PsyberNews, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2013

List of abstracts accepted for publication in the Psybernews, Vol.4, No.1, 2013
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Title: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND MARITAL SATISFACTION OF PEOPLE ACROSS AGE AND DURATIONS OF MARRIED LIFE
Author: Anagha Lavalekar & Pranita Jagtap
Introduction to Authors:

1. Dr. Anagha Lavalekar is Associate Professor at Jnana Prabodhini’s Institute of Psychology (JPIP), Pune.
   
2. Ms. Pranita Jagtap is project assistant at Jnana Prabodhini’s Institute of Psychology (JPIP), Pune.

Date of submission: 1.6.2012.
Abstract:
Relationship problems are being faced by the society irrespective of the socio-economic and educational status. It is essential to reach at the root causes of these issues, one of them being the marital bond. The present research aims at finding out the relationship between Marital Satisfaction and Emotional Intelligence and its comparison across age and duration of marriage. Two tools were used namely Marital Satisfaction Scale (MSS) and Exploring Emotional Abilities (EEA). A fairly representative data of 316 respondents (age: 25 to 65) were collected. A significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction across all ages and durations of married life was found. This can help us in redefining certain ideas and assumptions regarding married life and some aspects of personality. Key words: emotional intelligence, marital satisfaction, age, duration of marriage ===============================================================
Title:
EGO FUNCTIONS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Authors: Urmita Chakraborty & D.C. Nath
Introduction to Authors:

Miss Urmita Chakraborty is working as Lecturer at undergraduate level at H.M.M College for Women, Kolkata. She is also attached with Rabindra Bharati University where she is serving herself as lecturer at UGC sanctioned course named “Performing Arts Therapy”. She is pursuing her PhD from Department Of Applied Psychology, University Of Calcutta.

Dr. D. C. Nath is Professor at department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta.He is also the Director & Member Secretary of UGC-Academic Staff College, Calcutta University.
Date of submission: 22.08.2012.
Abstract:
The study examined relation between academic achievement and ego functions among adolescents. General information schedule along with Ego Function Assessment (Modified) Scale were administered to 50 girls and 50 boys. Results revealed no significant mean differences between boys and girls regarding different ego functions. Irrespective of sex wise differences, two ego functions (OR and AR) are significantly correlated with academic achievement. Key words: Adolescence, academic achievement, ego functions. =============================================================
Title:TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION: A CASE STUDY ON MOBILE MONEY TRANSFER
Author: Susmita Chatterjee
Introduction to Author:

Susmita Chatterjee is currently assistant professor in Economics and Quantitative Methods in Globsyn Business School, Kolkata. She is MPhil in Economics and submitted PhD from University of Calcutta. She has taught in several reputed Institutes and she has publications in peer reviewed national and international journals and chapter contribution in books.
Author: Parijat Upadhyay

Introduction to Author:
Parijat Upadhyay is currently associated with IMT, Ghaziabad as Assistant Professor in the area of Information Technology and Supply Chain Management area, is an alumni of XLRI, Jamshedpur and Symbiosis, Pune . He is having 11+ years of experience in academics and has been associated with some of the leading B-schools in the eastern region of India. He conducted corporate training programme for companies like IBM, TechMahindra, McNally Bharat among others. He is also associated with various international journals in various capacities. He has several national and international publications to his credit. Date of submission: 11.06.2012.
Abstract:
Objective of the study was to explore customers’ choice criteria for a value added service of money transfer. Data were collected from 73 young consumers through Likert type 5-point scale developed for the study. Principal Component Analysis with varimax rotation identified four criteria: Adoption Ease, Handset Availability, Advertisement Effect and Acceptibility. Keywords: Technology adoption, ease of use, money transfer. =============================================================

Title: PREVALENCE OF PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN HIV AND DIABETES
Author: Sumona Datta
Introduction to Author: Sumona Datta is the Research Assistant of Psybernews, Kolkata Chapter. She has done masters in Psychology from Calcutta University in 2011. She is also an honorary guest lecturer at Performing Art Therapy Centre, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
Date of submission: 10.10.2012.
Abstract:
Psychiatric Morbidity is the vulnerability or the proneness to develop a psychiatric disorder under considerable stress. One such stress-inducing condition can be the occurrences of chronic diseases like HIV and Diabetes. The study reviews the existing literature on HIV and Diabetes of the past one decade in order to find out the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among the patients suffering from HIV and Diabetes. Also the underlying psychosocial factors moderating the development of psychiatric morbidity among HIV and Diabetic patients have been identified and discussed. Implications and future considerations of the study have also been focused. Key words: Psychiatric morbidity, HIV, Diabetes. =============================================================
Title: SPSS TUTORIAL: ITEM CLUSTER
Author: Debdulal Dutta Roy

Introduction to Author: Dr. D.Dutta Roy is Assistant Professor of the Psychology Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. His research is in Measurement in Psychology.
Date of submission: 08.09.2012.
Abstract:
Item clustering provides the knowledge about extent of association among the set of items of questionnaire. This tutorial discusses different steps to compute item cluster through SPSS. One case study is presented to understand item cluster of General Health Questionnaire-12, the widely used psychological instrument. Key Words: Item Cluster, SPSS, GHQ. ===============================================================

