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A study of absconded mental patients
No full textBriefly reports a follow-up study of 19 mental patients who "absconded" in 1973-1974 from the Government Mental Hospital in Madras.
Keywords: Absconded, mental patient
Alienation and educational setting
No full textStudied 1,000 students drawn from various fields of study in 3 universities, using random stratified sampling procedures. Each S was administered a 65-item inventory designed to measure 4 aspects of alienation: ego identity, powerlessness, normlessness, and disorganization. It is concluded that alienation in the educational system is all-pervasive and intense, but that there is a growing recognition of student power. Thus a strange situation exists in which alienation and the sense of belonging balance each other.
Keywords: Alienation, educationa
Industrial Urban Experience and Attitudes to Change and Innovation
No full textPresents personal information (e.g., age, education, occupation, income) and scores on a scale measuring attitudes toward change and innovation from 100 farmers, 100 rural workers, and 100 urban workers. "Industrialization in urban as well as in rural settings influences attitudes to change and innovation in the direction of modernity. However, this influence is significant only when industrialization is aided by urbanization.
Keywords: Industrial, Urban, Experience, Attitudes to Change, Innovatio
Birth-order and need for achievement in tribals and non-tribals
No full textStudied a sample of 464 students, randomly selected from various colleges at Ranchi University, which included 195 nontribal males, 107 nontribal females, 107 tribal males, and 55 tribal females. Each S was administered the Personal Data Schedule (ordinal birth position, age, sex, education, cultural background, and socioeconomic status) and the Hindi version of the Sentence Completion Test. Female Ss differed significantly in their achievement levels more than did males when tribal Ss were compared with nontribal. Findings suggest that the relationship between birth order and need for achievement is not simple and direct.
Keywords: Birth order, need for achievement, tribals, non-tribal
A study of marital happiness in Hindu Gujrati women
No full textPresents data based on a questionnaire given to 250 married Hindu females from upper-middle and middle class nuclear families. Preliminary analysis indicates marriages initiated below 16 yrs of age were negatively associated with marital happiness; those in which there was little age difference (0-6 yrs) between spouses were also less happy. There were positive relationships between marital happiness and income, sexual satisfaction, and education.
Keywords: Marital happiness, Hindu, wome
Child Rearing Practices and Authoritarianism
No full textCompared 75 male Indian university students who scored high and 75 who scored low on a modified version of the California F scale. Each S was given a scale of 20 items selected from Itkin's V scale to obtain perceptions of parental handling experienced in childhood, and 20 items to measure attitudes toward children. 25 fathers of Ss in each group were administered the same Itkin items. T-test analysis supported the conclusion that high authoritarian Ss differ significantly from the low group in the manner of their upbringing.
Keywords: Parenting style, Child Rearing, Authoritarianis
A Study of Attitude to Hospitalisation and Discharge of Long Stay Patients in a Mental Hospital
No full textBased on interview data obtained from 76 chronic male patients out of a selected purposive sample of 126 patients at an Indian hospital for mental disease, it is concluded that a majority desire to go home and that they have a positive attitude toward their guardians. Analysis also showed that the longer the hospitalization, the lesser the desire to be discharged. Implications for rehabilitation of mental patients are discussed.
Keywords: Attitude, Hospitalisation, Discharge, Long Stay Patients, Mental Hospita
A Preliminary Study of Mental Illness in the Aged
No full textConducted a study with 71 male and 29 female patients admitted to an Indian mental hospital, using a modified version of the Cohen-Struening scale to measure attitudes toward mental illness. Preliminary findings are briefly presented concerning authoritarianism, benevolence, mental hygiene, social restrictiveness, and interpersonal hygiene as related to sex, urban-rural residence, and economic status.
Keywords: Mental Illness, Age
Social factors in the study of peptic ulcer disease
No full textCompared 50 cases of peptic ulcers with a control group of 25 normal volunteers matched on age, sex, occupation, and socioeconomic status. Ss were given physical and psychiatric examinations, 2 or 3 psychiatric interviews focused on family dynamics and sociocultural background, and "abreaction with methedrine" for Ss who did not volunteer information. It is concluded that social factors play an important role in the development of peptic ulcers.
Keywords: Social factors, peptic ulcer diseas
A study of mental illness in nuclear and joint family
No full textStudied 1,084 new cases referred to the outpatient department of an Indian mental hospital during a 9-week period. The ratio of nuclear to joint (extended) families was 7 to 3. It is concluded that type of family and diagnosis are 2 independent variables; no relationship was found between psychiatric disorders and type of family.
Keywords: Mental illness, nuclear, joint famil