Browsing by Author "Preetha Menon"

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    Aggression and Prosocial Behaviour In Middle School Boys - A Multimodal Approach
    (2015-08) Melina Mathew; Preetha Menon
    From T. Ramalingam Chettiar Higher Secondary School, Coimhatore, Tamil Nadu, 75 middle school hoys in the age range of 12 - 14 years were assessed for aggression and prosocial behaviour using Buss - Perry Aggression Questionnaire and Prosocial Personality Battery respectively. Intervention involving Multimodal Approach was administered for four weeks (5 days a week) with duration of 45 minutes per session.
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    Anxiety and Study skills in Underachievers among High School Students
    (2013) Preetha Menon
    From the MHI Girls' High School, Akraharam, Erode, Tamil Nadu, 300 students from VII, VIII and IX were screened for underachievement on the basis of their Half Early Examination marks. Based on the marks, sixty underachievers were identified. Case Study Schedule, Manifest Anxiety Inventory and Study Skill Questionnaire were administered on the sample. Intervention involving Relaxation Training and Study Skills Training-were given to the sample for 5 sessions continuously. Each session consisted of 20 minutes of Relaxation Training and 1 hour of Study Skills Training. The subjects were instructed to follow Relaxation Training and Study Skills Training for 3 weeks. After 3 weeks, the subjects were reassessed using the Manifest Anxiety Questionnaire and Study Skills Questionnaire. The marks scored by the sample in the following Third Monthly Test were also recorded to note the improvement after the intervention. The resuits of the study revealed that before intervention, half of the sample had very high anxiety. The difference in mean anxiety before and after intervention was statistically significant at 0.01 ievels. Before Study Skills Training, the entire sample had unsatisfactory study skills. The difference in mean study skills before and after intervention was statistically significant at 0.01 level. There was a negative correlation between anxiety and study skills in the sample. There was a positive correlation between study skills and academic performance and negative correlation between anxiety and academic performance in the sample. The correlations were significant 0.01 levels.
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    Anxiety and Study skills in Underachievers among High School Students
    (2013) Preetha Menon; SheerIn Farhana, B
    From the MH I Girls' High School, Akraharam, Erode, Tamil Nadu, 300 students from VII, VI II and IX were screened for underachievement on the basis of their Half Early Examination marks. Based on the marks, sixty underachievers were identified. Case Study Schedule, Manifest Anxiety Inventory and Study Skill Questionnaire were administered on the sample. Intervention involving Relaxation Training and Study Skills Training• were given to the sample for 5 sessions continuously. Each session consisted of 20 minutes of Relaxation Training and 1 hour of Study Skills Training. The subjects were instructed to follow Relaxation Training and Study Skills Training for 3 weeks. After 3 weeks, the subjects were reassessed using the Manifest Anxiety Questionnaire and Study Skills Questionnaire. The marks scored by the sample in the following Third Monthly Test were also recorded to note the improvement after the intervention. The results of the study revealed that before intervention, half of the sample had very high anxiety. The difference in mean anxiety before and after intervention was statistically significant at 0.01 levels. Before Study Skills Training, the entire sample had unsatisfactory study skills. The difference in mean study skills before and after intervention was statistically significant at 0.01 level. There was a negative correlation between anxiety and study skills in the sample. There was a positive correlation between study skills and academic performance and negative correlation between anxiety and academic performance in the sample. The correlations were significant 0.01 levels.
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    Anxiety and Study Skills in Underachievers among High School Students
    (2012-05) Sheerin Farhana, A; Preetha Menon
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    THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE
    (2012) Preetha Menon
    The following article would affirm the fact that gratitude is the best attitude. Gratitude is a feeling, emotion or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive. Religions and philosophies have long embraced gratitude as an indispensable manifestation of virtue, and as an integral component of health, wholeness, and well-being. Scientists are latecomers to the concept of gratitude. The systematic study of gratitude within psychology began only around the year 2000, possibly because psychology has traditionally been focused more on understanding distress rather than understanding positive emotions. However, with the advent of the positive psychology movement (Linley et al., 2006), gratitude has become a mainstream focus of psychological research (Wood, Joseph and Linley, 2007). Of all the areas studied in the relatively young field of positive psychology, gratitude has perhaps the widest body of research.
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    THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE
    (2012) Preetha Menon
    The following article would affirm the fact that gratitude is the best attitude. Gratitude is a feeling, emotion or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive. Religions and philosophies have long embraced gratitude as an indispensable manifestation of virtue, and as an integral component of health, wholeness, and well-being. Scientists are latecomers to the concept of gratitude. The systematic study of gratitude within psychology began only around the year 2000, possibly because psychology has traditionally been focused more on understanding distress rather than understanding positive emotions. However, with the advent of the positive psychology movement (Linley et al., 2006), gratitude has become a mainstream focus of psychological research (Wood, Joseph and Linley, 2007). Of all the areas studied in the relatively young field of positive psychology, gratitude has perhaps the widest body of research.
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    AWARENESS OF AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS MENTAL ILLNESS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
    (2012) Preetha Menon
    An attempt was made to study the awareness of and attitude towards mental illness among college students. From two Engineering Colleges in Chennai and two Engineering Colleges in Coimbatore, 40 male and 40 female college students were randomly selected. The tools used were Case Study Schedule and Attitude Scale for Mental Illness (Ng and Chan, 2000). The results revealed that the awareness of mental illnesses is fairly good and the attitude toward mentally ill is favourable among the selected college students. The results of the study imply on the conduct of more such surveys and awareness programmes to bring about better awareness of mental disorders and mental health among the public.
