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Political Orientation, Religiosity and Life Satisfaction: An exploratory investigation amongst Indians
Get PDFRecent advancements in positive psychology have led to an increase in the attention being paid to life satisfaction and subjective well-being. Research has been done on the relationship between political orientation, religiosity and life satisfaction in the western scenario but not much has been done about the subject in India. The aim of this paper was to establish a relationship between political orientation, religiosity and life satisfaction. The primary research included 101 respondents (male and female) in the age group of 40-65 who participated in the research. They were asked to complete the following measures: The 12-item social and economic conservatism scale (Everett, 2013), 20 item Dimensions of Religiosity scale (Joseph et al, 2007) and 5 item Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener, 1985). It was hypothesized that (a) There will be a significant positive relationship between political conservatism and life satisfaction and (b) There will be a significant positive relationship between religiosity and life satisfaction. The results have been discussed in the light of the relevant literature
The Effects of Self-Care on Undergraduate Stress
No full textPrevious research shows that excessive stress can have a significant, negative effect on one’s overall cognitive efficiency and that stress is negatively correlated with self-care routines. The present research builds upon this body of knowledge by gathering data from an undergraduate sample (N = 200) with 44 males and 156 females (MAge = 21.22). Participants’ stress and self-care practices were measured at weeks 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 of their semester using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale and the Mindful Self-Care Scale. We hypothesized that increased stress would result in decreased self-care practices and that predisposed self-care at time 1 could be used to predict stress levels at times 3 and 5. A cross-lagged panel analysis supported this hypothesis, indicating simultaneously that self-care was significantly correlated with stress and that the two factors were significantly predictive of one another at later time points
Crisis for the University Student: Changing Student Housing and Growing Cost Burden
Get PDFCollege cost burden and student debt are among the most pressing discussions in contemporary US society. This conversation has largely been focused on changes in tuition and fees. While this is important, over 60% of the college cost at four-year public institutions is housing. This substantial burden has already forced 35% of four-year college students to be housing insecure and 7% to be homeless (Baker-Smith et al., 2020). In order to address this, it is essential we understand the factors driving housing costs and its impacts on students. This paper assists in that goal by investigating changes in on- and off-campus housing costs at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in recent years. Using tuition, fees, and on- and off-campus housing data from UNC Charlotte, we demonstrate that student housing cost increased by 6% on-campus and 20% off-campus between 2017 and 2019. We also collected survey data from 99 students. According to those results, 59% of students currently feel cost burdened by their housing cost and 88% would feel burdened if their rent increased. Students believed being part of a growing university and city attributed to increasing off-campus rents.
Keywords: housing, surveys, students, higher education, mixed-method
Effects of the Oral Contraceptive Pill: Psychological and Physiological Variables
Get PDFOral contraceptives are one of the most widely used contraceptives in the world. Multiple variations of the oral contraceptive pill (OCP) now exist with limited research examining the psychological impact they may have. The current study examined the psychological and physiological impact of three OCPs. Psychological and physiological variables in participants (N=84) were measured. Results found no significant effect on the psychological variables. An effect was observed in physiological variables; an increase in systolic blood pressure (SBP) on the fourth week of pill cycle (SBP) in those using Dianette and Ovranette. Similarly the purpose for which participants were using the OCP had an effect on SBP. This increase was also observed in diastolic blood pressure for the group who answered ‘other’. These findings in relation to week of pill cycle and SBP are particularly interesting and pave the way for further research.
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Informational Social Influence Intensifies the Misinformation Effect when Applied to Immutable Item and Temporal Order Memory
Get PDFThe importance surrounding the fallibility of eyewitness testimony is evident from the literature (Loftus, 2005) and its unreliability is cited as a leading cause for wrongful convictions (The Innocence Project, 2017). The present study examined the misinformation effect linked to temporal order and immutable item memories from an episodic event. It also investigated whether informational social influence would intensify this effect. Fifty-two participants (33 women and 19 men) carried out the study using the misinformation paradigm’s three-stage standard suggestibility procedure. Supporting the first hypothesis, participants exposed to informational social influence did yield to higher levels of misinformation. Indeed, in terms of immutable item memory, informational social influence was shown to be a causal factor in increasing the misinformation effect threefold. Congruent with the second hypothesis, participant’s memory recognition accuracy did differ when information type was distorted. Participants demonstrated that temporal order memory was less susceptible to misinformation than that of immutable item memory. Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for real-life eyewitness testimonies and the accuracy of the criminal justice system’s factual determinations
