to one’s own cognitive activity.. It also encompasses the methods employed to control one’s own cognitive processes; and an enlightenment of how one coordinates, plans, and monitors cognitive processes.Where metacognition is “thinking about thinking”, learning styles simply represents “thinking about learning”. Learning style can be defined as a preferred way of thinking and processing information and it is unique to the learner.Therefore, the current research focusedon exploring the gender differentials in the impact of learning styles on metacognitive skills of rural adolescents. The sample comprised 200 rural school going adolescents (grade 9^th and 10^th) drawn from the selected Government Senior Secondary Schools of the randomly selected village of Ludhiana-I Block. The subjects were equally distributed across both the grades (grade 9^th =100 and grade 10^th =100) as well as genders (males= 100 and females =100).VAK Learning Styles Self Assessment Questionnaire (Chislett and Chapman, 2005) and Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (Schraw and Dennison, 1994) were used to collect data.The results indicated that gender had no significant impact on the correlation between metacognition and learning styles of rural adolescents. Further, the sub-component wise analysis of metacognition and learning styles revealed a significantly positive correlation between ‘Kinaesthetic learning style’ and the ‘procedural knowledge’, ‘conditional knowledge’ and ‘evaluation’ sub-components of metacognition in adolescent boys whereas in girls, a significant positive correlation was found between ‘Auditory learning style’ and ‘conditional knowledge’, ‘information management strategies’ and ‘comprehension monitoring’ sub- components of metacognition.

Keywords

Metacognition, Learning Styles, Procedural Knowledge, Conditional Knowledge, Evaluation, Information Management Strategies, Comprehension Monitoring.

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• Comparison of Personality Traits of Urban and Rural Altruistic Adolescents of Ludhiana District of Punjab

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Authors

Rachna Rani ¹, Asha Chawla ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN

Source

Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 13, No 1 (2018), Pagination: 250-255

Abstract

The present study was aimed to compare the personality traits of urban and rural altruistic adolescents. The study was carried out in Government urban and rural schools of Ludhiana district. The total sample comprised 240 adolescents (120 urban and 120 rural) in the age group of 14-16 years belonging to low and middle socio-economic status. Socio-economic status scale (Aggarwal et al., 2005), Altruism Scale (Rai and Singh, 2004) and 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (Kapoor, 1970) was used to collect the data. The findings revealed that urban adolescents with moderate altruism were found to have medium level of personality traits which showed that neither they were reserved, less intelligent and humble nor they were more intelligent, outgoing and assertive as compared to rural adolescents. Urban adolescents were found more emotionally stable and moralistic as compared to rural adolescents. More number of rural adolescents with high altruism were also found in medium level of personality traits as compared to urban adolescents.

Keywords

Adolescents, Altruism, Personality Traits.

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• Self-Regulation and Metacognitive Skillfulness Among Adolescents

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Authors

Parvinder Kaur ¹, Sarita Saini ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN

Source

Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 13, No 2 (2018), Pagination: 494-501

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the relationship between varying dimensions of self-regulation and the two components of metacognition. Metacognition and self-regulation should be explored as a serious issue in the educational context as both aim at helping learners to think about their own learning more explicitly. The sample for this study comprised 400 adolescents studying in class +1 and +2, exclusively drawn from the Government Senior Secondary Schools of rural and urban areas of Ludhiana and Moga districts of Punjab. The subjects were randomly selected and equally distributed over gender (males=200 and females=200) and locale (urban=200 and rural =200). Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (Schraw and Dennison, 1994) and Self-Regulation Questionnaire (Brown et al., 1999) were used to assessthe metacognition and self-regulation of adolescents, respectively. Irrespective of gender and locale, the results of Pearson Correlation analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between overall self-regulation and the components of metacognition (Knowledge about Cognition and Regulation of Cognition) as well as overall metacognition. Similar results were also observed in case of female respondents as well as the rural respondents, where a significant positive correlation was found between self-regulation and metacognition.

Keywords

Adolescents, Metacognition, Self-Regulation.

