Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Dhananjay Kumar ¹, Shagufta Afroz ¹, Manoj Kumar Rao ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, U.P., IN
2 Department of Psychology Bhanupratapdev Govt. P. G College, Ranker, Chhattisgarh, IN

Abstract

The major objective of the present study was to explore the nature of social identity and subjective well being among the members of Hindu and Muslim community. The sample composed of 40 Hindu and 40 Muslim participants. The 2x2x2 factorial design was used for the study. To know the effect of independent variables, a Univariate factorial ANOVA was performed. The finding suggests that Muslim community has scored high on social identity scale in comparison to Hindu community. Whereas, gender and age level has no significant effect on social identity. The community and gender has no significant difference on the level of subjective well being (SWB) but age level has significant effect on SWB. Young adults of both community and both gender have high scores on SWB. A significant positive correlation was found between social dentity and subjective well being.

Keywords

Social Identity, Subjective well Being, Hindu and Muslim Community.

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Suman Singh ¹, Dhananjay Kumar ¹, Ashok Kumar Patel ², Shraddhesh Kumar Tiwari ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, IN
2 Department of Psychiatry & Mental Health, Maharaja Bhagwati Prasad Singh Memorial, District Hospital, Balarampur, Uttar Pradesh, IN

Abstract

Stereotype threat refers to being at risk of confirming, as a self-characteristic, a negative stereotype about one's social group (Steele & Aronson, 1995). It is a psychological phenomena that has negatively impact the performance of variety of groups (O' Brien & Crandall, 2003). Present study was aimed to investigate the stereotype threat and academic achievement in various social group students. Two measures, stereotype scale and educational achievements from High school to P.G. Entrance exam were applied on 300 students (100 from General, 100 OBC & 100 SC/ST) of various social groups. Results suggest that group membership of various social group affect the stereotype threat and academic achievements. Level of stereotype threat was found significant affect on academic achievement and also, it was found negative correlation between stereotype threat and academic achievements.

Keywords

Stereotype Threat, Social Groups, Academic Achievements.

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