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ThesisItem Restricted A Comparative Study of College Students from four streams of Education Regarding their Ideas on Development of Children(Department of Human Development College of Home Science, PAU, Ludhiana, 2002) Singh, RituThesisItem Open Access A Study of Reproductive Behaviour of Teenaged Mothers of Bager Region of Haryana State(College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, 2003) Chaudhary, Manju; Jaswal, SThesisItem Restricted Impact of Maternal Employment on Personality Traits on Urban Adolescents(College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, 2005) bala, Renu; Nanda, PThesisItem Open Access Determinants of Breast-Feering Pattern Among Working and Non-Working Mothers(College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, 2008) Nidhi, Mahendru; Thind, SThesisItem Restricted HARSH PARENTING: A DETERMINANT OF AGGRESSION AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN RURAL FAMILIES(PAU Ludhiana, 2011) Manju Chawla; Sukhminder KaurThe present study was undertaken to assess the nature and magnitude of harsh parenting and aggression among 180 adolescents (12-16 years) equally distributed over different socio-economic strata (low, middle and high) drawn from six rural locations in Jagraon block of Ludhiana District. A Personal Information Sheet and a Self Structured Interview Schedule were used to assess the demographic profile and harsh parenting experienced by the adolescents. An Aggression Scale was used to determine the aggression level among adolescents experiencing harsh and non-punitive parenting. More than eighty five per cent (85.56%) adolescents experienced varied forms of harshness by their parents. Parents from low socio-economic status families were found to be severely harsh towards 30.00 per cent adolescents compared to adolescents from middle (10.00%) and high (6.67%) socio-economic status families. Fathers compared to mothers were found to be harsher towards the adolescents in all the socio-economic strata. Adolescents (33.33%) from low socio-economic status families experienced bruises followed by bleeding and burns as a consequence of physical punishment compared to few adolescents from middle and high socio-economic status families. Parents were found to be stricter towards male adolescents than females. Adolescents experiencing harsh attitude of the parents were found to be highly aggressive than the ones having non-punitive parents. Aggression was found to be more prevalent among boys compared to girls, however there were no significant age differences in the aggression level of the adolescents.ThesisItem Restricted INTERNET USAGE PATTERN AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2013) Vinita PandeyThe study was undertaken to analyze the internet usage pattern amongst the students of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. A proportionate random sample of 200 students was drawn from the four constituent colleges of the university. Questionnaire was developed to profile the students, study their use of internet for different purposes and identify the related problems. Majority of the students were in the age group of 21-25 years, resided in the hostel and were from nuclear families. Nearly half belonged to rural areas with family size upto 4 members (45.5%). Family education of sixty per cent was upto class 10th and 35.5 per cent had annual income upto 2 lakhs. Student were using internet for 1-2 hrs per/day and the hostel, home and library were most used places to access internet. Maximum time was spent in the hostel followed by library. One fourth were using internet for one hour and 2-4 hours each. The time use was maximum for academic followed by entertainment and social networking purpose. It was least for seeking information. Internet use was maximum for preparation of assignments/term papers and presentations. Virus infestation, non-response of server, strain to eyes, headache were the major problems faced due to internet surfing. Higher speed of internet, increase in number of computer in the library, availability of the Wi-Fi facility on the campus and training in use of internet were some of the important suggestions made by the students.ThesisItem Open Access Quality of Intergenerational relationships across families of working and non-working women of Ludhiana city(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2011) Kushagra JoshiThe present study investigates the quality of intergenerational relationships as perceived by the members of first (elderly parents) generation who co-reside with those of the second generation (son and his spouse). The study is based upon a sample of 120 families comprised of 480 respondents (fathers-in-law; mothers-in-law; sons and daughters-in-law from each family) drawn equally from upper- and lower-middle socio-economic strata and distributed equally over two groups by ‘working’/’non-working’ status of daughter-in-law. Various relationship issues, reciprocity and quality of relationship were