PSYBERNEWS 5, 1, 2014

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Dear Readers,
    It gives me immense pleasure to announce that your favorite Psybernews has reached its fifth year, thanks to your continuous contribution and support. The journal always tries to cater your needs by incorporating insightful articles to satisfy your interest.
    With rapid changes in economic development and increase in aspiration level despite adequate mental faculties, crime rate is increasing. Legal professionals are in stress due to clearance of huge crime report. This can be prevented by good litigation prediction. The question is can psychologist play any role in litigation or in judiciary ? In the article on litigation prediction, you will find how personality traits make one successful in litigation prediction. Childhood Psychopathology is in rise. This volume gives you information about what childhood psychopathology is and its principal components. Rabindranath Tagore, the Noble laureate, wrote several universal values related to work setting. In an earlier issue, relationship between work values and job satisfaction was published. In this volume, you will find value convergence between genders.
     Psybernews regularly provides you set of research reviews. In this issue, you will find two reviews. One is about psychological determinants of hacking behavior. Another is about models of health behavior for management of diabetes. Psybernews also stresses on articles about research methods. In this issue, you will find how to maximize reliability of achievement test when responses are binary - right and wrong. The article on data cleaning provides new insight about several principles of cleaning random data.
    Recently National Academy of Applied Psychology organized their Annual conference. In one of the articles published in this issue, the abstracts of the conference were analyzed and research trends were identified. Analysis also shows distributions of different topics and identified the areas that received less importance in research.
    Finally, I am thankful to all the readers and editorial board members who voluntarily reviewed the articles. I am thankful to Prasad Psycho Corporation for publishing the journal. Please read the journal and give your valuable feedback. Enjoy Reading!!
D. Dutta Roy

Title of the paper: Role of Personality Traits in Litigation Prediction.

Author’s name: Amaleena Bose.

Introduction to author: Ms. Amaleena Bose is Senior Research and Project Associate in TTMS-PeopleProfit, an HR consulting firm. She has pursued her M.Sc in Applied Psychology with specialization in Organizational and Environmental Psychology from Calcutta University. Her areas of interest are test industrial psychology and measurement in psychology.
Abstract: Lawyers’ litigation forecasts play an integral role in the justice system. In the course of litigation, lawyers constantly make predictions based on which they make strategic decisions and/or advice their clients accordingly. Research on lawyers has revealed that successful lawyers tend to share some personality traits. This study investigates the role of personality traits (namely Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness) in prediction of legal proceedings among lawyers. Neo – Five Factor Inventory (Form S), (Costa & McCrae, 1991) and Questionnaire for assessing success in litigation prediction (Loftus et. al, 2010) were administered on 80 male practicing lawyers in West Bengal. They predicted their goals for three hearings in an ongoing case. After three hearings, the outcomes of the hearings were compared with the predictions. Results suggest that Extraversion and Conscientiousness play significant role in causing successful litigation prediction. Key words: Personality Traits, litigation forecasts, predict case outcomes.
Date of Submission: November 28, 2013.
Date of Acceptance: December 22, 2014.

Title of the paper: Psychology in the wake of Hackers.

Author’s name: Urmita Chakroborty

Introduction to author: Ms Urmita Chakraborty is pursuing her PhD in clinical psychology from Department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta. She is also working as a lecturer in psychology at HMM College for Women, Kolkata. Her research interest covers studying different communities, ego functions, anxiety and anger expression.
Abstract: Hackers are individuals who engage with computers, networking and communication technology. They bypass the computer security in different ways. This bypassing constitutes cyber crimes. The motive for the crimes they commit seems to be a reflection of their affiliation need. In this paper I have tried to discuss the various concepts related to hacking. Psychological theories have been taken into consideration to discuss the nature of hackers. Their behavioral problems have also been shown.
Key words: Hackers, Cyber Crime.
Date of Submission: August 08, 2013.
Date of Acceptance: January 20, 2014.

Title of the paper: Health Behavior Models and Adherence & Compliance to Diabetes Regimen.