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• Status of Writing Readiness of Urban School Children With Poor Handwriting

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Authors

Hijam Laxmi Chanu ¹, Deepika Vig ¹, Sarita Saini ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN

Source

Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 13, No 2 (2018), Pagination: 615-622

Abstract

The present study was designed to identify urban school children with poor handwriting in English and explore their level of writing readiness. A sample of 60 children from grade 3 in the age group of 7-9 years was drawn from two public schools of Ludhiana city with average or above average intellectual abilities. Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices (Raven, 1965) was used to identify the intellectual abilities of children. Occupational Therapy Screening Test (Lilley, 2006) Set A was used to assess the handwriting skills of the children. Writing Readiness Assessment Tool was used to assess different pre-writing skills. Finding of the study revealed that more than half of the children with poor handwriting skills were found to have poor writing readiness skills followed by average and good level. It was further found that in all the dimensions of writing readiness, major proportion of children had poor level of performance. Out of all the dimensions of writing readiness, ‘Moving from freedom to confinement’ was found to be poorest skill in children with poor handwriting.

Keywords

Poor Handwriting, Writing Readiness, Moving From Freedom to Confinement.

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• Impact of Intervention in Remediating Visual Perception Skills of Urban School Children with Poor Handwriting

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Authors

Hijam Laxmi Chanu ¹, Deepika Vig ¹, Sarita Saini ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 9, No 7 (2018), Pagination: 953-959

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to evaluate the impact of intervention programme in remediating visual perception skills of urban school children with poor handwriting. The total sample consisted of 60 children of grade 3 from the public schools of Ludhiana city with average or above average intellectual abilities. Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices (Raven, 1965) was used to assess the intellectual abilities of the children. Occupational Therapy Screening Test (Lilley, 2006) Set A and Set B were used to assess handwriting and different sub-skills of visual perception respectively. An individualized need-based remedial intervention programme based on multisensory, visuo-motor integration and cognitive approaches was developed to improve handwriting legibility of children. Efficacy of the developed programme was assessed by comparing pre and post-intervention scores of the children. Pre-intervention scores revealed that more than half of the children with poor handwriting skills were found to have poor visual perception followed by average and good level. However, after intervention, significant improvement was found in this skill. The results also revealed that before intervention, out of all the sub-skills of visual perception 'Visual Motor Integration' followed by 'Visual Discrimination' were found to be the poorest among such children. However, after receiving intervention, these sub-skills became the strongest skills of such children. It was further found that significant improvement in the mean scores of children was observed during post-intervention assessment across all the levels and sub-skills of visual perception.

Keywords

Visual Perception, Visual Discrimination, Visual Motor Integration, Intervention.

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• Metacognition, Self-Regulation and Learning Environment as Determinant of Academic Achievement

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Authors

Parvinder Kaur ¹, Sarita Saini ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 9, No 5 (2018), Pagination: 735-739

Abstract

The present study intends to investigate the interplay among metacognition, learning environment and selfregulation as determinant of adolescent academic achievement. Metacognition, self-regulation and favourable learning environment are being acknowledged to have potential impact on the academic achievement of learners. Therefore, it is worthwhile to investigate these components in educational context and explore their contribution towards the academic performance of adolescents. The statistical population of this research consisted of 400 respondents (equally distributed over gender & locale) drawn trom randomly selected Government Senior Secondary Schools of urban and rural areas ofLudhiana and Moga districts ofPunjab. Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (Schraw & Dennison, 1994); Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (Rolf et al., 1997); and Self-Regulation Questionnaire (Brown et al., 1999) were used to collect the relevant information from the respondents as per the objectives of the study. The results revealed that metacognition, self-regulation and perceptions pertaining to overall learning environment were significantly positively contributing towards the academic achievement of respondents.

Keywords

Adolescents, Academic Achievement, Learning Environment, Metacognition, Self-Regulation.

