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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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Social emotional learning and temperament among children with and without siblings.
(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2019) Saini, Tamanna; Sharma, Seema
The present study entitled „Social emotional learning and temperament among children with and without siblings‟ was undertaken to assess the levels of social emotional learning and temperament among children with and without siblings, aged 12-14 years living in Ludhiana city. The total sample comprised of 220 school going children (110 single children and 110 children with siblings) equally distributed over both the gender. Social emotional competence questionnaire by Zhou and Ee was administered to measure the social emotional competence of children. A Thorndike dimension of temperament test by Thorndike was applied to assess the temperament of children. Results revealed that significantly more number of children with siblings were found at higher level in the dimension of self-awareness, self-management and overall social emotional competence whereas significantly more number of single children was found at medium level. With regard to temperament, children with siblings were found to be more sociable, irritable, tender-minded and responsible whereas single children were found to be more impulsive and active. Irrespective of sibling status, no significant gender difference was found in the dimensions of social emotional competence and temperament traits except girls were found to be significantly more cheerful and boys were more neutral in trait of temperament. Correlation analysis revealed that there was a significant correlation in various dimensions of social emotional competence and traits of temperament among children with siblings and single children. Girls were found to be significantly correlated with various dimensions of social emotional competence and traits of temperament.
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Relationship of Mental Health with Suicidal Ideation among Adolescents
(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2019) Amandeep Kaur; Kang, Tejpreet K.
The study was conducted to assess the ‘Relationship of Mental Health with Suicidal Ideation among Adolescents.’ The study was based on 240 adolescents (i.e. 120 rural and 120 urban) in the age range of 16-18 years. The sample was randomly drawn from four Government Senior Secondary Schools purposively selected from rural as well as urban areas of Ludhiana district. Self-structured general information sheet was prepared to collect the general information of the adolescents. Mental Health Battery by Singh and Sengupta and Suicidal Ideation Scale by Sisodia and Bhatnagar were used to assess the mental health and suicidal ideation of the respondents respectively. Results revealed significant differences in mental health of the respondents. Boys were scoring better than their female counterparts in majority of the dimensions as well as in overall mental health. Significant locale differences existed between rural boys and girls. In suicidal ideation gender differences were found to be significant among rural boys and girls whereas non-significant differences were seen among urban boys and girls. Significant locale differences existed between rural and urban adolescents. Emotional stability, overall adjustment, self-concept, intelligence and better overall mental health made a negative contribution towards suicidal ideation as compared to autonomy and security-insecurity which made a positive contribution towards suicidal ideation among adolescents. In demographic variables, family size and presence of male and female sibling were having a significant and positive relationship with mental health whereas family income was having a significant and negative relationship with the dimension of mental health among adolescents.
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Developmental Readiness in Private School Children and its Knowledge among Teachers
(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2019) Joshi, Neha; Vig, Deepika
The present study investigated the developmental readiness of private school children and its knowledge among teachers. The total sample of the study comprised of 200 children of class-I (i.e. 100 rural and 100 urban) and 100 teachers (i.e. 50 rural and 50 urban) teaching class-I. The sample was randomly selected from five private schools of rural and urban areas of Ludhiana district. Self structured Developmental Readiness Checklist was used to assess its different components viz. cognitive, physical and socio-emotional readiness along with self-help skills of class-I children. Similarly self structured Teachers’ Knowledge Questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of rural and urban teachers teaching class-I. The results revealed that most of the rural and urban children had high level of skills across all the domains of developmental readiness. Locale differences revealed that both rural boys and girls showed significantly better socio-emotional skills. Girls displayed significantly better cognitive abilities than boys whereas boys performed significantly better in gross motor skills. The analysis of teachers’ knowledge regarding developmental readiness indicated that urban teachers had better knowledge than rural teachers. Rural and urban teachers with regular degree had better knowledge than their counterparts with correspondence degree. The correlation analysis showed positive and significant relationship of educational qualification as well as teaching experience with knowledge of the teachers which concluded that more the educational qualification and teaching experience of the teachers, better was the knowledge regarding developmental readiness in young children.