Author’s name: Sravanti Adhikari, Debdulal DuttaRoy.

Introduction to author: Ms. Sravanti Adhikari is Research Fellow at the Psychology Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
Dr. Debdulal Dutta Roy is an Assistant Professor at the Psychology Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
Abstract: This study discusses four health behavior models in explaining adherence and compliance to behaviors recommended in diabetes regimen. The models are Health Belief Model, Theory of Planned Behavior, Self-Efficacy Theory and the Self- Regulatory Focus Theory. Finally it proposes key constructs of an integrated model which can help serve as a framework for designing tailor made intervention programs for diabetic patients.
Keywords: Diabetes, Health Belief Model, Theory of Planned Behavior, Self-Efficacy Theory, Self- Regulatory Focus Theory.
Date of Submission: November 25, 2013.
Date of Acceptance: January 02, 2014.

Title of the paper: Factor Structure of Bengali Version Childhood psychopathology Measurement Schedule.

Author’s name: Aparna Ray, Dilip Kr. Mondal.

Introduction to author: Aparna Ray is presently working as a Senior Lecturer, College of Nursing, Medical College. She has 10 years teaching experience including P.G. course. She worked as an Inspector of Indian Nursing Council. She is the member of Board of Studies of WBUHS. Now she is doing PhD from WBUHS.
Dr. Dilip Kr. Mondal is the HOD & Professor at Dept. of Psychiatry, Medical College, Kolkata. He has published more than 20 papers in various journals. Abstract: Although it is widely accepted that children from early age suffer from a psychopathology disorder, but in Indian community what type of childhood problem present is not clearly understood. This cross sectional study investigated the childhood problem through analysis of factor structure of Bengali Version Childhood Psychopathology Measurement Schedule (CPMS). CPMS were administered to the parents of 1000 children of the age group 4-14 years, from pediatric OPD after randomization. Principal component analysis with varimax rotation extracted two factors namely, behavior and emotional problems.
Key words: Child Psychopathology.
Date of Submission: January 02, 2014.
Date of Acceptance: January 28, 2014.

Title of the paper: Gender and Rabindrik Work Value Orientation

Author’s name: Debdulal DuttaRoy, Suhina Bhaduri.
Introduction to author: Dr. Debdulal Dutta Roy is an Assistant Professor at the Psychology Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
Ms. Suhina Bhaduri has completed Masters in Applied Psychology. Her area of research is Human Resource Management.
Abstract: Value is an enduring belief that have specific mode of conduct and end state of existence Preference to values is hierarchical in nature. Dutta Roy and Bandopadhay (2010) by analysis of the script of Reverend Rabindranath Tagore’s songs identified 14 path and 14 goal oriented work values. Path-oriented work values are specific conducts to achieve the end or work goal. The path- oriented work values are instrumental to goal oriented values. Rabindrik work values are based on self -awakening principles in work setting rather extrinsic factors like incentives, promotion etc. Current study examined value convergence between genders. Data were collected by value questionnaire from 91 female and 57 male respondents working in different occupations. Results show that most of the values are converged between genders.
Keywords: Work values, Value convergence and divergence.
Date of Submission: December 02, 2013.
Date of Acceptance: January 12, 2014.

Title of the paper: Analysis of Conference Abstracts: XXIII Annual Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), 2013.

Author’s name: Sumona Datta.

Introduction to author: Ms. Sumona Datta is Junior Research Fellow at the Psychology Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
Abstract: The National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) recently organized a National Conference on “Psychology in the Service of Humanity: Theory, Technology and Applications” at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha. A total of 249 abstracts were presented in 10 different subfields of Psychology. Other than the oral presentations, 15 abstracts were presented in the form of posters. The conference also included 10 symposiums on different sub themes where a total of 44 abstracts were presented. The chief emphasis was given on Health Psychology (59 abstracts) followed by Social Psychology (43 abstracts) and Organizational Psychology (41 abstracts). The aim of the present study is to analyze the abstracts presented in the NAOP Conference 2013 so that the current issues in Psychology can be focused.
Keywords: NAOP, Conference Analysis.
Date of Submission: December 26, 2013.
Date of Acceptance: January 04, 2014.

