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Ramya Ranjan Behera ¹, Munmun Mohapatra ¹, Chandan Kumar Maity ¹, Ranajit Bera ¹, Deepak Panda ¹, Diganta Panda ¹, R. Karthik ¹, Sukanya Borkataki ¹

Affiliations
1 Doctoral Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, IN

Abstract

Resilience is the ability to succeed despite a lot of barriers, hurdles, and obstacles that make it difficult for students to succeed in life. The resilience level of students is critical as it assists them in adjusting their life pressures, stresses, adapting to new environments and overcoming challenges. The current study aimed to investigate the gender difference in resilience among the students of IIT Kharagpur belonging to two different age groups. The sample consisted of 137 students, including 80 boys and 57 girls. The instruments used were Schutte's Emotional Intelligence Scale for emotional intelligence and the Brief Resilience Scale for resilience. Product Moment Correlation analysis was conducted to analyze the association between emotional intelligence, CGPA, and resilience. The findings revealed that female students are more resilient than male students, and there was no association between CGPA and resilience. However, there was a significant relationship between emotional intelligence and resilience. Studies on resilience could be helpful for educational psychologists, counselors, educational researchers, and curriculum developers to organize some programs to enhance the coping and resilience level of students, which may have a direct effect on students' performance and educational level.

Keywords

Resilience, Age, Gender, Students Emotional Intelligence.

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Ranajit Bera ¹, Rashmi Ranjan Behera ², Ramya Ranjan Behera ¹, Deepak Panda ¹, Munmun Mohapatra ¹, Sribas Patra ³, Nishikanta Kumar ⁴, R. Karthik ², Diganta Panda ¹, Diptimayee Naik ⁵

Affiliations
1 Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, IN
2 Advanced Technology Development Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, IN
3 Department of Applied Geography, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, IN
4 Newcastle University, Australia, Oceania, AU
5 Assistant Teacher, Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya, Jajpur, Odisha, IN

Abstract

Mortality and morbidity are two crucial components to assess the standard of the health system of a nation. This paper examines the spatial variation in the status of morbidity and mortality in Odisha using three rounds of Annual Health Survey Data conducted from 2010-13. Chronic and acute diseases were used to analyse the status of morbidity whereas crude death rate, infant mortality rate, neonatal, post-neonatal and under-five mortality rates were used to analyse mortality status in the state of Odisha. The composite index depicted the spatial variation in morbidity and mortality across the different districts. Five dimensions were identified through Principal Component analysis which indicated the association between the selected indicators of mortality and morbidity. It was found that the developed districts reported high morbidity and underdeveloped districts reported low morbidity. On the other hand, the underdeveloped districts reported high mortality and developed districts reported low mortality. The results of the study illustrate the importance of the provision of health infrastructures, improvement in education, medical awareness, governmental policies and schemes to improve the overall health status in Odisha.

Keywords

acute illness, chronic illness, morbidity, mortality

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