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Subject: Human Development and Family Studies × End date: 2020 × Start date: 2020 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Empathy and happiness as determinants of altruistic behaviour among adolescents
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2020) Kaushik, Pooja; Chawla, Asha
    The present study entitled “Empathy and happiness as determinants of altruistic behaviour among adolescents” was carried out on total sample of 240 adolescents (120 rural and 120 urban) in the age group of 16-18 years from rural and urban government schools of Ludhiana. For data collection socio-personal information sheet, Altruism Scale (Rai and Singh 2004), Empathy Scale (Dubey and Tandon 2014) and Happiness Scale (Rastogi and Moorjani 2016) were used. The results revealed that rural adolescents were highly altruistic and empathetic as compared to urban adolescents. Gender differences indicated that girls were found to be more altruistic and empathetic than boys. Majority of rural and urban adolescents had experienced happiness at average level in all the dimensions. Non-Significant gender differences were found in various dimensions of happiness. Significant and positive correlation existed between altruism and empathy among rural and urban adolescents. Among rural sample, correlation was found significant and positive in social well-being whereas for urban sample, it was with career well-being and spiritual well-being. Gender-wise correlation analysis indicated positive correlation of altruism with empathy. However, girls were found more empathetic than boys. Among boys, significant and positive relationship existed between altruism and career well-being whereas for girls, correlation was found significant and positive in emotional well-being. The study concluded that empathy and happiness affected altruistic behaviour in a positive way.
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    Association of psychological well-being with helplessness and hopelessness among youth
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2020) Kaushal, Sakshi; Kanwar, Vandana
    Present study was conducted to explore the association of psychological well-being with helplessness and hopelessness among youth. The respondents were undergraduate students studying in constituent colleges of Punjab Agricultural University, district Ludhiana, Punjab. Total sample comprised of 400 youth (Males=200, Females=200). Standardized scales were used for assessment of PWB (Sisodia and Choudhary, 1971), Helplessness (Mathur and Bhatnagar 2000) and Hopelessness (Beck 1974). The results indicated that both males and females had moderate level of PWB, helplessness and mild level of hopelessness. Further exploration highlighted that male youth had better PWB, less helplessness and less hopelessness in comparison to their counterparts. Regression analysis indicated negative association of perceived helplessness and hopelessness with PWB of the youth. It is recommended that longitudinal studies may be beneficial to study the change in levels of PWB, hopelessness and helplessness. Efforts in form of interventions may be planned to mitigate the effects of perceived helplessness and hopelessness among youth.