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• Locale Difference in Academic Readiness of Government School Children

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Authors

Chandandeep Kaur Gill ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

International Journal of Education and Management Studies, Vol 9, No 1 (2019), Pagination: 10-16

Abstract

The present study was conducted to assess locale differences in academic readiness of government school children. The study was based on 200 children (i.e., 100 rural & 100 urban) studying in Class I equally distributed across two genders. The sample was randomly drawn from five Government Primary Schools purposively selected from rural as well as urban locales of Ludhiana District. Self-Structured Academic Readiness Checklist was used to assess the academic readiness of rural and urban government school children. The checklist comprised of worksheets, activities and observations related to pre-reading, pre-writing and pre-mathematical skills of the children for each component. Results revealed non significant differences in all the domains of academic readiness, however urban children were found to be performing better than rural children.

Keywords

Academic Readiness, Pre-Reading, Pre-Writing and Pre-Arithmetic.

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• Locale Difference in Developmental Readiness of Government School Children

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Authors

Jennifer Newton ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

International Journal of Education and Management Studies, Vol 9, No 2 (2019), Pagination: 52-59

Abstract

The present study was conducted to assess locale differences in developmental readiness of government school children. The study was based on 200 children (i.e., 100 rural & 100 urban) studying in Class I equally distributed across two genders. The sample was randomly drawn from five Government Primary Schools purposively selected from rural as well as urban locales of Ludhiana District. Self-Structured Developmental Readiness Checklist was used to assess the developmental readiness of rural and urban government school children. The checklist comprised of worksheets, activities and observations related to cognitive, physical, socio-emotional and self-help skills of the children for each component. Results revealed significant differences across all the domains of developmental readiness except in socio-emotional skills in terms of locale differences. Urban children scored better than rural children in majority of the domains of developmental readiness.

Keywords

Developmental Readiness, Cognitive, Physical, Socio-emotional and Self-Help Skills.

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• Impact of Educational Therapy Programme on Mathematical Skills of Rural Children

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Authors

Yumkhaibam Anandi Devi ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

International Journal of Education and Management Studies, Vol 9, No 3 (2019), Pagination: 140-144

Abstract

The present study was an attempt to see the impact of planning and implementation of educational therapy programme on mathematical skills of school children. The sample for the study consisted of 15 teachers and30 children of class II from the rural private schools of Ludhiana district. Self Structured Cognitive Abilities Assessment Checklist were used to assess teachers' cognitive abilities to design educational therapy programme for children, Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices (Raven, 1965) was used to assess the intellectual abilities of the children and Self Structured Mathematical Skills Checklist was used to assess different mathematical skills of children. Rural teachers who showed high level of application level of cognitive abilities were selected to plan and design educational therapy programme for children with mathematical difficulties which was implemented for three months. Pre-intervention results revealed that children were in low and medium level of mathematical skills and none of the child was in high level. Post- intervention results revealed that rural children of class II shifted to medium and to high level and none of the child remained in low level of mathematical skills. Further, dimensionwise analysis revealed that the mathematical skills were improved in each dimension indicating that children were better able to perform in number facts, place value, addition, subtraction and counting. Hence, the educational therapy programme significantly enhanced the mathematical skills of rural children..

Keywords

Cognitive Abilities, Intervention, Mathematical Skills, Educational Therapy Programme.

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• Relationship of Altruism and Empathy Among Rural and Urban Adolescents of Ludhiana District

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Authors

Pooja Kaushik ¹, Asha Chawla ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 11, No 1 (2020), Pagination: 46-51

Abstract

The present study was carried out on 240 adolescents (120 rural & 120 urban) in the age group of 16-18 years from government schools of Ludhiana District to understand relationship of altruism and empathy among rural and urban adolescents. For data collection, socio-personal information sheet, Altruism Scale (Rai & Singh, 2004) and Empathy Scale (Dubey & Tandon, 2014) were used. The results revealed that rural adolescents were highly altruistic and empathetic as compared to urban adolescents. Large proportion of the rural and urban adolescents had high level of altruism and empathy. Rural adolescents had significantly better mean scores as compared to urban adolescents at average level as well as overall altruism and empathy. Significant and positive correlation existed between altruism and empathy among rural adolescents indicating higher was the altruistic attitude, more was the empathy in adolescents.