Title of the paper: Data Cleaning in Psycho-Informatics Research.

Author’s name: Anurupa Kundu, Debdulal DuttaRoy.

Introduction to author: Ms. Anurupa Kundu is a Senior Research Fellow at the Psychology Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
Dr. Debdulal Dutta Roy is an Assistant Professor at the Psychology Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
Abstract: Background: One of the important areas in Psycho-informatics is data cleaning, as psycho-informatics includes non-hypothetical and non-experimentally controlled data. Data cleaning is the process of detecting and correcting (or removing) the irrelevant, incomplete, inaccurate records from a database. Researcher collects the data from data reservoir wherein large numbers of irrelevant data are mixed with the relevant ones, which is of researchers’ interest. Purpose: To discuss data cleaning process in psycho-informatics research. Method: Discussion pertains to data cleaning before and during data mining. Before data mining, data cleaning process is done through inclusion and exclusion criteria. While, during data mining it occurs through statistical modelling like outlier detection. Implication: This discussion will be helpful to get reliable and valid information for research.
Keywords: Psychoinformatics, Data cleaning, Data mining.
Date of Submission: December 14, 2013.
Date of Acceptance: January 10, 2014.

Title of the paper: Maximizing Reliability of Rational Equivalence.

Author’s name: Parama Gupta, Debdulal DuttaRoy.

Introduction to author: Ms. Parama Gupta is working as Project Linked Person at the Psychology Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. She has done M.Sc. in Psychology from the Department of Psychology, University Of Calcutta in the year 2012.
Dr. Debdulal Dutta Roy is an Assistant Professor at the Psychology Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
Abstract: Reliability is an important component for any psychological assessment tool. Reliability enhances validity of the test. For the test with genuinely dichotomized response category maximization of reliability coefficient is more challenging. This study aims at maximizing reliability of one genuinely dichotomized reasoning test. Data were collected from 85 students through test of similarity reasoning. Result show increase in reliability coefficient of rational equivalence when the distracting items were removed from the model. Point biserial coefficient correlation was used to find out the distracting items.
Keywords: Reliability, reasoning test, rational equivalence.
Date of Submission: December 24, 2013.
Date of Acceptance: January 18, 2014.

PSYBERNEWS, 4, 2, 2013

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PUBLISHED RESEARCH ABSTRACTS

Title:DIABETES & COGNITION
Authors: Joseph Indelicato &  Karen Quadrini

Introduction to Authors:

Joseph Indelicato, LCSW, Ph.D. obtained his Ph.D. in Psychology from Hofstra University.He has varied research experience in effectiveness of medication, patient compliance and  the effects of diabetes on cognition.  He has taught on both the graduate and  undergraduate level in the area of health science. He is currently chair of undergraduate  social sciences at the Touro College School of Health Sciences.  He is also chair of Health Sciences Institutional Review Board.


Karen J. Quadrini, Ph.D. obtained her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Mount Sinai School of
Medicine, NY. She has research experience in both academics and the biotechnology industry. Karen has spent the last few years teaching at the undergraduate level, and is the former Assistant Chairperson of Undergraduate Studies and Director of Science at Touro College School of Health Sciences where
she was responsible for all science curricula.

Key Words: Type 2 Diabetes, Cognition, Dementia.

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Title: Rabindrik work value preferences
Author: Debdulal Dutta Roy & Debanjana Basu

Introduction to Authors:


D.Dutta Roy, Ph.D, is Assistant Professor of the Psychology Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. He obtained his Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. His research interest is in Measurement in Psychology.

Ms. Debanjana Basu is pursuing Post-Graduation in Applied Psychology with HR as specialization from Rajabazar Science College, Calcutta University. Her research interest is in Organizational Behavior.

