http://rulrepository.ru.ac.bd/handle/123456789/131 2026-04-07T21:46:22Z 2026-04-07T21:46:22Z Kayesh, Kazi Imrul http://rulrepository.ru.ac.bd/handle/123456789/1078 2023-08-16T04:21:02Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mental Health of Parents of Autistic Children in Relation to Education, Income and Employment Status Kayesh, Kazi Imrul Autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder in children, demands special attention from the parents and caregivers of the children with special needs than that of non-autistic children. It is always difficult for parents to ensure proper management of everything necessary for their children, and in case of autistic children, the efforts are higher and uniquely pressurizing, for they are to systemize their lives and adjust activities in special ways of both for their children’s lives and of their own to avoid any possible psychological disturbances. The present study was designed to examine the mental health of parents of autistic children in relation to education, income, and employment status. The cross-sectional survey design was used to conduct the study upon a total of 534 parents (number of parents with autistic children = 284, number of parents with non-autistic children = 250), selected purposively from different districts of Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. Anxiety Measuring Questionnaire, Depression Measuring Questionnaire, an adapted version of Life Stress Measuring Questionnaire, and a Personal Information Form (PIF) were administered to collect data; all questionnaires were used in their respective Bangla versions. In the course of the research, six objectives were set to investigate the mental health of parents with autistic children. The results had revealed that there were significant differences in anxiety, depression, and stress between parents of the autistic children and the non-autistic children. Results stated that there was a significant difference between fathers and mothers of autistic children in case of anxiety, depression, and stress. In addition, the study reported that parents with postgraduate degrees have higher mental health than graduate and undergraduate parents and similarly, parents who have graduated are found having a higher mental health than under graduate parents. The study also showed that in case of stress, parents from high income group expressed lower levels of stress than the parents from medium and low-income groups. Similarly, the parents from medium income group showed lower stress levels than the parents from low-income group. Furthermore, the results indicated that there were no significant differences in anxiety, depression, and stress in terms of the employment status of the parents of autistic children. Finally, the findings of this study alluded different interaction effects. For instance, an unemployed mother expressed more anxiety and depression than that of an employed mother. In addition, both postgraduate fathers and mothers expressed lower levels of depression than the graduate and undergraduate fathers and mothers. This Thesis is Submitted to the Department of Psychology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh for The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

2021-01-01T00:00:00Z Siddiki, Md. Mashudul Haq http://rulrepository.ru.ac.bd/handle/123456789/789 2022-08-22T03:37:43Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Effect of Meditation by Quantum Method on Subjective Well-Being of the People of Bangladesh Siddiki, Md. Mashudul Haq The present study was designed to investigate The Effect of Meditation by Quantum Method on Subjective Well-being (SWB) of the People of Bangladesh. A total of 307 respondents were used as subject in the study. They have a wide variety of age range, professional identity and educational background. They were from different places of Bangladesh. Repeated Measurement design was employed in this study. A Bangla adaption of short version of the Subjective Well-being Questionnaire of Nagpal and Sell (1985) was used to measure the Subjective Well-being of the practitioners. The questionnaire measures eight dimensions of well-being. The overall well-being can also be measured. First, the Subjective Well-being questionnaire was administered on the subjects who came to participate in meditation course by Quantum Method. The questionnaire was again applied on the same subjects after the completion of the meditation course of forty hours · . duration. The subjects were again tested after practice of six months and also after practice of twelve months using the same questionnaire. The mean score of each respondent on each of the eight dimensions as well as overall scores were computed separately. In order to analyze the effect of independent variable comparisons were made among the four sets of the score by employing t- test. It was hypothesized that Meditation by Quantum Method increases the Subjective Well-being of the individual. In the results of the study the overall mean score of Subjective Well-being was found to decrease as a function of degree of practice of Meditation by Quantum Method. These findings suggest that the Subjective Well­being of the subjects increases as a function of degree of practice of Meditation by Quantum Method. Thus, the results of the study confirm the hypothesis. The Subjective Well-being score was also found to decline gradually as a function of degree of practice of meditation in case of seven dimensions of Subjective Well­being. These additional findings provide further support to the hypothesis. Thus from the results of the study it can be conclude that Meditation by Quantum Method increases the Subjective Well-being of its practitioners. This Thesis is Submitted to the Department of the Psychology University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Rahman, Md. Mostafizur http://rulrepository.ru.ac.bd/handle/123456789/739 2022-08-16T03:43:11Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Relationship of National Development with Attitude towards Globalization and Personality factors of three Generations in Bangladesh Rahman, Md. Mostafizur The present study has attempted to investigate the relationship of national development with attitudinal variables of globalization in relation to open -closed mindedness, personality variables of IPC, and demographic factors of three generations in Bangladesh. For this purpose, the similarities and differences of attitudes towards globalization of younger, middle aged, and older educational generations in relation to national development attitudes, open-closed minded attitude, personality variables of IPC and socio-demographic factors within the framework of socio-cultural background have been investigated. The study has been developed in the theoretical framework of (1) Theoretical Approaches to Attitude, Social Change and National Development, (2) Theoretical Approaches to the Globalization, (3) Globalization and social change approach, (4) Modernism-Traditionalism attitude change approach, (5) Open mindedness-close mindedness attitudinal approach, (6) Rotters Expectancy-Reinforcement models of personality, (7) Theoretical Approaches to the Generational differences and (8) Demographic Approach. All these approaches have been utilized in order to show similarities and differences of attitudinal variables of globalization and national development of younger, middle aged, and