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Rajesh Bhatt ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal, Uttarakhand, IN

Abstract

This study attempts to emphasize the importance and need of clinical counseling in dealing with consequences of post HIV self. Post HIV self may face psychological disorders with symptoms like stress, anger, frustration, anxiety, depression, and chronic psycho-somatic disorder. Many stressors work together with post HIV self. Post HIV self may be affected by chronic physical pain, discrimination, stigma, abuse, rejection and sudden loss of fundamental human rights. People living with HIV also may encounter emotional and social isolation due to losing their independency and depending on others. People living with HIV survive personally and socially in the uncertainty because of their dependency on timing and nature of treatment, progression of disease, daily life style, economic status and approach to health care center. Many people living with HIV are simultaneously coping with grief from already having lost loved ones to AIDS. These kinds of incidents make them hopeless and influence them negatively. They assume that one day they will also die like their loved one and nobody can stop to happen this. There is an urgent need to improve psychological services for people with HIV so that people living with HIV may get better psychological health. In this connection, this paper suggests some ways to reconstruct post HIV self and over come from psychological cocktail. Various recent researches also emphasized that post HIV self may be enhanced by joining HIV/AIDS support group and spiritual group, appropriate knowledge of disease and medication, meditation, prayer, regular exercises, attending HIV related events/workshops, self acceptance, stress management strategies and getting employment etc.

Keywords

Psychological Cocktail, HIV Self.

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Rashmi Tyagi ¹, Rajesh Bhatt ², Vishakha Karkwal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, DAV Collage, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, IN
2 Department of Psychology, Doon University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, IN

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the comparison between female and male adolescent students on the modernization scale. The study also compares the components of modernization, i.e., socio-religious, marriage, women, and education, between female and male students. The total number of subjects consisted of 100, equally divided into female and male students. The modernization scale was used to measure the level of modernization of the subjects. Means, SDs, and t values were computed to assess the level of modernization. The findings indicated that there was no significant difference in the overall level of modernization and its three components, i.e., socioreligious, marriage, and education, between female and male students, whereas, there was a significant difference in the attitudes towards the position of women as a component of modernization between female and male students.

Keywords

modernisation, adolescent, socio-religious, marriage, women and education.

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