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COMPUTERS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
Authors: Gurpreet Kaur  & Swati Mukherjee
Introduction to Authors:

Introduction to Authors:

Dr (Ms) Gurpreet Kaur is working as Scientist ‘D’ at Defence Institute of  Psychological Research (DIPR), Delhi. She is working in the area of Intelligence, emotional intelligence and cognition. At present she is broadly working on projects related to test construction including on-line test and other projects related to
Indian Armed Forces and emotional intelligence. She has also completed her training from British Psychological Society on competence in occupational testing (Level A and Level B). She has been associate editor of a book entitled, Psychometric Testing in Armed Forces: Issues and Challenges published by Pentagon Press and also has co-authored a working manual on Situation Judgment Test. Besides this, she has to her credit chapters for various books and research papers in various journals. She has presented papers at various national and international conferences, seminars and workshops.

Ms. Swati Mukherjee is Scientist ‘D’ at Defence Institute of Psychological Research, Delhi. She has obtained her M.Phil. Degree from University of Delhi. She has been a Gold Medallist through her undergraduate and post-graduate study in applied psychology. She is involved in many major research projects of the Institute. She has to her credit a few publications in the form of journal articles and book chapters. She has been the associate editor of a volume on Recent Developments in Psychology
and has co-authored a manual on Suicide and Fratricide for the armed forces personnel and a manual on ‘Overcoming obsolescence & becoming creative in R&D environment’ for R&D organizations. Her areas of interest are social psychology and positive mental health practices. She is currently pursuing her doctoral research from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
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Title:Psychosocial Risk Factors in Patients with Hypertension
Authors: Dharmender Kumar Nehra &  NovRattan Sharma

Introduction to Authors:

Dr. Dharmender Kumar Nehra, is a RCI registered Clinical Psychologist presently workingin State Institute of Mental Health, PGIMS, Rohtak. He passed his M.Sc.(Applied Psychology) from Guru Jambeshwar University, Hisar; M.Phil in Clinical psychology from Institute of Human Behaviour& Allied Sciences, Delhi; in addition he completed his Ph.D in Psychology from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, under  the supervision of his ideal Dr. NovRattan Sharma. He has also gone through the Post
 Qualification Specialized Training in Behavioral Medicine Unit &Child & Adolescence
 Mental Health Unit of  National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore.

Dr. Nov Rattan Sharma is working as professor of Psychology at M. D. University, Rohtak. With a teaching and research experience of 30 years, Professor Sharma has contributed around 100 research articles to various Journals and books of International repute. Professor Sharma has  widely travelled in India with a participation in 80 different academic programs including National and International Seminars and Workshops. Being a deputy co-ordinator of DRS-II SAP of UGC in the Department, Professor Sharma is actively engaged in Health assessment and promotion programs being organized at village and community levels since more than last five years. His area of research is Personality and Health. He has successfully supervised a large number of M.Phil and Ph.D theses in the area of Health with a special reference to TrigunaPrakriti, Anashakti, Karmyoga, Rituals, religiosity, spirituality Positive Capacities and Interpersonal Relationships etc. He is also an editor of a prestigious periodical i.e. Journal of Indian Health Psychology.


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Title: CONTINGENCIES OF SELF-WORTH AND REJECTION SENSITIVITY IN ADOLESCENTS
Author: Brinda B. Sharma

Introduction to Author:

Brinda B. Sharma is a Lecturer in the Centre for Studies
in Behavioural Science (Applied Psychology), University of Dibrugarh.
She had been the Chancellor's prize Winner from S.N.D.T Women's University, Mumbai.
Her areas of research interest are Interpersonal relationships, Adolescents, Identity and Rejection Sensitivity.

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Title: MANAGEMENT OF STRESS AMONG WORKING WOMEN THROUGH MUSCULAR RELAXATION TECHNIQUE
Author: Priyanka

Introduction to Author:   Dr Priyanka, is presently working as Assistant Professor at
Government college Neem Ka Thana Sikar. The area of interest is Clinical Psychology and Mental health.