Keywords

Adolescents, Altruism and Empathy.

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• Locale Differentials in Developmental Readiness of Private School Children

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Authors

Neha Joshi ¹, Deepika Vig ¹, Sarita Sain ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 10, No 3 (2019), Pagination: 156-161

Abstract

Developmental readiness plays an important role in early childhood period and it sets the basis for future development. It is multi-faceted concept comprised of physical, cognitive, socio-emotional and self-help skills of children. Thus developmental readiness of children assures smooth and successful transition to formal schooling. The purpose of the present study was to assess the developmental readiness of private school children. The total sample of the study comprised of 200 children (i.e., 100 rural & 100 urban) of class- I randomly selected from private schools of rural and urban area. Self-structured Developmental readiness checklist was used to assess its different components.The results revealed that most of the rural and urban children had high level of skills across all domains. Locale differences showed that both rural children showed significantly better skills across various domains of developmental readiness than urban children except in cognitive skills and fine motor skills. Implications o fresearch for practice are also discussed in the present study.

Keywords

Developmental Readiness, Cognitive Readiness, Gross and Fine Motor Readiness.

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• Awareness of Child Rights and Protection Among The Primary School Teachers

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Authors

Nidhi Marothiya ¹, Sarita Saini ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 10, No 3 (2019), Pagination: 206-210

Abstract

Cases related to child abuse and exploitations of child rights are major public concerns nowadays. Despite having plenty of implementation for the welfare of children in India the condition of children is still worse. The school is a major social institution responsible for socializing the child and teachers are in unique position to safeguard children due to their daily contact with children. The study was initiated to identify the awareness level of teachers regarding Child Rights and Protection in Ludhiana district of Punjab. Total 120 teachers from primary section of schools were selected as a sample of the study. A self-structured 'Child Rights and Protection' Checklist was used to collect the requisite data. Analysis of results revealed that majority of teachers were quite aware about the basic child rights as per the Indian Constitution but the awareness regarding UNCRC (1989); POCSO Act (2012); and JJ Act (2015) was found to be very poor among teachers. Further, the locale-wise differences among teachers regarding basic child rights revealed that urban teachers were significantly better aware than rural teachers but, no significant differences were observed with regards to (UNCRC, 1989) as well as the (JJ Act, 2015). However, contrasting to the other finding of this study it was found that rural teachers were significantly more knowledgeable than their urban counterparts regarding some of the provisions under the (POCSO Act, 2012). The correlation analysis of awareness level of teachers with their socio-personal characteristics revealed a statistically non-significant relationship between the variables.

Keywords

Child Rights, UNCRC, POCSO Act, JJ Act, Teachers' Awareness.

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• Locale Differentials in Academic Readiness of Private School Children

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Authors

Shatakshi Singh ¹, Deepika Vig ¹, Asha Chawla ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 11, No 4 (2020), Pagination: 365-370

Abstract

Academic readiness plays an important role in early childhood period and it sets the basis for future development. It is a holistic approach of parents, children, and school towards appropriate development of child. Academic readiness is gaining attention as an important approach to merge the learning gap and improves the quality of achieving lifelong learning and full developmental potential among preschoolers. This study comprising 200 children (i.e., 100 rural & 100 urban) of class-I from randomly selected private schools of rural and urban area of Ludhiana district. Self-structured academic readiness checklist was undertaken to assess academic readiness. The results revealed that most of the rural and urban children had high level of skills in overall academic readiness. Locale wise differences depicted that urban children had better skills across various domains of academic readiness than rural children.

Keywords

Academic Readiness, Per-reading Readiness, Per-writing Readiness, Per-arithmetic Readiness.

