{"title":"Resilience, Mindfulness and Flourishing in Middle Aged Adults","authors":"Yashi Sonthalia","doi":"10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I4/207689","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I4/207689","url":null,"abstract":"Resilience refers to one’s ability to overcome challenges. Mindfulness is an attitude of awareness and non-judgmentally accepting one’s moment-to-moment experience. Flourishing includes a range of positive concepts and offers a more holistic construct to being well and happy. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between mindfulness, resilience and flourishing. The current study was conducted on 111 middle aged adults from the age of 40-60 years old. The results showed that mindfulness, resilience and flourishing were all significantly related to one another. It was also seen that those who were working were significantly more mindful and resilient than those who were not. Lastly, the results also showed that resilience and flourishing were predicted by mindfulness. The study has important implications for the field of positive psychology.","PeriodicalId":228398,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of positive psychology","volume":"60 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116358946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Correlational Study on Emotional Intelligence and Self-Actualization of Creative Writers","authors":"M. Rather, Mahmood A. Khan","doi":"10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I4/207675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I4/207675","url":null,"abstract":"The study was undertaken to study the relationship between the factors of Emotional Intelligence and self-actualization of Creative writers of Jammu & Kashmir. The sample of the study comprised of 80 creative writers (Sahitya, Akademi, Awardees & Award-nominees). Emotional Intelligence Scale (2011) by Hyde, Pathe, and Dhar to measure emotional intelligence and Personal Orientation Inventory by Shostrom (1974) to measure self-actualization were the tools used for the collection of Data. Correlation was computed by employing Pearson’s Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation on Personality and Emotional Intelligence of Creative writers (N=80) at dimension level. The study revealed that there exists a significant relationship (Positive) between the factors ‘Self-awareness and feeling reactivity, ‘Emotional stability and Feeling reactivity and Intimate contact, ‘ Integrity and Feeling reactivity, ‘Value orientation and Inner directness, Acceptance of Aggression and Intimate contact’. Significant Negative relationship was found between the factors ‘Managing Relations and Time competence, Self Actualizing Value and Synergy’.","PeriodicalId":228398,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of positive psychology","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123458623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study of Optimism and Resilience","authors":"Aman","doi":"10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I4/207697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I4/207697","url":null,"abstract":"College students are the ones who face a lot of stress during their academic life. Some tackle them efficiently; however,some are not able to tackle them, while some are slower to tackle them. They may be optimistic or pessimistic in their life orientation. According to research people who are optimistic tend to be higher on resilience. The researched aimed to investigate the correlation between optimism and resilience. Gender differences were also studied. For this purpose the following tools were employed: Life Orientation Test-Revised for optimism and Brief Resilience Scale for resilience. The sample of 60 students in which 30 males and 30 females between 18 to 22 years was taken. Correlation, t- ratio, and regression analysis were the techniques of statistical analysis used. It was found that there is no significant relation between resilience and optimism. And it was found that significant gender differences in optimism but not on resilience. Resilience is a predictor of optimism.","PeriodicalId":228398,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of positive psychology","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129170655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficacy of Mindfulness Meditation on Mental Health During the Times of Covid’19- A Mixed-Method Study","authors":"Sarika Khandelwal","doi":"10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I4/207668","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I4/207668","url":null,"abstract":"The current study aims to evaluate the impact of a two-week Online Mindfulness Meditation (MM) intervention on levels of Depression, Stress, and Anxiety and gain insights into participants’ motivation and experiences of the intervention. Twentyfive participants (16 females & 9 males) were recruited through web-based advertisement using a random purposive sampling technique. DAS scale was administered before and after the intervention period to identify quantitative changes over time. Further, ten participants (6 females & 4 males) who exhibited significant changes in their quantitative measures were interviewed via video conferencing to understand the particular motivators and experiences of participating; where the responses were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Change in outcome measures over time was examined using Mean, S.D., and paired t-test. Results revealed significant improvements in reducing the severity of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms significantly (all p >0.001) and improvement was sustained at three months follow- up. The qualitative analysis depicted Spiritual inclination and Experience of stress and loneliness as motivation themes for enrolling. Moreover,the lived experience of the participants exhibited three overarching themes – a. Self- awareness, b. Insight development, c. Social cohesion. The study provides evidence in support of the effectiveness of brief, MM in a non-clinical population and suggests that low-intensity intervention can be used for modulating negative psychological states through easily accessible and non- physical contact training mode. However, more research is needed to confirm and better understand these results and to test the potential of such interventions.","PeriodicalId":228398,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of positive psychology","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122234140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Knowledge, attitude and practices during Covid 19: Interventions and preventions","authors":"G. Kaur, A. Kaur, L. Kaur","doi":"10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I3/207094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I3/207094","url":null,"abstract":"Corona Virus disease infected a large number of people globally and cause huge number of deaths worldwide. The knowledge attitude and practice (KAP) regarding COVID-19 plays an important role in determining society's readiness to accept the changes and provide a useful insight to address poor knowledge about disease. The present study aim to assess the knowledge, attitude as well as practice regarding covid-19 among 300 participants to evaluate the satisfaction towards government efforts to fight covid-19. The study suggested that the respondents had knowledge that there is no drug available for Covid 19 and knew covering nose and mouth with mask and using alcohol based hand sanitizer could prevent the disease. The respondents had a positive attitude towards winning war against corona virus and they also stated by adopting safety measures we can together fight against corona and defeat it. As regard to practises followed by respondents, they were avoiding large gatherings and were wearing masks while going out of their houses. Use of preventive measures creates less panic among respondents and ready to adapt changes during lockdown has showed positive attitude towards government instructions. The study suggested that people must routinize their behaviour and practise the interventions stated by the government to control Covid 19.","PeriodicalId":228398,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of positive