Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Sona Raghuvanshi ¹

Affiliations
1 Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The present study aims to compare criminals and non-criminals on the basis of psychological factors like approval motive and depression. The study was conducted on 200 respondents including 100 criminals and 100 non-criminals. The criminals were selected from the four important jails of Bihar namely Patna, Buxar, Gaya and Bhagalpur and equal number of non-criminals (persons having non-criminals record) were also selected from the same four towns of Bihar mentioned above. The sample was purposive one and included only married males in the age group of 21 to 40, who had minimum education up to seventh standard. The scales used were (1) Approval Motive Scale developed by Tripathi and Tripathi (1980) and (2) Beck Depression Inventory (BDI, Hindi adaptation by Arora et al., 1988). The data obtained were analyzed by t-test. The hypotheses formulated were: (1)The criminals would score lower on normative behavior as compared to non-criminals. (2) The criminal group of subjects would score lower on social conformity than the non-criminal group of subjects.(3) The criminals would score lower on positive self-presentation area of approval motive as compared to non-criminal group of subjects.(4)The criminal group of subjects would score lower on the dependency area of approval motive compared to the non-criminal group of subjects. (5) The criminal group of subjects would score lower on defensiveness as compared to the non-criminals.(6)The criminals as a group would score lower on social responsiveness area of approval motive as compared to the non-criminal group of subjects. (7) The criminal group of subjects would score lower on social approval than the non-criminal group of subjects and,(8) The criminals would score higher on depression level than the non-criminals. The findings confirmed six hypotheses, while two hypotheses could not be substantiated.

Keywords

Normative Behavior, Social Conformity, Positive Self-Presentation, Dependency, Defensiveness.

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Sona Raghuvanshi ¹

Affiliations
1 Amity Institute of Behavioral and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The present study aims to compare criminals and non-criminals on the basis of psychological factors like Hostility, guilt-feeling, conflict over hostility and different areas of approval motive. The study was conducted on 200 respondents including 100 criminals and 100 non-criminals. The criminals were selected from the four important jails of Bihar namely Patna, Buxar, Gaya and Bhagalpur and equal number of non-criminals (persons having non-criminals record) were also selected from the same four towns of Bihar mentioned above. The sample was purposive one and included only married males in the age group of 21 to 40, who had minimum education up to seventh standard. The scales used were (1) Questionnaire of Hostility, Guilt and Conflict (Q-HGC, Sowaid, 1972), and, (2) Approval Motive Scale developed by Tripathi and Tripathi (1980). The data obtained were analyzed by t-test. The hypotheses formulated were:(1)The criminals would score higher on hostility as compared to the non-criminals.(2) The criminal group of subject would score lower on guilt feeling toward hostility than their non-criminal counterparts.(3) The criminal group of subjects would score high on conflict over feeling of hostility than the non-criminal group of subjects.(4)The criminals would score lower on normative behavior as compared to non-criminals.(5) The criminal group of subjects would score lower on social conformity than the non-criminal group of subjects.(6) The criminals would score lower on positive self-presentation area of approval motive as compared to non-criminal group of subjects.(7)The criminal group of subjects would score lower on the dependency area of approval motive compared to the non-criminal group of subjects.(8) The criminal group of subjects would score lower on defensiveness as compared to the non-criminals.(9)The criminals as a group would score lower on social responsiveness area of approval motive as compared to the non-criminal group of subjects.(10) The criminal group of subjects. The findings confirmed eight hypotheses, whilr two hypotheses couldnot be sustained.