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• Quality of Life of Primary Caregivers of Dependent Elderly

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Authors

Parul Kalia ¹, Sarita Saini ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 12, No 1 (2021), Pagination: 7-13

Abstract

Caregiving of a dependent elderly is one of the gruelling tasks that develops burden of stress among caregivers. The caregiver stress is an important and negative parameter which is harmful for the primary caregivers. In fact, the burden upon the primary caregivers ultimately changes the perception of quality of life. The overburdening of the tasks viz. household as well as caregiving and that is also without required amount of help leads to poor quality of life of the primary caregivers. The present study was conducted on a sample of 60 primary caregivers from middle socio-economic status families situated in the district of Ludhiana city of Punjab. Zarit Burden Interview developed by Zarit et al. (1980) was used to assess the caregiver stress of the primary caregivers. The quality of life of the respondents was assessed by the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref questionnaire which was developed by World Health Organization (1997). The results revealed that a major proportion of the respondents reported to possess a low level of quality of life. Statistically significant association was found between the caregiver stress and the overall quality of life as well as across different domains of quality of life of the primary caregivers.

Keywords

primary Caregiver, Caregiver Stress, Quality of Life.

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• Relationship of Altruism with Empathy Among Adolescents: A Gender Study

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Authors

Pooja Kaushik ¹, Asha Chawla ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 12, No 1 (2021), Pagination: 91-95

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the gender differences in the relationship of altruism with empathy of adolescents. The present study was carried out on 240 adolescents (120 girls & 120 boys) in the age group of 16-18 years from Government Senior Secondary schools of Ludhiana District. For data collection, Socio-personal Information Sheet, Altruism Scale (Rai & Singh) and Empathy Scale (Dubey & Tandon) were used. The results revealed that majority of the adolescents had higher level of altruism. However, gender wise differences indicated that girls were found to be more altruistic and more empathetic as compared to boys. Statistically significant and positive correlation existed between altruism and empathy across both the genders.

Keywords

Adolescents, Altruism, Empathy.

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• Association of Aggression and Family Environment among Rural and Urban Adolescents of Ludhiana District

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Authors

Jasmeen Kaur ¹, Asha Chawla ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 12, No 1 (2021), Pagination: 63-68

Abstract

The present study was conducted to assess the association of aggression and family environment among rural and urban adolescents. A total sample of 240 adolescents (120 rural & 120 urban) in the age range of 16-18 years was randomly drawn from four Government Senior Secondary Schools of rural and urban area of Ludhiana district. Aggression Scale by Mathur and Bhatnagar (1995) and Family Environment Scale by Bhatia and Chadha (1993) were used to measure the aggression and family environment of the adolescents. The results revealed that both rural and urban adolescents had average level of aggression. Urban adolescents showed high level of aggression as compared to rural adolescents. The results also demonstrated that family environment affected aggressive behaviour of adolescents. Perception levels for various dimensions of family environment were different in urban and rural respondents. Significant locale differences in mean scores were found in expressiveness, conflict, independence, active-recreational orientation and control dimension of family environment. Aggression had negative but significant correlation with cohesion and acceptance and caring in urban adolescents.

Keywords

Adolescents, Aggression and Family Environment.

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• An Appraisal of Burden of Stress among Family Caregivers of Dependent Elderly

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Authors

Parul Kalia ¹, Sarita Saini ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 12, No 1 (2021), Pagination: 111-115

Abstract

Family caregivers have played an important role in our society for granting care to the aged. They are playing crucial role in our care system by providing a significant quantity of health and long-term care for the aged person, chronically ill and disabled. The act of care-giving is not an easy task and can become more tedious when one is caring for a family member who is solely depending on the primary caregiver for everything. This situation could be the reason for many challenges which can affect the quality of life of the primary caregivers. The present research has made an attempt to assess the burden of stress among the family caregivers across varying stages of adulthood who were primarily responsible for care of dependent elderly. The sample included 60 families of primary caregivers who were taking care of the dependent elderly in their family from the Ludhiana city. The Zarit Burden Interview developed by Zarit et al. (1980) was used to measure the burden of stress on caregivers. The results reflected a major proportion of primary caregivers experiencing severe level of stress along with statistically significant differences between primary caregivers of young and middle adulthood stage.

Keywords

Primary Caregivers, Caregiver Burden, Dependent Elderly.