psychology","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134154590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of emotional well-being and perceived stress among COVID-19 positive patients in isolation, family members, and neighbors","authors":"N. Sindhu","doi":"10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I3/207100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I3/207100","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this research study was to capture the psychological impact of COVID-19 in North India, by comparing the psychological well-being of patients in isolation centers, their family members and neighbors The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW, 2020) also launched a smart phone application called AarogyaSetu to help in \"contact tracing and containing the spread\" of COVID-19 pandemic in the nation [ ]the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR, 2020) has instituted a number of guidelines that specify the individuals who need to be tested for COVID-19 and placed into isolation should their tests turn out to be positive High-risk people affected by the disease, like the elderly, immunocompromised people, those living in congested places like old age homes, and people who already had some medical or psychiatric conditions, were at an increased risk for adverse psychosocial outcomes In an endeavor to attain a comprehensive understanding of the specific psychological impact of the COVID-19 virus in northern India, the present study was conducted to compare the emotional well-being and stress of COVID-19 positive patients at isolation centers, family members, and neighbors","PeriodicalId":228398,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of positive psychology","volume":"17 11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132145676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Servant Leadership: Is this the Type of Leadership for Job Satisfaction among Healthcare Employees?","authors":"David W. Bennett, Roquel Hylton","doi":"10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I3/207088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I3/207088","url":null,"abstract":"In today's healthcare industry the servant leadership model tends to provide a distinctive way through which to examine leadership behaviors and its relationship to job satisfaction among employees. Thus, this current study attempted to investigate the relationship between job satisfaction and servant leadership characteristics in a public health care facility/hospital in the Southern Caribbean. Convenience sampling has been used to draw a sample of public healthcare employees. 50 medical participants completed hard copies of two survey instruments: Executive Servant Leadership Scale (ESLS) developed by Reed, Vidaver-Cohen, and Colwell (2011) and the Job Satisfaction scale developed by Lucas, Babakus, and Ingram (1990). The Pearson's r correlation was used to determine the relationship between these two variables. The results indicated a moderately positive significant relationship between overall job satisfaction and overall servant leadership. That is, rs(50) = 0.493, p < 0.01. Further, the study found that though there was a positive correlation found between the interpersonal support component of servant leadership and job satisfaction. This was rs(50) = 0.535 p < .01. However, a more positive correlation found between the overall and the altruism component of servant leadership. This was rs(50)=0.634, p < .01.","PeriodicalId":228398,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of positive psychology","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115339602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parenting Style and Academic Motivation: A Critical Review","authors":"Ranita Banerjee, Santoshi Halder","doi":"10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I3/207082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I3/207082","url":null,"abstract":"This systematic review was conducted to examine how different parenting styles influence academic motivation. The review included fifteen studies dealing with various parenting styles and academic outcomes. Authoritative parenting was found to be most balanced in terms of demandingness and responsiveness. The studies having homogeneous sample from same locality which did not provide scope of comparing traditional and western parenting. This review brings forward the importance of parenting style which satisfies the basic psychological needs and promotes motivation.","PeriodicalId":228398,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of positive psychology","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122826660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wisdom and organizational citizenship behavior: An empirical research","authors":"Simran Singla, Vanshika Beri","doi":"10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I3/207083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I3/207083","url":null,"abstract":"Exploratory research was done to compare people with different levels of wisdom (& its components) on OCB. An online survey gathered data from two twenty-five private-sector HR employees from Delhi-NCR. The analysis was done using SPSS 20. It was found out that there is a significant difference in people with high and low levels of experience, emotional regulation, humor, reflectivity, and openness with respect to the OCB. Overall wisdom does seem to interact with OCB, but no such interaction was found with respect to gender and OCB. There was no significant interaction between gender and wisdom with respect to OCB. Finally, all the dimensions of wisdom and the overall level of wisdom had a significant positive relation with OCB in both females and males.","PeriodicalId":228398,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of positive psychology","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129838486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of Bee Products in the Treatment of Diseases","authors":"M. Akbari, R. Nourizadeh","doi":"10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I1/207057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15614/IJPP/2020/V11I1/207057","url":null,"abstract":"Humans have always been exposed to various pathogenic and non-pathogenic threats throughout history and have used various ways to treat and control them. One of these methods has been the use of bees and their products. The results showed that honey bee is one of the most powerful organisms that benefits humans most. In addition to participating in pollination and pollination of plants through honey, royal jelly, honey bite venom and propolis, it benefits humans. Honey has many of the healing properties of flowers and plants on earth. Honey quickly absorbs blood and is therefore potent and is extremely effective in blood making. Prevents infection in the stomach and intestine and relieves constipation. Honey has a remarkable effect on relieving muscle fatigue and increasing blood calcium levels. Honey is effective in strengthening the heart and is a good adjunct to the treatment of lung diseases. Its microbicidal properties are useful for diarrhea patients and effective in the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers. Bee venom has been used in a variety of ways to treat some diseases, including: rheumatoid arthritis, joint pain, malaria, goiter, neurological and nerve pain, neuritis and edema and some eye diseases such as Iridocycle Iris and severe allergy to bee venom. Is. This wonderful substance has anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-dental effects. It is also used as an immune system booster, oral and gingival remedy, topical anesthetic and blood pressure lowering agent. Medicinal uses of propolis include cardiovascular treatment (anemia), respiratory system, dental care, skin care (wound healing, eczema, wound healing especially burn wounds, fungal disease), infectious diseases (mucous membranes & wounds), Cancer treatments include strengthening the body's immune system, digestive tract (wounds & infections), protecting and strengthening the liver and many more.","PeriodicalId":228398,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of positive psychology","volume":"126 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129691195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}