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ThesisItem Open Access Parental and childrens views on grandparental involvement in child upbringing(Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 20-08-19) Patil, Smita Ratnakar; Bangale, JayaA stratified random sample of 150 children (5 -7 yrs) were chosen from Parbhani city (MS) and their parents and grandparents were interviewed for collecting information. The sample children were categorized into two groups i.e. children brought up by both employed parents and grandparents (n - 30, MSES group 1 and n – 25, LSES group 1) and children brought up by their employed fathers, non – employed mothers or only employed mothers (n- 50, MSES group 2 and n – 45, LSES group 2). Irrespective of the SES, grandmothers’ involvement was greater in the activities related to grandchildren’s cleanliness (34 – 72%), diet care (11 – 69%), understanding their moods and wishes (79 – 100%), protecting them from parental punishment (81 – 95%), solving routine problems (79 – 85%), getting them for outings and Preparing them to go to school (11 – 86%), taking health care (4 – 69%), purchasing eatables (40 – 68%), supervising and disciplining them (68 – 100%). Irrespective of the socio-economic status a large majority of the parents and grandparents stated that sample children were loving(100%), talkative(80 – 90%), obedient (83 – 94%), curious (84 – 94%), attentive (80 – 100%), studious (82 – 90%), understanding (84 – 94%), intelligent (80 – 92%), honest (82 – 88%), confident (70 – 86%), supportive (76 – 86%), sensitive (64 – 84%), energetic (62 – 80%), active (70 – 76%), social (57 – 68%), disciplined (52 – 98%) and cooperative (56 – 96%). On the whole, considerably a higher percentage of the parents expressed their satisfaction about the involvement of grandparents in child upbringing. Irrespective of SES, all the sample children opined that their grandparents were very affectionate, caring, understanding followed by supportive, disciplinarian, playful, fun making and good story narrators. Except mentioning about the few drawbacks, a large majority of the parents and grandchildren in both the groups expressed that they were comfortable and happy with grand parental involvement in grandchild upbringing. On the other hand almost all grandparents too were happy and satisfied for their contribution is in upbringing grandchildren.ThesisItem Open Access Recreation activities of urban school going children and their views about it(Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 20-08-19) Swami, Priyanka Balappa; Bangale, JayaOne hundred and fifty urban school going children (11- 13 yrs old) were randomly selected from ten colonies of Parbhani city (MS) for studying the recreational activities of urban school going children and their views about it. The data pertaining to the study were collected by personally interviewing the urban school going children and their parents, based on structured and open ended interview schedule cum checklist and also by using the socio-economic status scale. Irrespective of gender, a higher percentage of urban school going children were recorded to have more leisure time on weekends for carrying out various recreational activities. A large majority of the sample children were found to be more involved in viewing programmes of different channels on TV, as well as in usage of smartphones for playing video games, listening to movie songs and the activities related to drawing and painting as compared to their involvement in games, sports and other constructive activities. While expressing about the benefits of recreational activities, relatively a higher percentage (77- 100 %) of the school going children stated that due to their involvement in various recreational activities, they experienced sense of joy, raised lost of vigour, improved their health status and also it helped in enhancing their overall development. Whereas 47- 80 percent parents opined that their children’s involvement in various recreational activities was found to be beneficial for them for creating delight, improving their skills required in day to day life, enhancing general knowledge, becoming self-confident and energetic and improving their children’s performance in competitions. On the other hand irrespective of gender, ignoring studies (46%), playing digital games exclusively on smartphones (41%), causing eye strain due to excessive screen time (30%), disturbed sleeping pattern (22%), addiction to the smartphones (13%) were reported to be the negative effects of recreational activities on children by their parents. Irrespective of gender, urban school going children’s age, standard in which they were continuing their education, school timings, their type of family and size of family found to be positively correlated with their availability of leisure time for carrying out various recreational activities. On the other hand, urban school going children’s medium of instructions as well as socio-economic status of the family recorded to have significant negative correlation with their availability of leisure time for carrying out various recreational activities.ThesisItem Open Access Influence of TV viewing on selected aspects of preschoolers(Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 13-04-11) Raut, Arti Laxmanrao; Bangale, JayaThesisItem Open Access Self esteem of late childhood slum and rural children and its influencing factors(Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 28-03-11) Yerule, Sonali Trimbak; Patnam, VishalaThesisItem Open Access Perceptions of postgraduate students about marriage and mate selection(Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 21-07-10) Sumangala S. Badami; Patnam, V. N.