assessed by administering either the standardized or self-structured research instruments. The results revealed significant socio-economic differences in perception for various relationship issues and quality of relationship between and within first and second generations for families with working and non-working daughter-in-law. Male members of both first and second generations from both socio-economic strata scored significantly more in their perception of quality of relationship. Only mothers-in-law of ‘working’ daughter-in-law perceived their relationship quality significantly better when compared with mothers-in-law of ‘non-working’ daughter-in-law in Upper-middle socio-economic status. Daughter-in-law and parents-in-law dyad reported significant inter-generational differences for more number of relationship issues than any other dyad. Members of first generation revealed congruence in perception for more number of relationship issues, reciprocity and quality of relationship where daughter-in-law was ‘working’ while, second generation revealed more perceptual harmony where daughter-in-law was ‘non-working’. Multivariate analysis revealed that work status of daughter-in-law and socio-economic status did not contribute significantly in prediction of quality of relationship in both the generations from upper as well as lower-middle socio-economic strata.ThesisItem Restricted Assessment of family support to rural disabled children(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2006) Yadwinder KaurThe study was conducted to assess the family support provided to rural disabled children. The age of the focus child was below 12 years. The sample consisted of 150 families having children with either of the four disabilities viz orthopedically challenged, mentally challenged, speech and hearing challenged and having multiple disability. The study was conducted in the rural areas of Ludhiana and Sangrur districts, taking 100 families from Ludhiana districts and 50 families from Sangrur district. A self structured interview schedule was used for data collection. Observations were also recorded during home visits. Results revealed that parental way of understanding the disabled child affected the quantity and quality of care provided to the disabled child. Family type, number of siblings and working status of parents influenced the care of the disabled child. Disabled child needs extra time for his/her care. Their needs must be understood by the family members. But when these needs were not understood, the care was affected to large extent and leads to irritated behaviour of the family members towards the disabled child. Lack of parental knowledge, economic problems and lack of resources affected the care. Quantity and quality of care was also associated with the parenting style followed by the parents to understand their child, to fulfill their needs and to socialize them in an effective way. Sibling relationship was different when one of the sibling is disabled. Siblings feel neglected and target of frustration of their parents which was due to their disabled sibling. They had feelings of love and care towards their disabled siblings.ThesisItem Open Access STRATEGIES USED BY PARENTS AND CARE PROVIDERS TO ADJUST CHILDREN IN LABORATORY DAY CARE CENTRE(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2010) Khwairakpam SharmilaThe investigation entitled ‘Strategies used by Parents and Care Providers to Adjust Children in Laboratory Day Care Centre’ aimed at studying the time differentials, non-adjustment reactions and strategies adopted by Parents and Care Providers to facilitate the adjustment of children in the Laboratory Day Care Centre. The study was based upon a sample of 32 (15 male and 17 female) children admitted in April,2009 & April,2010 sessions in Laboratory Day Care Centre, Department of Human Development, PAU, Ludhiana as well as ‘Care Providers (n=3)’ and ‘Parents of the sample children (n=32)’. Observation-cum-Interview method was used for data collection for the study. Based on their non-adjustment reactions, the children were divided into two categories, viz. ‘Early Adjusting Children’ and ‘Late Adjusting Children’. An opinion survey was conducted for this purpose in the five Early Childhood Care Centres in Ludhiana City. The girls were found to require more time in adjustment as compared to the boys, but the gender differentials within these two categories were non-significant. The subjects displayed non-adjustment reactions in varying frequencies and intensities. ‘Eating Problems’ were the first to fade out and ‘Unwillingness to Come to the Centre’ the last. Care Providers used different techniques to handle various non-adjustment reactions with a preference for ‘Verbal Comforting’, ‘Positive Reinforcement’ and ‘Redirecting’ with ‘Timeout’ as their last choice. Significant differences existed in the strategies adopted by the parents of ‘Early’ and ‘Late’ adjusting children to facilitate adjustment of their wards. Parents of ‘Early Adjusting Children’ employed better strategies.