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• Assessment of Academic Anxiety among High and Low Achievers of Senior Secondary Classes in Private Schools of Ludhiana City

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Authors

Alka Dixit ¹, Deepika Vig ²

Affiliations
1 Research Scholar, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN
2 Head of Department, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

International Journal of Education and Management Studies, Vol 12, No 1 (2022), Pagination: 58-62

Abstract

The world has become a place of great unnatural competition and academic achievements are seen as a bench mark of success in student's life. This bloodshed competition to achieve greater success and brighter future makes students more anxious, nervous worried, and sometimes extremely stressed and depressed too. Students with high levels of anxiety show passive attitude towards studies, lack of concentration and confidence, reduced memory span and poor reasoning abilities. The present study is planned to assess and the levels and found the difference in perception of academic anxiety among 240 high and 240 low achievers of class 11th and class 12th. To fulfill the purpose of the study, six private schools from two Zones of Ludhiana city were selected. Academic Anxiety Scale developed by Siddique and Rehman (2017) was used to assess the academic anxiety of selected high and low achievers.

Keywords

academic anxiety, high achievers and low achievers

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• School Environment as Determinant of Mental Health among Rural Adolescents

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Authors

Jaspreet Kaur ¹, Asha Chawla ², Deepika Vig ³

Affiliations
1 M.Sc. Student, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana Punjab, IN
2 Principal Scientist, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN
3 Professor Cum Head, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

International Journal of Education and Management Studies, Vol 12, No 2 (2022), Pagination: 108-113

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted to study the school environment as determinant of mental health among rural adolescents. The study was based on 200 adolescents (i.e., 100 boys & 100 girls). The sample was purposively selected from Government Senior Schools of Fazilka District. Self-structured general information sheet was prepared to collect the general information of the adolescents. Mental Health Battery by Singh and Gupta (2000) and School Environment Scale (Misra, 2012) were used to assess the mental health and school environment of the adolescents. Results revealed that majority of adolescents had average mental health and school environment. Boys were found to be significantly better than their counterparts as well as in overall mental health except in the dimension of emotional stability where girls were found to be significantly better than boys at high level. Significant gender differences were observed in creative stimulation and permissiveness dimension of school environment where boys scored better than girls. School environment was found to be positively and significantly correlated with adjustment, autonomy, intelligence dimensions as well as overall mental health of adolescents. Cognitive encouragement of school environment contributed positively and significantly towards the mental health of the adolescents.

Keywords

Mental Health, School Environment and Adolescents

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• Association of Defense Mechanisms with Anxiety Depression and Stress Among Adolescents

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Authors

Vaishali . ¹, Sarita Saini ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

International Journal of Education and Management Studies, Vol 12, No 4 (2022), Pagination: 288-294

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to examine the association of defense mechanisms with anxiety, depression and stress among adolescents. The total sample comprised 240 adolescents studying in class +1 and +2. The sample was selected randomly from Government Senior Secondary Schools of Ludhiana district of Punjab and equally distributed across two genders (males= 120 & females=120). Aself- structured personal information sheet, Defense Mechanisms Inventory (Mrinal & Singhal, 2012) and Anxiety, Depression and Stress Scale (Bhatnagar et al., 2020) were used to collect relevant information from the respondents. The results revealed that major proportion of adolescents were at high level of using defense mechanisms and only 5 per cent were at low level. Majority of adolescents had low level of anxiety, depression and stress. Furthermore, overall defense mechanisms were found to be non-significantly correlated with overall anxiety, depression and stress except one dimension of defense mechanisms, viz.,'Turning Against Object' which was found to be significantly and positively correlated with anxiety and stress among rural boys

Keywords

adolescents, defense mechanisms, anxiety, depression, stress.