Title: INTERVIEW: METHODS IN DISASTER RESEARCH
Speaker: Ms. Priya Gupta
Introduction to Speaker:Ms. Priya Gupta is the Faculty Associate at Amrita School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bangalore
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7. Title: OBITUARY NOTE: PROF. L.B. TRIPATHY
Author: Dr. Sushma Pandey
Introduction to Author:Dr. Sushma Pandey, Department of Psychology, D D U Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur
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8. Title: KNOW THY NGO: BIKASHAYAN
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9. Title: CONFERENCE NEWS:ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: MEASURING BEHAVIOUR 2012
Author: Sumona Datta
Introduction to Author: Sumona Datta is the Research Assistant of Psybernews, Kolkata Chapter. She has done masters in Psychology from Calcutta University in 2011. She is also an honorary guest lecturer at Performing Art Therapy Centre, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
Date of submission: 24.09.2012.
Abstract:
The central theme of the 8th International Conference on Methods and Techniques in Behaviour Research was the development and validation of methods for recording and understanding behaviour and actions in the broadest sense. Utrecht University of the Netherlands was host to the conference. This analysis identified and discussed nine different areas of research in behaviour measurement. Key Words: Behaviour measurement, Measuring Behaviour. ===============================================================
RESEARCH NEWS:

1. Multi-component interventions for Obesity
2. Is nutritional status related to cognitive development?
3. How important is the leadership style in achieving leader-followers values congruence?
4. How does Information sharing affect team performance?
5. How effective is the Likert type rating scale in measuring a psychological construct?
6. Does computer mediated communication facilitates adjustments among college students?
7. Is reading motivation a problem of cognitive mapping?
8. Are women more emotional?
9. Women as Domestic Assistants: Exploring the extent of Exploitation
10. Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Conscientiousness

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Acknowledgement

1. Joseph Indelicato, Director of Undergraduate Psychology & Social Sciences, Touro College School of Health Sciences, New York.
2. Jayanti Basu, Department of Applied Psychology, Calcutta University, Kolkata.
3. Narendra K. Sharma, Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology,Kanpur
4. Prasanta Kumar Roy, Asst. Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry,Kolkata.
5. R.N.Rai,Centre for Distance Education,North Eastern Hill University,Shillong
6. Kalpana Srivastava,Department of Psychiatry,Armed Forces Medical College,Pune

=============================================================================== Editor's Note: Theme: QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) Dear Readers, Quality of Life (QOL) is becoming at stake due to rapid changes in the policies of the government (liberalization, privatization and globalization) and in technology. Quality of Life refers to one’s satisfaction with different infrastructure facilities of the state and subjective well-being. In this issue, I am delighted to offer you three empirical studies, one research review, one interview, one NGO News about the quality of life. One important factor influencing the quality of life of an individual is his emotional intelligence. It includes two broad components namely intra and interpersonal intelligence. In the paper entitled Emotional Intelligence and Marital Satisfaction of people across ages and duration of Married Life, Anagha Lavalekar and Pranita Jagtap noted that the interpersonal abilities are more related with marital satisfaction. From a clinical perspective, ego functions constitute a significant part of the self and hence are important in determining the quality of life. Urmita Chakraborty and D.C. Nath in their paper, Ego Functions and Academic Achievement, noted that academic achievement to be significantly correlated to flexibility in thought process and good interpersonal relationship. Taking into consideration the present technological advancements, it is important to evaluate exactly which factors contribute towards better quality of life. Susmita Chatterjee in her paper, Technology Adoption: A case study on Mobile Money Transfer investigated customers’ choice criteria for a value added service of money transfer and identified four such criteria namely, Adoption Ease, Handset Availability, Advertisement Effect and Acceptibility. Outstretching the focus on poor quality of life, a wide range of research suggests that deterioration in the quality of life is associated with ill mental health. As a continuation of her previous paper on psychiatric morbidity published in our last issue, Sumona Datta reviewed the literature on the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among people with HIV and Diabetes in her paper entitled Prevalence of Psychiatric Morbidity in HIV and Diabetes. She found an alarming rate of psychiatric morbidity as well as disorder in both the diseases. Also she explored a latent relationship between the different psychosocial factors leading to psychiatric morbidity among these patients. Taking into account such wide range association of psychiatric morbidity with poor quality of life, it is of utmost importance to understand the research methods employed to investigate the causes and consequences of the latter. This is the first time, I am offering you an interview. Priya Gupta of Amrita School of Business in her interview on Methods in Disaster Research cautioned collection of data from the disaster victims. She observed differences in impact of disaster on fishing and farming communities. Possibly, you are aware of our regular tutorial article on SPSS classroom. In this issue you will learn how to cluster the items for validation of construct in the article on Item cluster. We regularly enlighten our readers the research contribution of different NGOs. In this issue you will find different teaching and research activities of Bikashayan, established in 1988. Like other issue, you will find one article on analysis of conference proceedings. Sumona Datta, Research Assistant of the Kolkata Chapter of the journal, analyzed abstracts of the 8th International Conference on Methods and Techniques in Behaviour Research held in Utrecht University of the Netherlands, 2012. Readers are requested to submit the proceedings of the conference to us. We will publish it. Professor L.B. Tripathi (1935-2012) recently passed away. We offer our sincere condolence to his family, friends and students. You will find one obituary note about him. We are thankful to Dr. Sushma Pandey for illuminating us about his immense contribution in Psychology Research. Finally, you will get plethora of Research news. I am requesting all the readers to contribute some research news. The journal accepts current research. You are requested to send us your current research. We want your feedback about any of the articles published in this journal. We will publish your feedback in the Letter to the Editor section. I am indebted to all the esteemed members of the Editorial Board for their voluntary support in reviewing the article. Prasad Psycho Corporation regularly patronizes publication of this journal. I am thankful to the Corporation for patronage. Before signing off, I am requesting all the readers to mail me their own comment about published article to my email id (psynewsduttaroy@hotmail.com) so that we can satisfy your research pursuit. Have a Good Day! With Best Wishes, D.Dutta Roy