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Garima Choudhary ¹, Jyoti Meena ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, Banasthali University, Banasthali, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

Everyone periodically experiences fear and anxiety. Fear is an emotional, physical, and behavioral response to an immediately recognizable external threat (e.g. an intruder, a runaway car). Anxiety is a distressing, unpleasant emotional state of nervousness and uneasiness; its causes are less clear. Life today is fast and full of competition. There is a constant urge within everybody's mind to get ahead in life, to earn more, to live up to expectation of others and finally to get noticed. Due to rapid change in our society, the life styles of the individual have totally changed over the years. Therefore, the ability to help student and learn such important skills. They need to find out sources of acquiring the necessary kinds of knowledge and students are experiencing role overload, role stagnation and self role distance. Therefore by keeping this view in mind this study was conducted to find out whether Yoga techniques have any effect on the anxiety level of students. The study was conducted on total sample of 50 adolescent boys through purposive random sampling. All the students were taken from B.Tech 1st year students of IIT Delhi. Anxiety relaxation package was prepared for the students to overcome their daily life anxiety. These techniques were provided to the students. After a period of gap the impact was assessed. Results reveal a significant decrease in the anxiety level of students. These yoga and meditation techniques brought the positive changes among the students.

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A. K. Meena ¹, Jyoti Meena ², Ankush Jadhav ¹, M. M. Padhi ³

Affiliations
1 National Research Institute for Ayurveda - Siddha Human Resource Development, Gwalior, IN
2 Maharani Shri Jaya College (MSJ), Bharatpur, Rajasthan, IN
3 Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Science, Janakpuri, New Delhi – 110058, IN

Abstract

Hiptage benghalensis (L) Kurz belongs to the family Malphigiaceae. The plant has strong therapeutic potential thus occasionally cultivated for medicinal purposes in several traditional medicines to cure various diseases. This plant has been known to possess antibacterial, antifungal, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, anticancerous, antimutagenic and hepatoprotective activity. According to Ayurveda, Hiptage benghalensis is cooling, vulnerary, astringent, expectorant, cardiotonic, anti-inflammatory, insecticidal, wound healing and used in burning sensation of the body, wound, pruritus, foul ulcers, scabies, leprosy, skin diseases, cough, asthma, cardiac debility, rheumatism, hyperdipsia, obesity, intrinsic haemorrhage etc. The presented review summarizes the information concerning the botany, ethno pharmacology, phytochemistry and biological activity of this plant.

Keywords

Ayurveda, Hiptage benghalensis (L) Kurz, Phytochemistry, Antibacterial, Antifungal.

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Jyoti Meena ¹, Sonali Agarwal ¹, Karan Singh Meena ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, Banasthali University, Tonk, IN
2 University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, IN

Abstract

Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand own emotions and those of people around us. Each of us has personality unique and distinct from every other person. To be simple "Personality is the behavior of the individual in a situation". The major objectives of this research were to assess and compare the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Personality Traits (Extroversion) among adolescents Boys and Girls. The study was conducted on total sample of 120 adolescent Boys and Girls from class 10th, 11th and 12th (20 students from each class) through systematic Random Sample selection. In the present study two areas were assessed i.e. Emotional Intelligence and Personality Traits, so that two separate standardized tool were used for study. For the assessment of Emotional Intelligence, Roqan emotional intelligence test (REIT) prepared by Zainuddin and Ahmed was used. The five dimensions of emotional intelligence or emotional competence Self-Awareness, Self Regulation, Motivation, Empathy, Social Skill, were asses by this tool. For assessment of personality trait. Personality Inventory (Extroversion-Introversion) Pl-SS by Singh and Singh was used. The survey method was adapted for data collection and result revealed that the majority of the respondents have average Emotional Intelligence with mix character of introvert and extrovert personality test i.e. ambivert. It can also be concluded that there was a difference present between boys and girls regarding Emotional Intelligence and personality trait. The data also depicted that there was a positive correlation present between Emotional intelligence. Personality trait among adolescent boys and slightly negative correlation found in adolescent girls.

Keywords

Emotional Intelligence, Personality Traits, Extroversion, Introversion and Adolescents.

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