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Simran Bedi ¹, Nandita Babu ²

Affiliations
1 Clinical Psychologist, Masina Hospital, Mumbai, IN
2 Department Psychology, North Campus, Delhi, IN

Abstract

Theory of mind (TOM), or the ability to make inferences about the mental states of other people is thought to be the proximate mechanism underlying human's ability to function in complex collaborative social networks. Here we present a set of stories and questions for investigating higher order theory of mind functioning in school age children, and also a scale for obtaining ratings of children's social competence. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to assess TOM in adolescents and to determine whether individual differences in this mentalizing ability relate to social competence. It was hypothesized that adolescent's ability to understand thoughts and emotions in others would be associated with their social competence. 80 adolescent (40 class 11th students and 40 class 9th students; mean age 16-14) completed peer social competence ratings and participated in a social understanding (TOM) interview. Parent's ratings of the participants' social competence were also collected. Based on composite TOM scores, results indicated positive associations between TOM and peer and parents ratings of social interaction skills.

Keywords

Theory Ofmind (TOM), Social Competence, Mental Theory

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Simran Bedi ¹, T. B. Singh ²

Affiliations
1 Clinical Psychologist Maisna Hospital, Mumbai, IN
2 Institute of Behavioral Science, Gujrat Forensic University, Gandhinagar, Gujrat, IN

Abstract

The present study is an exploratory research which aims to assess the Depression, Anxiety, Well-Being and Quality of Life in Stroke patients with Hemiplegia. The sample consisted of 30 stroke patients collected from the Neurology Department. Beck Depression inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety inventory (BAI), Subjective well-being questionnaire and WHO-QOL questionnaire were administered on the sample. Hindi standardized translated scales were administered to the sample. Frequency, percentages and correlation coefficient were the statistical tools used for analyzing the obtained data. Majority of the participants were suffering from Moderate Depression and Anxiety. Participants were found to have low QOL in "psychological" domain and average QOL in "physical, environment" domain, but high QOL in Social domain. Participants scored low on Confidence in coping factor of Subjective well-being scale and high score on perceived ill-health. Correlation coefficient shows positive correlation between Depression and Anxiety. There was positive correlation between various domains of QOL "Physical, psychological, social and environment" domain. Negative correlation was found between Depression and domains of QOL, also negative correlation was found between Anxiety and QOL domains. Findings show that QOL has inverse relationship with Depression and Anxiety. However subjective well-being was found to have no significant correlation with Depression, Anxiety and Quality of life.

Keywords

Stroke, Hemiplegia, Depression, Anxiety, Quality of Life, Well-being

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Amrita Bedi ¹, Simran Bedi ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, North Campus, University of Delhi, New Delhi, IN
2 Masina Hospital, Mumbai, IN

Abstract

Contemporary world is dominated by communication that transforms and transfers information at a rate where it is not possible to escape its influences. Media mediates our attitude, outlook and lifestyle and moulds the stances we take in our everyday lives. The infamous Delhi Gang Rape case of 16th December, 2012 brought in a revolution in the world of media regarding a topic otherwise stigmatized and expanded the public eye's view of Indian woman and her portrayal of being the “weaker sex”. With this as the background the present study aims at elucidating the inter-generational differences of Indian men towards their view of woman and her associated roles. A mixed method approach was adopted to evaluate the concept related to women. The sample consisted of 100 Indian males-50 from the age group of 18-25 years and 50 from 45-55 years. For quantitative analysis, semantic differential method was used and the D-statistic was calculated. For the qualitative analysis, blogs written post 16th December, 2012 Delhi gang-rape were analyzed and the themes arising in them were identified. Results indicate an average magnitude of difference between the males of two age groups mthetr view of woman and her various roles that of a wife, daughter, girl-friend, mother to name a few. Qualitative analysis of the blogs helped identity the following themes: belief of a good and bad woman, entirety of appearance, concept of freedom and her safety as forwarded by men. Results highlight the issue of a woman as being acceptable only when her identity is defined by the male and also, when she lives within the parameters drawn bythe conservativesocial order. The study has implications for the field of gender studies, development studies, cross- cultural studies and issues of women empowerment.

Keywords

Media, Women, Roles, Men, Inter-Generational Differences.

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