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Subject: Human Development and family studies × Start date: 2022 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    An intervention study on reproductive health and family life of rural women in Haryana state
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-04) Diksha; Singh, C.K.
    Reproductive health is a crucial part of general health and a central feature of human development. It reflects health during childhood and crucial during adolescence adulthood, sets and stages for health beyond reproductive years for both women and men, and affects the health of the next generation young people‖ covering the age group of 10-24 years. Family planning (FP) is a solution to control population growth and stop today‘s unsustainable growth. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines family planning as allowing ‗people to attain their desired number of children and determine the spacing of pregnancies. It is achieved through the use of contraceptive methods and the treatment of infertility‘. This paper investigates the knowledge and attitude of reproductive health, family life, family planning and birth control in rural women of Haryana state. An intervention programme to improve the knowledge and attitude of reproductive health, family life, family planning and birth control of low performing rural women was imparted. The study was conducted in ten randomly selected villages of Hisar and Jind district of Haryana state. From selected villages 300 respondents in the age group of 18 to 25 years were selected randomly. Results revealed that respondents had moderate knowledge regarding reproductive health and family life and had favorable attitude towards family planning methods.
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    Development of personality assessment tool for juvenile delinquents
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-05) Joshi, Renu; Chandrakala Singh
    In the present study, Personality Assessment Tool (PAT) was developed and standardized to assess the personality traits of juvenile delinquents at the age group of 15 to 18 years which consisted of 72 items scored by using 5-point Likert scale. The Personality Assessment Tool (PAT) evaluates personality traits such as interpersonal skills, behavioural skills, emotional skills, and spiritual skills. The content validity, difficulty index and discrimination level of personality assessment tool was found to be excellent. The study was carried out in four observation homes in Haryana state (India) using the purposive sampling technique in order to standardize the tool. The sample consisted of 240 juvenile offenders including 180 male and 60 female from all districts of Haryana. Excellent results were found for the split-half and test-retest reliability coefficients. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was found non-significant at a 5 percent level of significance across age, gender, and locality, which indicate that this novel tool could be used for further research. The results revealed that the majority of respondents were found low in positive personality traits, whereas high in negative personality traits (aggressiveness, impulsivity, and anxiety). The regression analysis results showed that gender, father's occupation, annual family income, birth order, family type, mass media exposure, locality, parents education, education, and criminal history of the family, school dropout, peer influence, substance use, parent‘s interaction, and substance use in the family were significant predictors for causing variance in the interpersonal, behavioural, emotional, and spiritual skills of juvenile delinquents. Positive and significant correlation was observed in the socio-personal variables and interpersonal, behavioral, emotional, and spiritual skills of juvenile delinquents. It was found that locality, education, mass media exposure, father education, mother education, interest in further studies, locality, annual family income, father occupation, family type, sibling, criminal history of the family, school dropout, substance use, peer influence, substance use in the family and parents interaction were significantly associated with interpersonal, behavioural, emotional, and spiritual skills of juvenile delinquents. A significant difference was observed in the interpersonal skills, behavioural skills, emotional skills, and spiritual skills of juvenile delinquents across gender, number of sibling, interest in further studies, family type‘s, mass media exposure, education, parents education, parents occupation, annual family income, school dropout, substance use, and parent's interaction. It was imperative that juvenile delinquents should exposed to vocational training, yoga sessions, meditation, and spiritual healing, as well as cognitive behavior therapy, and counseling sessions in order to shape their personality in positive direction.
