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This research purely spotlight on the notion of mental health and
psychological wellbeing among the school going adolescents. The concept of being
healthy is not only the proper functioning of the body rather it means the body and mind
working together efficiently and smoothly. Mental health is a factor that contributes to
the maintenance of physical health as well as social effectiveness with integrated
personality. The aim of the present study is to explore the mental health among school
going adolescents. Data of 483 adolescents ranging in the age of 14 to 18 years (216
males & 267 females) was collected from the Government model senior secondary
schools, Chandigarh. Subjects filled the mental health inventory developed by Jagdish
and Srivastava (1983). All the dimensions of mental health (positive self evaluation,
perception of reality, integration of personality, autonomy, group oriented attitude,
environmental mastery) were taken into consideration and descriptive statistics was
calculated gender wise with the help of SPSS version 25. Results revealed that
adolescents were low on positive self evaluation, perception of reality, group oriented
attitude, environmental mastery, integration of personality and overall mental health.
Both the genders showed similar mental health and minor differences were revealed.
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The aim of this study is to find out the most prevalent behavioral problems
among secondary school students in Khartoum state, as well as to identify differences in
behavioral problems according to the following variables: academic level (excellent,
good, medium, and weak), and the grade level (first, second, and third), and the
residential environment According to the locality (Khartoum, Jabal Awlia, Khartoum
North, East Nile, Omdurman, Karary, Umbada), this is in addition to the problems
related to gender (male, female), and school type (geographic, model). To achieve these
goals, the researchers used the descriptive approach (case study), and all students that
were registered by psychological counselors in secondary schools (1851) cases were
selected, and the study tool was represented in the case study form used by psychological
counselors. To analyze the data, the researchers applied the statistical package for social
sciences by using the percentage of answers for each of the research hypotheses. The
study reached a set of results, the most important of which are: behavioral problems are
spread at different percentages among high school students in Khartoum State (theft
19.4%, lying 19.3%, aggression 16.8. Behavioral problems differ according to the seven
localities of Khartoum State, as the results showed that: theft is one of the most prevalent
problems in the Khartoum locality 27.2%, and that lack of attention and hyperactivity are
the most prevalent problems in Jabal Awliya locality 49.3%,..............
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The purpose of the present investigation was to study the quality of life with
driving skills and traffic locus of control among drivers. For this purpose quality of life
developed by Vandana Kaushik and Purva Jaggi, (2008), Multidimensional Traffic
Locus of Control (T-LOC, Ozkan & Lajunen, 2005) and Driver Skill Inventory (DSI
Driver skill inventory developed by Lajunen & Summala in 1995) were administered on
the sample selected from the tricity. The total sample consists of 900 young adult drivers.
Descriptive statistics, correlation and multiple regression analysis were used as statistical
analysis. Results revealed that quality of life was positively related with perceptual motor
skills (r = .492), safety skills (r = .643), TLOC self (r = .434), TLOC VE (r = .191) and
TLOC other drivers (r = .182). It was also concluded that safety skills, TLOC self and
TLOC VE were emerged as good predictors (multiple R square = 43.5%) of the quality
of life among drivers.
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In this article, we revised and updated a previous article published at the
beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, near six months. To date, there is no cure to the
coronavirus. Meanwhile, a series of vaccines are being tested. However, none of them
proved to be the final weapon to defeat the COVID-19. We addressed the following
questions: Will life be the same again, and when will things return to the "new normal"?
How has humanity adapted to such restrictions? This article is intended to provide
scholars with a perspective on the evolving situation and further reactions. Key findings
pointed out the creation of countless protocols, sanitary barriers, home office, designed
to avoid the increase of the COVID-19 curve flattening. Discussion and
recommendations for future research compile the present work.
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Women in the modern hi – tech society, which is moving very fast under the
shadow of population explosion, conflicts, chaos and corruptions, can mould the
personality of the adolescents and youth in a proper direction and perspective, provided
the women are themselves empowered. Educating the new generation girls and women
ready to empowering her with the skills are necessary for economic independence. It is
the only long – term solution for the betterment of girls and women in India. By looking
at the fact, the present piece of research work was aimed at studying the empowerment
of working and non – working women with particular reference to Ara district of Bihar
State, India. In the present study one hundred eighty (N=180) women comprising
working women (n=80) and non – working women (n=80) were randomly selected from
different organizations, namely. Schools, colleges, banks, and houses etc located at in
and around Ara district. Total subjects‟ age were ranged between 25 - 45 years belonging
to lower, middle, and upper socioeconomic status groups. Data were collected through
questionnaire schedules. Having collected the data, individual scores were obtained for
giving statistical treatment. Finally, obtained results revealed the significant difference
between the group of working women and non – working women in terms of their degree
of perceived reactions on Psychological empowerment. Significant differences were also
found in all the dimensions of psychological empowerment viz., „Self – Efficacy‟; Self –
Esteem‟; and „psychology of well – being‟, although working women scored higher
degree in all the dimensions of psychological empowerment scale than non – working
women residing in Ara district of Bihar, India. Results have been discussed in detail by
giving the appropriate reasons.
