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Jyoti Sihag ¹, Sudesh Jood ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Foods and Nutrition, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004, IN

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder and major public health problem in the developed as well as developing countries. It affects more than 100 million persons worldwide and its incidence is increasing steadily with changing in life style. It is generally involves absolute or relative insulin deficiency, or insulin resistance, or both.

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Poonam ¹, Chandrakala Singh ¹, Jyoti Sihag ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The period of adolescence is vital for a person's total growth, both mentally and physically. It is the state or process of growing up. The growth and development of the person are dependent on the family. Motivation, job performance, decision-making, effective management, and leadership all depend on emotional intelligence. This research examines the impact of emotional intelligence and family environment on the personality of rural adolescents. Good Mental health and wellness is significantly predicted by personality. The study was conducted in rural areas of Bhiwani district and Gurugram district of Haryana State. Each district sample constituted of randomly selected 120 adolescents including 60 males and 60 females. The results revealed that the majority of the adolescents had an average level of emotional intelligence, personality, and family environment. Emotional intelligence and personality are associated with some personal and socio-economic variables like parental education, parental occupation, ordinal position, and number of siblings, and annual family income. The comparison revealed that Talu village, adolescents' were found better in emotional intelligence and personality than Mahu village's, adolescents. Study also suggests that a positive and significant relationship exists between emotional intelligence and family environment among adolescents.

Keywords

Adolescence, Emotional Intelligence, Personality, Family Environment.

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Jyoti Sihag ¹, Pinki Rani ², Poonam Yadav ³

Affiliations
1 Ph. D. Scholar, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, IN
2 M.Sc. student, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, IN
3 DES, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, IN

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Self-esteem may be particularly dynamic during the adolescent years. The time period is characterized by abrupt developmental changes in a number of developmental domains, which have an impact on changes in overall selfesteem and related domains. Adolescence in girls is a turbulent period, which includes stressful events like menarche, considered as a landmark of female puberty. For girls' and women's health, education, and dignity, good menstrual hygiene is essential. The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the difficulties girls have because of menstruation, namely how socio-cultural norms affect their self-esteem. The study was conducted on 240 adolescent girls in the age group of 10-14 years and 15-19 years belonging to rural and urban areas of Hisar district. Self- developed schedules were used to delineate personal, socio-personal variables, MHM status in terms of knowledge, attitude and practices, socio-cultural norms concerning menstruation. Self-esteem of adolescent girls was dependent variable for the present study which was assessed by using State Self-esteem Scale (SSES) developed by Heatherton and Polivy (1991). Frequency, percentages, mean, standard deviation, Z-test, ANOVA, correlation and chi-square tests were used to analyze the data as per objectives. The study found that more than onefourth of girls had poor level of knowledge and 21.25 percent girls followed poor practices regarding MHM and more than half (57.5%) of the girls need improvement in their attitude regarding MHM. Findings revealed that there was significant gap in MHM status of rural and urban girls. Girls attaining early menarche and having irregular periods had lower level of self-esteem. Age, class, menstrual cycle pattern, area of residence, mother education and father occupation were associated factors of low self-esteem in this study. Present study results confirmed significant impact of MHM status on self-esteem of adolescents.

Keywords

adolescent girls, menstrual hygiene management, personal and socio-economic variables, self-esteem.

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