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Sona Raghuvanshi ¹, Rakhi Kumari ¹

Affiliations
1 Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The present study aims to compare criminals and non-criminals on the basis of psychological factors like social evaluative anxiety, hostility, guilt-feeling and conflict over hostility. The study was conducted on 200 respondents including 100 criminals and 100 non-criminals. The criminals were selected from the four important jails of Bihar namely Patna, Buxar, Gaya and Bhagalpur and equal number of non-criminals (persons having non-criminals record) were also selected from the same four towns of Bihar mentioned above. The sample was purposive one and included only married males in the age group of 21 to 40, who had minimum education up to seventh standard. The scales used were (1) Social Evaluative Anxiety Scale (SEAS), Hindi adaptation of Watson and Friend's Scale of Social Avoidance and Distress and Fear of Negative Evaluation (1969) by Sheikh and Kaushik (1980), and (2) Questionnaire of Hostility, Guilt and Conflict (Q-HGC, Sowaid, 1972). The data obtained were analyzed by t-test. The hypotheses formulated were: (1) The criminals would score higher on social avoidance and distress component of Social Evaluative Anxiety Scale as compared to non-criminals. (2) The criminal group of subjects would score lower in fear of negative evaluation component of Social Evaluative Anxiety Scale than the non-criminal group of subjects. (3) The criminals would score higher on hostility as compared to the non-criminals. (4) The criminal group of subject would score lower on guilt feeling toward hostility than their non-criminal counterparts. (5) The criminal group of subjects would score high on conflict over feeling of hostility than the non-criminal group of subjects. The findings confirmed four hypotheses, while one hypothesis could not be substantiated.

Keywords

Social Avoidance and Distress, Fear of Negative Evaluation, Hostility, Guilt Feeling, And Conflict Over Hostility

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Sona Raghuvanshi ¹, Kamini C. Tanwar ¹

Affiliations
1 Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The present study aims to compare criminals and non-criminals on the basis of psychological factors like depression, guilt-feeling, hostility, and conflict over hostility. The study was conducted on 200 respondents including 100 criminals and 100 non-criminals. The criminals were selected from the four important jails of Bihar namely Patna, Buxar, Gaya and Bhagalpur and equal number of non-criminals (persons having non-criminals record) were also selected from the same four towns of Bihar mentioned above. The sample was incidental-cum-purposive one and included only married males in the age group of 21 to 40, who had minimum education up to seventh standard. The scales used were (1) Beck Depression Inventory (BDI, Hindi adaptation by Arora et al., 1988), and Questionnaire of Hostility, Guilt and Conflict (Q-HGC, Sowaid & Singh, 1975). The data obtained were analyzed by t-test. The hypotheses formulated were: (1) the criminals would score higher on depression level than the non-criminals. (2) The criminals would score higher on hostility as compared to the non-criminals. (3) The criminal group of subject would score lower on guilt feeling toward hostility than their non-criminal counterparts and, (4) the criminal group of subjects would score high on conflict over feeling of hostility than the non-criminal group of subjects. The findings confirmed all the four hypotheses.

Keywords

Depression, Hostility, Guilt Feeling, Conflict Over Hostility.

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Sona Raghuvanshi ¹

Affiliations
1 Amity Global Business School, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

Abstract

The present study aims at exploring the relationship between parental factors and criminal behavior. The factors studied were level of Parental Education, Parental punishment and Parental love. The data was collected from 200 respondents including 100 criminals and 100 non-criminals. The criminals were selected from the four important jails of Bihar namely Patna, Buxar, Gaya and Bhagalpur and equal number of non-criminals (persons having noncriminals record) were also selected from the same four towns of Bihar mentioned above. The sample used was purposive one which consisted of only married male in the age range of 21 to 40, who had received education at least till seventh standard. Personal Data Schedule prepared by the researcher was used to collect the information. Chisquare was used to analyze the obtained data. The hypotheses formulated were: (1). The criminal group of subjects would differ in level of parental education from the non- criminal group of subjects. (2) Criminals and noncriminals would differ infrequency of parental punishment received in their childhood. (3) Criminals and noncriminals would differ in parental love received. The findings confirmed all three hypotheses.

Keywords

Parental Love, Level Of Parental Education, Frequency Of Parental Punishment, Criminals, Non-criminals.

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