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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University popularly known as HAU, is one of Asia's biggest agricultural universities, located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is named after India's seventh Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It is a leader in agricultural research in India and contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India in the 1960s and 70s. It has a very large campus and has several research centres throughout the state. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997. HAU was initially a campus of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the formation of Haryana in 1966, it became an autonomous institution on February 2, 1970 through a Presidential Ordinance, later ratified as Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970, passed by the Lok Sabha on March 29, 1970. A. L. Fletcher, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, was instrumental in its initial growth.

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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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    Problems and adjustment of professional couples
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-08) Saini, Arju; Siwach, Meena
    Professional couples are those when a lady and her husband are in a profession, it signifies that both of them are employed and hold qualified positions. This practice has been growing in India over the past few years as well. It has become necessary for the couples to work at the same time due to rising inflation and an improved standard of living. Both partners have demanding careers, frequently face particular challenges, and need to make certain adjustments to maintain a healthy work-life balance and a harmonious relationship. The purpose of the study was to identify the marital problems and adjustment issues experienced by professional couples working in private and government institutions. The present study was conducted on a sample of 100 professional couples i.e., 10 couples from each institute. Thus, the total sample for the present study constituted of 100 male and 100 female professionals i.e., 100 couples. Five government and five private institutes were selected from Hisar district of Haryana state by random selection method. . From each institute 10 couples were selected randomly. self-made questionnaire used to identify socio-personal variables and marital issues in professional couples. The marital adjustment questionnaire developed by Kumar and Rohatgi (2018) was used to evaluate the adjustment of professional couples. The results reveal that couples working in private institutes commonly experience trust issues, and personal problems. And couples working in government institutes face issues related to incompatibility, communication problems, and feeling of inferiority. Approximately half of couples in the study reported a moderate level of problems, indicating that challenges are relatively common among couples regardless of their work environment. Regarding marital adjustment results revealed that couples working in government institutes generally have a higher level of adjustment couples compared to couples working in government institutes. This suggests that the work environment in government institutes may contribute to better overall marital adjustment for these couples.
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    Well-being, stress levels and adopted coping mechanisms among women experiencing infertility
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-08) Sangeeta; Siwach, Meena
    Infertility is a serious psycho-social issue that affects a couple's mental, physical and social well-being and marital stability. For people and couples who are trying to get pregnant, infertility can be a difficult and emotionally taxing process. Feelings of despair, anger, shame, and even a sense of loss might result from being unable to conceive naturally or bring a pregnancy to term. It's critical to understand that infertility impacts both men and women and can significantly influence their mental and emotional health. In infertile couples‟ relationships, women express more distress than their male counterparts. In order to deal with the circumstances, to achieve emotional stability, and reclaim control over their life, women turn to a variety of coping mechanisms. Depending on the circumstances, infertile women choose different coping techniques. This present study aimed to contribute in an effort to better understand well-being of infertile women, stress of infertility and ways to cope with the situation. A total number of 100 infertile women between the age of 25 to 40 years comprised the sample. Well-being of infertile women was assessed using a self-designed questionnaire. Stress levels of infertile women was assessed using Depression anxiety stress scale (DASS) by Lovibond, S.H. and Lovibond, P.E. (1995), Fertility Problem Inventory (FPI) by Newton (1999) was also used to assess fertility problem and Coping patterns of infertile was assessed using a self-designed questionnaire. Observed findings indicated that nearly half of women faced moderate levels of stress. More than half of infertile women used high planned-problem solving and moderate self-control coping mechanisms among all other coping mechanisms. Also, negative relationships between well-being and depression, anxiety, and stress indicated that higher levels of stress were associated with lower levels of well-being which means that women who had more stress indicated lower well-being. The present study has revealed that the factors influencing the well-being of infertile women included age, duration of marriage and duration of infertility. Moreover, stress in infertile women was affected by age at the time of marriage, duration of marriage and education. The study also suggested that personal variables can influence coping mechanisms in response to infertility.
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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.