Indian Journal of Psychiatric Social Work
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A behaviour rating scale for the hospitalized psychiatric patients
No full textEvaluated an instrument designed to assess 8 major aspects of the adjustment of psychiatric patients hospitalized under Indian conditions. Ss were (a) an adjusted group of 30 male chronic psychotic patients matched for age, education, and duration of stay with (b) 30 nonadjusted Ss. The split-half method of reliability yielded high and significant internal consistency ratings of .74 for the adjusted patients and .90 and .87 for the NA patients and a second judge, respectively. Results support the validity of the instrument: The adjusted Ss scored significantly higher than did the nonadjusted Ss. A significant interrater reliability of .87 was obtained on the nonadjusted Ss. (5 ref)
Keywords: Behaviour, rating scale, hospitalized psychiatric patient
The right of psychiatric social workers to practice psychotherapy
No full textContends that the role of psychiatric social workers as psychotherapists should be recognized as a matter of right, and that they should have freedom to consult the expert psychiatrist in complicated cases. This will mean proper utilization of the talent available in the country for the benefit of humanity at large.
Keywords: Psychiatric social worker, psychotherapy, practice
The relation between religious attitude and characteristics of personality
No full textAnalyzed 400 randomly selected male Hindu students at Ranchi University. Comparison of top quartile with the lowest quartile on a religious scale indicated significant differences between the most religious and least religious groups on anxiety, authoritarianism, conformity, and dependency.
Keywords: Religious attitude, personality characteristic
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 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
A study of attitudes of relatives of mentally ill undergoing hospitalization
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: Attitudes, relatives, mentally ill, hospitalizatio
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 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