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    Parenting stress among parents of normal and disabled children in Haryana state
    (CCS HAU, Hisar, 2022-07) Pinki Rani; Chandra Kala Singh
    The present study was conducted in Haryana state. Two districts were selected purposively from Haryana state. The location was selected purposively due to availability of sample. 400 parents (both mothers and fathers) were selected for the sample. 200 parents of normal children and 200 parents of disabled children were selected from both the locations. Two types of variables i.e. independent and dependent were taken. The independent variables included socio-economic variable, mental health, personality, self efficacy, parenting satisfaction and social support. Parenting stress was taken as dependent variable. Scheduled was developed and used to assess the socio-economic variable. Mental Health Scale developed by Jagadish and Srivastava (1983) was used to assess the mental health. Big Five Factors of Personality by John et al., 1991 was used to assess the personality. Self efficacy Scale by Sud et al., 1998 was used to measure the self efficacy. Kansas Parenting Satisfaction Scale by Schumm and Hall, 1985 was used to measure the parenting satisfaction. Family Supports scale (FSS) by Dunst et al., 1984 was used to assess the social support. Parenting Stress Index-short form (PSI-SF) developed by Abidin in 1995 was used to assess the parenting stress among parents of normal and disabled children. The present investigation has come out with the results stated that highly significant differences were observed between parents of normal and disabled children. Mothers had higher level of parenting stress as compared to fathers. Negative and significant correlation was observed between parenting stress with self efficacy, mental health, personality, social support and parenting satisfaction. Association of socio-personal factors with parenting stress elucidated that parenting stress was significantly associated with sibling status, age, education, occupation, caste, family size, and family income.
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    Twin Study on Empirical Intervention to Unravel Nature and Nurture of Intelligence
    (Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University hisar, 2022-09) Annu; Dhanda, Bimla
    The aim of present twin study was to assess the influence of genetic and environment on intelligence of twins. A sample of 150 pairs of twins in the age groups of 3-6 years was attained from 55 villages of Bhiwani district and Hisar district of Haryana state. Intelligence of twins was assessed with help of Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale (Terman and Merrill, 1960), whereas home environment of twins was assessed by using the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) (Caldwell and Bradley, 1984) and preschool environment of twins assessed with the help of Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (Thelma et al. 2005). The findings on heritability estimates showed that the influence of genetic on intelligence of twins was more than the environment in both districts. The results of heritability estimates also revealed that the contribution of genetic on intelligence of twins was more in the age group 5-6 years followed by 4-5 years and 3-4 years. The significant associations of intelligence were found with the variables, namely, mother‘s education and occupation, father‘s education and occupation, family size, family income and caste of twins boosted the intelligence of twins. The preschool environment of twins was also significantly associated with intelligence of twins in both Bhiwani and Hisar district. The intervention programme was also enhanced the intelligence of twins from 3-6 years in both Bhiwani and Hisar district. The twin research clearly concluded as the influence of genetic on intelligence of twins was more as compared to environmental factors and impact of genetic increases with increase in age of twins. Home environment of twins was also influential factor for the development of intelligence in twins of both districts.
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    Social Isolation and Cognitive Functioning in Later Life
    (Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University hisar, 2022-07) Priyanka; Sangwan, Sheela
    Social isolation is a state of complete or near-complete lack of contact between an individual and society. It differs from loneliness, which reflects temporary and involuntary lack of contact with other humans in the world. Social isolation can be an issue for individuals of any age, though symptoms may differ by age group. Cognitive functioning refers to a person's ability to process thoughts. It is defined as "the ability of an individual to perform the various mental activities most closely associated with learning and problem-solving. Researchers like Cacioppo and Hawkley (2009) have highlighted the strong association between social isolation and cognitive functioning. This paper investigates the social isolation and cognitive functioning in later life. The effects of depression, anxiety and stress were explored. An intervention programme to improve the cognitive functioning of low performing elderly was imparted. The study was conducted in the rural and urban areas of Hisar, Rohtak and Karnal district of Haryana state. The results revealed that age, education and occupation, marital status and family type significantly influences the respondent’s performance. The socio-personal variables and supporting variables are the strong predictors which influence the social isolation and cognitive functioning of elderly. Depression was found to be significantly correlated with both social isolation and cognitive functioning of elderly. The findings suggest that the imparting the intervention programme may enhance the cognitive functioning in elderly.