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    AWARENESS OF AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS MENTAL ILLNESS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
    (2012) Preetha Menon; Abhilasha, R
    An attempt was made to study the awareness of and attitude towards mental illness among college students. From two Engineering Colleges in Chermai and two Engineering Colleges in Coimbatore, 40 male and 40 female college students were randomly selected. The tools used were Case Study Schedule and Attitude Scale for Mental Illness (Ng and Chan, 2000). The results revealed that the awareness of mental illnesses is fairly good and the attitude toward mentally ill is favourable among the selected college students. The results of the study imply on the conduct of more such surveys and awareness programmes to bring about better awareness of mental disorders and mental health among
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    Battles Lost - Incidence, Risk factors and Prevention of Suicide
    (2013) Anurekha, T K; Preetha Menon
    Suicide is the type of Deliberate Self Harm (DSH) and is defined cessation. It is estimated that over 100,000 people die by suicide in In of suicides in the world. The suicide rate in India has been increas population) in 2011 registering 78% increase over the valu 1980 (6. younger age groups. West Bengal, Maharashtra and Tamil distribution of suicide victims by profession in 2011 'show review article indicated psychosocial stress, social isolation and presence of an Axis I disorder, family history of psychcipathology and factors. These findings suggested that risk factors for completed sui 80% of persons who commit suicide gave e warning and / or clues about their suicidal intention. Though there are a number of help lines and support groups ila le,many individuals have not been able to access them. More number of Crisis Intervention Progr es, Awarene rogrammes and Suicide Prevention Programmes could be answer to the SOS signs of suicide. u had the hig elf-employed as eying highest suicide rates. In the present is morbidity as risk factors for suicide in India. The t life events were also found to be significant risk re universal across countries and cultures. Nearly ntional and self inflicted ne co 'butes to more than 10% reache 11.2 (per 100,000 of of suicides occur among men and in of suicide in India in 2011. Percentage
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    Burnout, Anxiety and Mindfulness in Athletes:a Gender Comparison
    (2015-03) Sulfiya Banu, M; Preetha Menon
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    Depression and well-being in women undergoing fertility treatment
    (2012) Preetha Menon
    From a Test-tube Baby Centre, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, 40 women undergoing infertility treatment were screened for depression and well-being using Case Study Schedule (2011), Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, 1971) and Well-Being Index (WHO, 1998). Out of that, 35 women with moderate to severe depression and worst well-being were chosen to serve as the sample, by Purposive Sampling Method. Psychological intervention involving Relaxation Training coupled with Autosuggestions and Cognitive Restructuring (Natesan, 2004) and Visualization (White, 2004) were administered on the all subjects for six sessions. After psychological intervention, they were re-assessed for depression and well-being using Case Study Reassessment Schedule (2011), Beck Depression Inventory and Well-Being Index. Results revealed that the mean dilferences in depression and wellbeing before and after psychological intervention were statistically significant.
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    Depression and well-being in women undergoing fertility treatment
    (2012) Preetha Menon; Sudha, D
    From a Test-tube Baby Centre, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, 40 women undergoing infertility treatment were screened for depression and well-being using Case Study Schedule (2011), Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, 1971) and Well-Being Index (WHO, 1998). Out of that, 35 women with moderate to severe depression and worst well-being were chosen to serve as the sample, by Purposive Sampling Method. Psychological intervention involving Relaxation Training coupled with Autosuggestions and Cognitive Restructuring (Natesan, 2004) and Visualization (White, 2004) were administered on the all subjects for six sessions. After psychological intervention, they were re-assessed for depression and well-being using Case Study Reassessment Schedule (2011), Beck Depression Inventory and Well-Being Index. Results revealed that the mean differences in depression and wellbeing before and after psychological intervention were statistically significant.
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    Effect of Conscious Parenting on Adjustment in Adolescents
    (2013-05) Tessa Jose; Preetha Menon
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    Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement of High School Students
    (2014-03) Kalaveena, V S; Preetha Menon
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    Management of Stress and Depression and Enhancement of Well-Being in Kidney Patients through Positive Therapy
    (2007-10-30) Preetha Menon; Hemalatha Natesan
    From Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 32 patients with renal failure, who had just started dialysis, were selected by Purposive Sampling method. There were 20 male and 12 female in the age range of 28-55 years. The entire sample was assessed using Case Study Schedule (Hemalatha Natesan, 2003), SI (Hemalatha Natesan and Nandini Menon, Revised, 2005), BDJ (Beck, 1971) and WBJ (WHO, 1998) (Assessment I). Positive Therapy (Hemalatha Natesan, 2004) was administered on the entire sample individually for 8 sessions, 4 sessions before dialysis and 4 sessions after dialysis. They were re-assessed using the same tools soon after 8 sessions of Positive Therapy (Assessment II). The subjects practiced Positive Therapy using Positive Therapy Handbook (Hemalatha Natesan, 2004) and Relaxation Therapy Cassettes (Hemalatha Natesan, 2000). After 4 months, Assessment III was done using the same tools with Case Study Re-assessment Schedule. Only 30 subjects were available for Assessment III as one had passed away and one was not available after transplantation. The results oft/ic study revealed that the mean SI score reduced from 22.56 to 18 at the end of the psychological intervention and to 15.04 at a 4 month folloit-up, indicating both a signifIcant and sustained reduction in stress. Though the subjects had 'Moderate to Severe' depression in all the 3 assessments, the differences in mean BDI scores oft/ic subjects ('Assessment 1=28.26, Assessment 11=23.62 and Assessment 111=20.56) were statistically significant, indicating ci significant icc/action in depression. The mean WBI score ('M=9.56) indicated 'Low' well-being before the psychological intervention and it improved to 'Moc/ercitely Low' after treatment (M11. 12) with a further signifIcant and sustained imnprovenient (M= 14.90) in the lb/low-up.
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