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The paper discusses the concept of girl-child education, right of child
education, history of Nomads in Nigeria, cultural and religious practices of Nomads and
attitude of nomadic parents towards girl-child education. The girl-child education is to
make a girl-child understand herself and her capacity to exploit her environment, and
involves training in literacy and vocational skills to enable her become functional in the
society. The rights to education of a girl-child is free and compulsory primary education
and freedom from all types of discrimination at all levels of education. Cultural practice
of nomadic parents towards the education of their daughters could lead to early marriage,
pregnancy, insecurity, harassment and drop-out of school. Girls education touches on
fundamental issues of gender disparity. Nomadic parents believe a girl-child does not
need to be educated like a male child. Their plan is for their girl- child to be married off
and start procreation as early as early adolescents. In conclusion, cultural practice of
nomadic parents influences their attitude in not having desire to educate a girl-child.
Moreover, withdrawal from primary school for marriage is often practised by those who
allow their daughters to attend primary school. It is recommended that school counsellors
are to organise parents‟ conferences and use such media to discuss with parents of
relevance of girl-child education to the pupils themselves, their families and the society
at large.
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Three research questions and three research hypotheses were postulated for
the study. The study was a descriptive survey design. The population comprised all the
Batch A corps members who served in Adamawa State in the 2018/2019 service year.
Sample size was 160. The research instrument was self- developed by the researcher.
The Research was validated by an expert in Guidance and Counselling and an expert in
Test and Measurement; from Adamawa State University, Mubi. The reliability was
determined by using test-retest method with reliability co-efficient of 0.89. Data were
analyzed using mean, Spearman Rank Order, t-test analysis and Analysis of Variance
(ANOVA). The results showed corps member’s attitude to CDS was positive. The
factors that inhibit effective execution of the CDS project by corps members include
inadequate monitoring by National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) officials, poor
management of finance, and lack of maturation by the CDS coordinators.
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Depression, as a disease, is common in cancer patients. It is generally observed that various cancer patients report most of the time unfolds that they are suffering from depression, although depression is a difficult task to study in cancer patients. Hence, the present study was aimed at studying the perceived depression among cancer patients with special reference to Bihar state, India. The present study is important as it has been shown that patients with depression which tend to have drastic symptoms. To achieve the objective of the present study total sample consisted of eighty (N=80) cancer patients covering cervical and breast cancer patients comprising male (n=45) and female (n=35) were selected through incidental-cum-purposive sampling technique from the Swami Vivekanand Cancer Sansthan, Darbhanga, and Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna and moreover equal number of non – cancer normal people were also selected for making comparative study. Beck Depression Inventory along with biographical information blank (BIB) were administered to collect the data. Having collected the data on the items of the inventory, the individual scores were summed up for giving statistical treatment. Finally, results revealed the fact that there is higher degree of significant difference between the group of cancer patients and normal people as “t” has been found highly significant at .01 level of confidence, although significant difference has also been found among the group of male and female cancer patients. It is very interesting to point out here that Male group of Cancer patients had shown higher level of depression in comparison to female group of cancer patients. Obtained results have been discussed in detail by giving probable reasons.
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Abstract: Introduction: Social support plays an important role in maintaining psychological well-being of students. Nursing students are subjected to a variety of stressors during their study and level of perceived social support is one of these factors which may precipitate to emotional disturbances in the form of depression, anxiety and stress which may affect students’ academic performance, physical health and quality of life. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the social support among nursing students and its association with depression, anxiety and stress symptoms. Methodology: A sample of 174 nursing students from International Islamic University Malaysia participated in this study. Depression Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21) was used to assess the emotional disturbances in the form of depression, anxiety and stress (DAS) symptoms. The multidimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS) was used to measures perceived social support. Results: The mean score of depression for all students was at mild level (11.47), mean anxiety score was at moderate level (14.77) while mean stress score was at normal level (14.76). Majority of nursing students scored high social support. No significant differences between the gender and age of students in relation to social support. The social support is negatively associated and correlated with depression among nursing students. Conclusion: Symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress are existed among nursing students which need to be early detected. The social support is negatively associated and correlated with depression among nursing students. No significant differences between the genders in relation to perceived social support.