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Title: ANALYSIS OF CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS OF ICAPP
Author: Sumona Datta

Introduction to Author: Ms. Sumona Datta is Junior Research Fellow, Psychology Research Unit,
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
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Title: SPSS tutorial: Conjoint analysis: A case of Tourist Preferences for Green Hotel Attributes
Author: Chia-jung Chou  &  Debdulal DuttaRoy

Introduction to Authors:     Dr. Chia-jung Chou received her Ph.D. degree in Public Affairs from National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 2007. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Hospitality Management at Tajen University. Her research interests are in the areas of green hospitality, sustainable tourism, tourist psychology and marketing. She has published some articles in Tourism Management, International Journal of Hospitality Management  and Journal of Tourism and Travel Marketing.

Dr. D.Dutta Roy, Ph.D, is Assistant Professor of the Psychology Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. He obtained his Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. His research interest is in Measurement in Psychology.
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RESEARCH NEWS:

Does season-related music facilitate cognitive tasks?

Who experience more Acculturation Stress?

Does “Learn to think” intervention enhance thinking ability?

What leads to Dissolution and Resolution of Romantic Relationship?

Mental Health Insurance

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Acknowledgement

Joseph Indelicato, Director of Undergraduate Psychology & Social Sciences,

    Touro College School of Health Sciences, New York.

Ravi Gunthey, Department of Psychology, Jai Narain Vais University, Jodhpur

Amitava Bandopadhyay, SQC &OR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute,Kolkata

Prasanta Kumar Roy, Asst. Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry,Kolkata.

R.N.Rai,Centre for Distance Education,North Eastern Hill University,Shillong

Sumedha Banerjee, Cadabam's Group of Psychosocial Rehabilitation,Bangalore

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Editor's Note:

Theme: CONJOINT

Dear Readers,

In psychological research, the most critical issue is to examine interplay among multiple entities for specific outcome. Some issues are interplay between somatic complaints and Psychological changes, between job satisfaction and perception of organization. Conjoint analysis is useful multivariate statistical tool to understand this interplay. Chia-Jung-Chou, Tajen University, Taiwan, and Dutta Roy presented one SPSS tutorial on conjoint analysis. Here, you will find concept of green hotel.
        This volume provides you more research paper on interplays of different entities. World Health Organization reports that worldwide, raised blood pressure is estimated to cause 7.5 million deaths, about 12.8% of the total of all deaths (WHO, 2013). Dharmendra Kumar Nehra and NovRattan Sharma reviewed series of researches on hypertension and concluded that psychological management must be added to a comprehensive system of care for people with hypertension. In another research review on Diabetes and Cognition, Joseph Indelicato and Karen Quardrini, Touro College School of Health Sciences, New York, found that Diabetes is linked with Dementia. They inferred that since Diabetes is a potential cause of Dementia, screening must be done to provide additional support. Both diseases are related to stress. Jacobson's Progressive relaxation is useful technique for stress management.  Priyanka by using pre-post intervention noted significant decrease in stress level through progressive relaxation.
 Social psychological research needs to be culture specific. Value system is the strong determinant of human behavior. D. DuttaRoy and Debanjana Basu examined hierarchical pattern of individual values related to work. These values were extracted from Rabindrasangeet composed by Rabindranath Tagore.
 With the advent of computer technology, Psychological testing moves from traditional paper-pencil test to computer aided administration and scoring. Gurpreet Kaur and Swati Mukherjee discuss various ways in which computer technology interacts with testing technology in order to facilitate comprehensive psychological assessment.
In the reflective section, Brinda B. Sharma highlighted the contingencies of self-worth and rejection sensitivity among adolescents.
As always, one article has been provided on the analysis of the International Conference of Applied Psychology, 2012 held at Lahore, Pakistan as this kind of analysis provides an insight into the kind and variety of researches that are being conducted in the different parts of the world. Last but not the least, a number of research news has been provided in different domains of Psychology.

I am thankful to the esteemed members of the editorial board for completion of blind review in time. I am requesting you to submit your valuable thoughts for our reflective column and encourage your students to contribute article.

I am deeply thankful to all the authors who spent their valuable time and energy to publish their articles in this issue. Before signing off I assure you that all the articles in this issue will give you new insight in inclusive psychological research.

Enjoy reading!
D. Dutta Roy