Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Mansi Parnami ¹, Uma Mittal ¹, Asha Hingar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

In the present era of globalization, where every person is trying to meet his needs, find happiness and realize his potential, the concept of subjective well-being becomes extremely important. In India, which is a land of religious multiplicity, religion immensely influences physical, social and psychological aspects of peoples' lives. Therefore, in the present study an attempt has been made to study the impact of religiosity on subjective well-being in various groups. The sample comprised of 400 participants from different localities of Jaipur city. These participants were divided on the basis of gender (men = 200 and women = 200); and age [higher age group (50-60 yrs) = 200; and lower age group (20-30 yrs) = 200]. Further on the basis of median value on the scale of religiosity they were divided into two groups (highly religious = 237 and less religious = 163). Tools used included Subjective well-being questionnaire (Nagpal & Sell, 1985) and Attitude towards religion scale (Banerjee, 1962). The results indicated that males and females do not differ significantly with respect to religiosity and subjective wellbeing. Both the higher and lower age groups believe in the importance of religion with similar intensity but the two groups differ on subjective wellbeing. Additionally, highly religious participants differ significantly on all the dimensions of subjective well-being from their less religious counterparts. This study highlights the beneficial and protective role played by religiosity in enhancing one's subjective well-being.

Keywords

Subjective Well-Being, Religiosity.

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Tarika Sharma ¹, Uma Mittal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

Individuals with a diffused status are reluctant or incapable to make commitments and do not explore vigorously to establish their ego identity. It is the least developmentally mature and adaptive ego status of the four ego identity statuses given by Marcia. Identity development is significantly influenced by psychological and social dynamics experienced during an individual's lifetime, most notably during adolescence. The present study aimed at investigating the role of parenting style and decision making style among diffused adolescents. A sample of 500 adolescents of 11th and 12th class from English medium co-educational schools of Jaipur city was selected through purposive sampling technique for the screening purpose. From among them 110 adolescents identified as diffused were selected for further investigation comprised of 50 boys and 60 girls. A correlation design was used. Participants completed the Revised Version of the Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status (EOMElS-2) by Bennion and Adams (1986); Parental Authority Questionnaire (Buri, 1991); and General Decision Making Style Inventory (Scott&Bruce, 1995). The results of the study revealed that identity diffusion significantly negatively correlates with authoritative parenting style (mother&father) and rational decision style. There exist a significant positive correlation between identity diffusion and authoritarian style (mother & father), mother permissive style, intuitive and avoidant style of decision making. The findings would help the psychologists, counselors, clinical psychologists, etc. for prevention of identity related major disorders and psychopathology from the ground level.

Keywords

Identity, Exploration, Commitment, Identity Status, Identity Diffusion, Crises, Parenting Style.

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Neelam . ¹, Uma Mittal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

Hypothyroidism is a pervasive endocrine ailment resulting from scarcity of thyroid hormone which creates mood disturbance. Therefore, the endeavour of this research was to find out the depression levels in hypothyroid patients. A random sample of 150 female participants (age 20 to 40) was taken through the purposive sampling technique out of which 50 participants were suffering from subclinical hypothyroidism (Group 1), 50 were of overt hypothyroid (Group 2) and 50 participants were healthy individuals (Group 3). Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was applied to all participants to measure the depression stage. The observed BDI mean value for Group 1 and Group 2 was 13.18 and 21.20 respectively and the mean BDI score of the control group (Group 3) was 6.30. Comparing the individuals' BDI scores across the various groups, statistically significant differences were found. Further “t-test” was applied to find out the significant variation among the groups and results indicated that overt hypothyroid patients were found more depressed than subclinical hypothyroid patients and the normal control group.

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Shephal Sharma ¹, Uma Mittal ², Tarika Sharma ³

Affiliations
1 Ph.D Scholar, Department of Psychology University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN
2 Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology St. Wilfred's College for Girls, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

Alcohol consumption is a phenomenon that is not new to many societies, drinking alcohol is as old as human history itself and its socio-cultural impact on many societies did not begin recently. For some people drinking alcohol is part of fun, curiosity or culture but for some drinking alcohol stems from their belief, failure and their way of explaining events in life. The present study aims to analyze the difference between alcoholics and non-alcoholic adults on attribution style and attitude towards drinking-alcohol. The sample of the study consists of 180 adults (60 alcoholics & 120 non-alcoholics) from Jaipur city selected through purposive sampling method. Out of 60 alcoholics 20 frequent alcoholics and 40 infrequent alcoholics were selected from addiction centre. Participants completed the Attribution Style Questionnaire (Peterson & Seligman, 1982) and Attitude towards Drinking and Alcoholism (Basu, 1998). Data was subjected to F test and t test to study the significant differences in three groups (frequent alcoholics, infrequent alcoholics, & non-alcoholics) on dimensions of attribution style and attitude towards drinking alcohol. Findings revealed that significant difference exists between frequent alcoholics, infrequent alcoholics and non-alcoholics on the dimensions internality and globality of attributional style. Frequent alcoholics tend to attribute their negative life events to internal factors and believe that their problems will persist other spheres of life as well. No significant difference was observed between them on dimension of stability. Frequent alcoholics, infrequent alcoholics and non-alcoholics show significant difference on attitude towards drinking alcohol on acceptance, avoidance and social dimension. No significant difference was obtained on the dimension of rejection towards alcohol. The results of this research will have the potential to yield psychologists and counselors important insights into how cognitive factors contribute to the alcohol consumption in adults.

Keywords

alcoholism, alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, attributional style, attitude

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