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Saini, Neetu
- A Correlational Study of PTSD and Different Coping Strategies among Residents of Kashmir
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1 Department of Psychology Govt. Degree College Hadipora, J&K, IN
2 Jammu & Kashmir, IN
3 University of Delhi, Delhi, IN
4 Disha School of Special Education & Rehabilitation Centre, Meerut, U.P, IN
1 Department of Psychology Govt. Degree College Hadipora, J&K, IN
2 Jammu & Kashmir, IN
3 University of Delhi, Delhi, IN
4 Disha School of Special Education & Rehabilitation Centre, Meerut, U.P, IN
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 4, No 3 (2013), Pagination: 482-486Abstract
Though disastrous events may last for seconds to few days, effects on commumties and individuals can continue from months to years during the extended process of recovery, reconstruction and restoration. Long term recovery varies significantly due to the complex interaction of psychological, cultural, social, political and economic factors. PTSD is a severe emotional reaction that develops after exposure to one or more traumatic events that threaten or cause grave physical or psychological harm. The present study aims to examine (1) the correlation between PTSD and different coping strategies, and (2) the correlation between PTSD and different demographic variables. A sample of 100 subjects was taken from Bone and Joints Hospital, Srinagar and Khundrooa residential area of Anantnag district. In order to meet the aims of the present study, 'Impact of eventscalerevised(IES-R)'developed by Weiss and Marmar in l997 and'Ways of copingrevised' developed by Folkman and Lazarus in l985 were used. Data was analyzed by using mean, S.D, correlation, and t-test. It was found that among different coping strategies like confrontive coping, self controlling, seeking social support, accepting responsibility, planful problem solving, and positive re-appraisal PTSD patients make more use of Accepting responsibility'and'Seeking social support coping strategies. Results also suggested that PTSD differed significantly with respect to gender, educational qualification, age and residential area.Keywords
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Coping Strategies.- Self-Efficacy and Proactive Attitude among Patients with Diabetes
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1 University of Delhi, Delhi, IN
2 Department of Psychology, Govt. Degree College Hadipora, J&K, IN
3 Department of Education, J&K, IN
4 DSSERC,Meerut, IN
1 University of Delhi, Delhi, IN
2 Department of Psychology, Govt. Degree College Hadipora, J&K, IN
3 Department of Education, J&K, IN
4 DSSERC,Meerut, IN
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 4, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 333-338Abstract
Diabetes exhausts individual's physical as well as psychological resources because of its chronic nature. It has been seen that certain individuals' belief in themselves make it easy for them to survive efficiently through the prolonged uneasiness of the disease. Self efficacy and proactive attitudes are two of the components thought to create a certain kind of possibility to follow a strict medical regimen and build up an optimal confidence level for self-management of the chronic disease. The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between self-efficacy and proactive attitude among diabetic patients. It also studied the impact of different demographic variables like gender, educational qualification, residential area, age, family type, marital status, monthly income and employment status with respect to self efficacy and proactive attitude among patients with diabetes. The sample included 180 diabetic patients (59 male and 121 female) taken from different hospitals of Srinagar city belonging to different parts of Kashmir. Self-efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease developed by Stanford Patient Education centre and Proactive Attitude Scale developed by Ralph Schwarzer were used in the present study for assessing self-efficacy and proactive attitude respectively. Data so collected was analyzed using mean, S.D, correlation, t-test and ANOVA. Findings of the study suggest that there is a significant correlation between self-efficacy and proactive attitude among diabetic patients. The impact of socio-demogrphic variables is also discussed. Gender, residential area and family type showed no significant difference with respect to self-efficacy and proactive attitude.Keywords
Self-Efficacy, Proactive Attitude and Diabetes.- Effectiveness of Positive Behavioural Support in Managing the Self-Injurious Behaviour in Children with Mental Retardation
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1 Department of Psychology, Govt. Degree College, Hadipora, J&K, IN
2 Disha School of Special Education & Rehabilitation Centre, Meerut, U.P., IN
3 University of Delhi, Delhi, IN
4 Department of Rehabilitation Psychology, National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped, Secunderabad, A.P., IN
1 Department of Psychology, Govt. Degree College, Hadipora, J&K, IN
2 Disha School of Special Education & Rehabilitation Centre, Meerut, U.P., IN
3 University of Delhi, Delhi, IN
4 Department of Rehabilitation Psychology, National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped, Secunderabad, A.P., IN