Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Preeti Sharma ¹, Mustafa Nadeem Kirmani ²

Affiliations
1 Pacific University, Udaipur, IN
2 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, IN

Abstract

Drinking practices and substance use borders have increased significantly both globally and in India. Alcohol and substance use is a major concern on college campuses. College drinking is often considered socially acceptable behavior on the college social and cultural scene. College culture often views drinking as a rite of passage, encouraging behavior that is destructive to the college sub culture and general population. Alcohol use and abuse are cause of concern because the educational process and quality of campus student life are disrupted. There is growing concern about alcohol/substance abuse in India also. Precursors of drug and alcohol problems have been described as nsk factors for alcohol abuse and are associated statistically with an increased probability of drug and alcohol abuse. There are host of risk factors including cultural norms and values, attitude toward drinking and substance use, legal factors, increased stress in the society, family factors, interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts, cognitive factors like expectancies and beliefs related to alcohol use. In the management of alcohol and substance use disorders, psychological interventions play a pivotal role. Interventions like social skills teaming, effective coping skills, drink refusal skills, cognitive behaviour interventions, family based and marital interventions are often employed in alcohol use. In recent years, motivation enhance therapy and mindfulness based urge surfing therapy have become common in clinical practice. The current paper will briefly discuss the components, process and efficacy of motivation enhancement therapy in the management of alcohol use.

Keywords

Motivation Enhancement Therapy, Alcohol/Substance Use.

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Mustafa Nadeem Kirmani ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, IN

Abstract

In the recent times, psychologists and behavioral scientists have refocused their attention on the role of Spirituality and Religion on Health and other aspects of behavior. Human health is a multidimensional construct which is influenced by gamut of factors. Youths of any nation are important because they are the most potent and productive in their work. The healthy and well-functioning youths are assets to any system and organization. Involving in Spiritual activities is often associated with positive health and many positive behaviors. It becomes vital to investigate these variables in Indian context. The aim of the current paper was to examine Spirituality and Health in college going Youths. The main objectives of the current study were to (i) Examine Health among college going Boys (ii) Examine Spirituality among college going Girls (iii) Examine correlations between Health and Spirituality. A sample of 100 college going students from one of the Government Universities at Aligarh City were selected for the current study using convenient sampling method.The measures used were General Health Questionnaire-28 Item version- GHQ-28 ( GHQ-28, Goldberg & Hillier, 1979) and Spirituality Questionnaire, SQ-20item version(Hardt, Schultz, Xander, Becker &Dragan, 2012).The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics like mean, SD and inferential statistics like t test and correlational analysis was used to examine the relationships among the variables. The findings indicate an insignificant gender differences on the variables of Health and Spirituality, significant positive relationship between Spirituality and Health. The intercorelations among some of the Health subscales were significant and some were insignificant and similar results were obtained on Spirituality variable.. The study highlights the significance of spirituality as possible factor leading to positive health among college Youths and a need to train them in Spiritual oriented practices and interventions to enhance their health.

Keywords

Spirituality, Health, College Youths, Spiritual Practices.

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