older educational generations. The present study uses a multidimensional correlational approach with a criterion group design. The study was conducted on two phases. In the first phase, criterion groups of younger, middle aged, and older educational generations were selected on the basis of 'Generational Differences Criteria Questionnaire' (GDCQ) for measuring generation gap. The criterion group of each educational generation was further subdivided into gender, i.e., male, & female and residential background i.e., having urban & rural residential background on the basis of their responses to the questionnaires. The use of criterion group design has considerable advantage in highlighting the intergenerational differences among younger, middle aged, and older educational generations, as well as gender and residential background differences in relation to national development attitudes, attitude towards globalization and personality variables selected for the study. In the second phase, the criterion groups were given following measures: a) Attitude Towards Globalization (ATG) Scale b) National Development Attitude (NDA) Scale c) Open-Closed- minded Attitude (OCA) Scale and d) Levinson's IPC Scale. Demographic information included gender, residential background differences and criteria questionnaire. The present study used a sample characteristically divided into generation (younger, middle age and older), gender (male and female), and residential background (urban and rural). The respondents were the students and educationalists (younger and older teachers) of different educational institutions. They all were graduates. In this study, the sample was equally divided into younger, middle age and older generational groups on the basis of generational differences (N=160 for each group). Then they were equally divided into urban and rural on the basis of residential background (N=80 for each group). Again, each group was equally subdivided into male-female on the basis of gender (N=40 for each group). Thus, the study composed of total 480 respondents with three levels of generation, two levels of residence and two levels of gender (3X2X2). In this study, the respondents were purposively selected according to the research purpose……………………. This thesis is Submitted to the Department of Psychology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh for The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Zamal, Md. Mostofa http://rulrepository.ru.ac.bd/handle/123456789/729 2022-08-11T04:12:54Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Risky Sidft in Adolescence as Functions of Academic Achievement and Socio­Economic Status Zamal, Md. Mostofa The present study is an attempt to conduct an empirical investigation on risky shift in adolescence as functions of academic achievement and socio-economic status. For this purpose, several theories have been proposed to account for the occurrence of risky shift. These are (1) Theory of Risky Shift and Psychosocial Maturity(2) Social Comparison Theory of Risky Shift(3) The Persuasive Argument Theory of Risky Shift(4) Diffusion of Responsibility Theory of Risky Shift(5) Risk as a Value Theory(6) Risky Shift as an Artifact Theory(7) The Leadership Theories of Risky Shift(8) Social Decision Schemes Theory of Risky Shift(9) Group Polarization Theory of Risky Shift(} 0) Egocentricity as a Theory of Risky Shift all The Role of Personality Type as a Theory of Risky Shift(l2) Theories Regarding Sex Differences in Risky Shift. Review of relevant literature was made to highlight the concepts relating to risky shift. An overview of theoretical orientations and empirical findings was made of the clarification of the objectives and hypotheses of the study. Four hypotheses were formulated. The first hypothesis was boys would prefer to take significantly riskier shift than girls. The second hypothesis was that respondents at the late adolescence stage would prefer to take significantly more risk-taking decision than the respondents of early adolescence stage. The third hypothesis was that high achievers would prefer to take significantly more risk-taking behavior than the low achievers. The fourth hypothesis was that students with middle SES would prefer significantly riskier shift as compared to the students with high SES and low SES. These hypotheses were framed in the perspectives of theoretical orientation, empirical findings and personal observations in the area of risky shift in the context of Bangladesh. The sample of the study was composed of 480 respondents between 13 to 16 years of age. They were equally divided into boys and girls. Each category was again divided into early adolescence and late adolescence. They were again equally subdivided into high achiever and low achiever. They were again equally subdivided into high, middle and low on the basis of socio-economic status. The Choice Dilemma Questionnaire (Bengali version) was administered on each respondent separately for the collection of data on risky shift. The Choice Dilemma Questionnaire(CDQ) contained twelve hypothetical situations. The highest possible score was (12x9) 108 and the lowest possible score was (12xl) 12. The risky shift score was 60. Hence a total score of 60 or above was regarded as risky shift score. The split-half reliability of CDQ was computed with odd an even numbers and the coefficient of correlation was 0.68. When Spearman-Brown Prophecy formula was applied, the correlation coefficient raised from 0.68 to 0.81. Thus the satisfactory internal consistency of the CDQ was obtained. The study involved factorial design with risky shift as dependent variable and two levels of gender (boys/girls), two levels of adolescence (early/late), two levels of academic achievement (high achiever/low achiever) and three levels of socio-economic status (high/middle/low) as the independent variables. The results of the study were computed using the statistical technique of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). It was found that main effect of gender, adolescence and socio-economic status was statistically significant on the total score of Choice Dilemma Questionnaire (CDQ). A two-way interaction involving gender and adolescence, adolescence and socio-economic status and lastly academic achievement and socio-economic status was statistically significant on the total score of Choice Dilemma Questionnaire (CDQ). Again, a three-way interaction among gender, adolescence and academic achievement and among gender, adolescence and socio-economic status were statistically significant on the total score of Choice Dilemma Questionnaire (CDQ). In conclusion it may be said that the analysis of results across all four independent variables provided support for first, second and fourth hypotheses. Additionally, a two-way interaction involving gender and adolescence, adolescence and socio-economic status and lastly academic achievement and socio-economic status and again, a three-way interaction among gender, adolescence and academic achievement and among gender, adolescence and socio­economic status showed a higher trend for risky shift. The results supported that adolescence serves as encouragement for a person to take more risky behavior. This thesis is Submitted to the Department of Psychology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh for The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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