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Chitkala Venkareddy ¹, Sangeetha R. Mane ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Social Work, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

Schools train children in co-operative and mutually helpful living to become socially effective human beings in a democratic society. To make a child to set goals include learning to accept responsibility, to know the world of education, to make decisions, to solve one's own problems, to understand human relations, to develop sound values and to create a sense of social responsibility both Teachers and Parents play an important role. But in this Competitive race some children who exhibit Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Symptoms (ADHD) lack focused attention. Such students appear to satiate quickly on tasks, because they are easily distracted by all stimuli are very sensitive emotionally and neurologically and fails often to face difficulties understanding social situations even the teachers at school level and parents at habitat can face overwhelming stress resulting in deterioration of health. The present study stresses on the impact of ADHD symptoms on Health of school children, teachers and parents a comparative study is conducted from different Government, Pvt Aided and Pvt Unaided Schools in Dharwad City by adopting descriptive design, random sampling method, self constructed questionnaire is framed to know their impact on various health factors in different dimensions and conners scale was administered to teachers and parents to identify children exhibiting ADHD symptoms. The results were obtained by using Annova Test and it is seen that be seen that, a significant difference is observed between children, teachers and parents of children with respect to impact scores towards health (F=391.9393, p<0.05) at 5% level of significance Further, to know the pair wise comparisons of children, teachers and parents of children by applying the Tukeys multiple posthoc procedures the children have significant higher impact scores towards health as compared to teachers and parents. Teachers have significant higher impact scores towards health as compared to parents of children. Thus early identification and remediation is a matter of perennial concern as they deprive child's ability to function socially, academically, at home and school thus by helping child to build self-confidence and improving Family Dynamics by making micro adjustments can make a macro difference instead of struggling with symptoms associated with ADHD.

Keywords

School Children, ADHD Symptoms, Teachers and Parents.

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Ravikanth B. Lamani ¹, Chitkala Venkareddy ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Criminology and Forensic Science Karnataka University, Dharwad, Karnataka, IN
2 Department of Social Work, Karnataka University, Dharwad, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

The study was designed to understand the reasons behind the rising criminal behaviour among women and also to learn about their life during imprisonment. Female crime is a crucial factor that disrupts family life and stability of the society. The nature of crime committed by them has changed from softer crime to heinous crime. To know the socio-economic factors behind committing their crime, their perception towards society and Prison administration are analyzed by using primary data which are collected by interviewing 46 Women Prisoners of Central Prison Dharwad. The data were collected by using structured interview schedule. The findings showed that lower Socio-Economic condition of the Prisoners have compelled them to commit crime. Lack of health care, infrastructure and employment opportunities are the major problems faced by the prisoners in Prison. Their observation towards the Society and Prison administration has significantly deteriorated. Results are interpreted in terms of current theories and implications for future are pointed out.

Keywords

Crime, Punishment, Women, Prisoners, Socio-Economic and Central Prison.

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