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• Comparative Analysis of Perceived Loneliness among Selfie Addicts and Non-selfie Addicts Youth of Punjab

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Authors

Satinder Kaur ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 13, No 4 (2022), Pagination: 538-542

Abstract

Nowadays, taking selfies and posting them to social media is a major trend. However, photos may seem harmless, if used carelessly, they can have devastating repercussions on psychological heath of individuals. The present study is based on the comparative analysis of perceived Loneliness among selfie addicts and non-selfie addicts youth of Punjab. In this study, 500 young adults of 19-21 years were surveyed by using Self-Structured Selfie Addiction Checklist and Loneliness Inventory. A complete list of all the districts falling under three cultural regions of Punjab, viz., Majha, Malwa and Doaba was prepared. For equal representation of the sample from all cultural regions, proportionate numbers of districts were selected in the ratio of approximately 1:1:3 from Majha, Doaba, and Malwa region respectively. Amritsar district from Majha and Jalandhar district from Doaba region and Ludhiana, Moga and Patiala from Malwa region were purposively selected. The colleges and universities were chosen randomly for data collection to complete the sample. Survey results indicated that non-significantly majority of young adults had medium level of loneliness irrespective of their addiction in Majha, Malwa, and Doaba region respectively. Moreover, significantly more number of non-addicts had high level of loneliness which highlights that addicts keep them engaged by clicking, editing and posting selfies on social media. Further, significantly higher number of addicted males in comparison to non-addict males, had medium level of loneliness whereas more number of addicted females were found in low level of loneliness which shows that addicted females feel less lonely and isolated as compared to addicted males.

Keywords

selfie, selfie addition, loneliness, Punjab and youth.

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• Dynamics of Perceived Depression among Selfie Addicts and Non-selfie Addicts Young Adults of Punjab

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Satinder Kaur ¹, Deepika Vig ¹, Asha Chawla Thakral ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab ., IN

Source

IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review, Vol 11, No 1 (2023), Pagination: 34 - 38

Abstract

Social media usage has grown swiftly in recent years, with one of the most popular activities for young adults like clicking, editing and uploading, self-photos, known as selfies. However, research has only recently begun to investigate selfies, and little is known about selfe practices in young adults and its association with depression. The present study is based on the dynamics of perceived Depression among selfie addicts and non-selfie addicts of young adults of Punjab. Under this study, 500 young adults were surveyed aged between 19-21 years by using Self-Structured Selfie Addiction Checklist and Beck Depression Inventory. A complete list of all the districts falling under three cultural regions of Punjab, viz., Majha, Malwa, and Doaba was prepared. For equal representation of the sample from all cultural regions, proportionate numbers of districts were selected in the ratio of approximately 1:1:3 from Majha, Doaba, and Malwa region respectively. Amritsar district from Majha and Jalandhar district from Doaba region and Ludhiana, Moga and Patiala from Malwa region were purposively selected. The colleges and universities were chosen randomly for data collection to complete the sample. Survey results indicated that selfie addiction has no relationship with depression. However, whether, selfie addict or non selfie addict young adults, both were found to have minimal level of depression in Majha, Malwa, and Doaba.

Keywords

selfie, selfie addition, depression and young adults

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• A Study of Academic Resilience among Students of Senior Secondary Classes from Different Streams

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Authors

Alka Dixit ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 14, No 2 (2023), Pagination: 119-124

Abstract

Academic Resilience plays a very important role in modern education. It is the student's ability to compete and get success in an environment where they face adverse conditions. Academic resilience assists the learners to handle and manage stress, anxiety and pressure in the academic setting. These days, academic resilience is seen as an emerging trend in education system and has become an important part of education as well as the most important part of a student's life. In the present study, an attempt was made to assess and compare the levels of academic resilience among 480 students (240 high & 240 low achievers from various streams, i.e., medical, non-medical, commerce & humanities) studying in Senior Secondary classes of six different private schools of Ludhiana city. Academic Resilience Scale developed by Mallick and Kaur (2015) was used to assess the academic resilience among selected high and low achievers. Results of the study showed that medical students (high achievers from class 12th ) were highly academically resilient followed by non-medical, commerce and humanities students. High achievers were found to have high level of sense of well-being as well as positive relationships with adults and peers than low achievers.

Keywords

academic resilience, high achievers, and low achievers.

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