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Impact of Maternal Employment on Personality Traits on Urban Adolescents
(College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, 2005) bala, Renu; Nanda, P
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Determinants of Breast-Feering Pattern Among Working and Non-Working Mothers
(College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, 2008) Nidhi, Mahendru; Thind, S
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Assessment of Developmental Readiness in Government School Children and its Knowledge among Teachers
(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2019) Newton, Jennifer; Vig, Deepika
The study was conducted to evaluate the ‗Assessment of Developmental Readiness in Government School Children and its Knowledge Among Teachers‘. The study was based on 200 class-I students (i.e. 100 rural and 100 urban) and 100 teachers (i.e. 50 rural and 50 urban) teaching class-I. The sample was randomly drawn from five Government Primary Schools selected from rural and urban areas of Ludhiana district. Self Structured Developmental Readiness Checklist was prepared to assess its different components viz. cognitive, physical and socio-emotional readiness along with self help skills of Class-I students from rural and urban government schools. Similarly Self Structured Teachers Knowledge Questionnaire was prepared to assess the knowledge of rural and urban teachers teaching class-I from rural and urban government school of Ludhiana. Results revealed overall developmental readiness of children at high level. Significant locale differences existed between rural and urban boys and girls, with urban children having better performance than rural children. Similarly, significant gender differences were observed where boys scored better than girls in majority of the domains of developmental readiness as well as in overall level of developmental readiness. Also, significant differences were found in the levels of knowledge of teachers. Urban teachers had better results as compared to the rural teachers. A positive and significant relationship of educational qualification of teachers and teaching experience was observed with knowledge of the teachers. The results indicated that higher was the educational qualification of teachers and more was the teaching experience, better was the level of knowledge regarding developmental readiness.
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Relationship of family environment and school environment with educational anxiety of adolescents
(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2018) Gurpreet Kaur; Chawla, Asha
The present study entitled “Relationship of family environment and school environment with educational anxiety of adolescents”. The study was carried out in Government rural and urban schools of Ludhiana district. The total sample comprised 200 adolescents (100 rural and 100 urban) in the age group of 17-18 years. Personal information sheet, Educational Anxiety Inventory (Sood and Anand 2012), Family Environment Scale (Bhatia and Chadha 1993) and School Environment Scale (Misra 2012) were used to collect the data. The findings of the study revealed that more number of females experienced educational anxiety at average level than males. Rural adolescents had more educational anxiety as compared to urban adolescents. Majority of the adolescents (male and female) experienced their family environment at average level. Majority of urban adolescents experienced their family environment at average level than rural adolescents. Males perceived high level in all the dimensions of school environment. Significant locale differences were found in case of permissiveness and rejection only. In case of females correlation analysis between family environment and educational anxiety was found to be significant and inversely associated with educational anxiety except in one dimension i.e conflict, whereas in males correlation was significant and inverse in active- recreational dimension only. Rural adolescents presented significant but inverse relationship of family environment with educational anxiety except in two dimension i.e organization and conflict. Among males correlation analysis between school environment and educational anxiety were found to be non significant apart from one dimension i.e cognitive encouragement and in case of females correlation analysis were found to be significant and inversely associated with educational anxiety and dimensions like creative stimulation and acceptance. Non significant correlation was found in the dimensions of school environment apart from two dimensions i.e creative stimulation and acceptance in case of rural adolescents. Correlation analysis among urban adolescents presented significant and inverse association between educational anxiety and dimensions like creative stimulation, cognitive encouragement and acceptance.
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Situational analysis of guidance and counselling needs of adolescents and provision status in Ludhiana district
(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2018) Dhami, Manisha; Sharma, Seema
The present study entitled “Situational analysis of guidance and counselling needs of adolescents and provision status in Ludhiana district” was undertaken to assess guidance and counselling needs of male and female adolescents in urban and rural areas. The study was conducted on 200 adolescents (100 urban and 100 rural) of Government Senior Secondary Schools of Ludhiana district. The sample was further equally distributed over two genders (100 males and 100 females). Psychological counselling needs scale was used to assess the psychological counselling needs of adolescents. For the assessment of guidance need, guidance need inventory was used and a self structured questionnaire was used to assess the adolescents’ perception of status and sources of guidance and counselling being provided to them. The results revealed that significant locale differences were found in the adolescents perception of total psychological counseling needs. In rural sample, males and females showed non significant difference in all dimensions of guidance needs. Irrespective of locale, no significant gender difference was found in the dimensions of guidance needs except physical guidance needs, where females displayed more need than males. Rural respondents required more guidance in physical, social, psychological, vocational and overall life sphere than urban adolescents. Irrespective of locale and gender, correlation analysis revealed that the students who perceived greater psychological counselling and guidance needs were performing poorer in academics. Majority of rural adolescents perceived the guidance and counselling services to be unsatisfactory. Majority of adolescents trust their parents for physical, social and psychological guidance whereas for educational guidance adolescents relied more on internet sources and moreover, internet and print media were the major sources for vocational guidance.

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