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Shraddhesh Kumar Tiwari ¹, Dhananjay Kumar ¹, Vijaysen Pandey ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, IN
2 Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IN

Abstract

Present study armed to investigate the group favoritism and perceived discrimination which plays a major role in inter group behavior. It was hypothesized that negatively valuated group or category feel more perceived discrimination and adopted out group favoritism. One hundred twenty students (40 Gen, 40 OBC, 40 SC/ST) of Gorakhpur university were administered two standardized questionnaire-Social stereotypes scale and Perceived discrimination questionnaire. Results reveal that student of general category adopted in group favoritism and less perceived discrimination. Students of SC/ST category manifested out-group favoritism and feel highest perceived discrimination. Findings were explained with the help of social identity and social justification theory.

Keywords

Fn-Group Favoritism, Out-Group Favoritism, Perceived Discrimination, Social Categories.

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Vijaysen Pandey ¹

Affiliations
1 Amity Institute of Psychology & Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IN

Abstract

The present study examined the quality of life among villagers. Two hundred forty subjects varying along the levels of ecological change of village (joint and nuclear family), caste groups (GEN, OBC and SC) and gender (male and female) drawn from Maharajganj and Kushinagar district of eastern Uttar Pradesh completed the quality of life measure. The result reveled that subjects belonging to villages having nuclear family showed significantly higher quality of life than their counterparts subjects. Generally the male and female have similar interaction pattern so they have similar experience of quality of life. The evaluation of total quality of life found high in SC subjects in compression to GEN and SC but GEN expressed higher level of quality of life on one dimension i.e. psychological health. Education level was found positively related to QoL.

Keywords

Quality of Life, Villagers, Caste, Rural, Education.

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Vijaysen Pandey ¹, Deepali Sansi ¹

Affiliations
1 Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IN

Abstract

The present study aimed to examine the family environment as perceived by the parents and its impact on the problem behaviors exhibited by children. It was a comparative study which was done between two groups of parents. The first group included parents of children with mental retardation and the second group had parents with children with no disability. The family environment measured different domains of the family and how the score of each domain in both the groups varied from each other. The problem behavior checklist assessed the behavior and conduct problems shown by children of both the groups. The results indicated a clear difference in the families of both the groups. It was also analyzed that children with Mental Retardation exhibited more behavioral problems.

Keywords

Family Environment, Problem Behaviour, Mental Retardation.

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