Browsing by Author "Vibha Yadava"

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Attitude and Myths Related to Stalking among Early and Middle Age Adults
(Sapienza Universita Editrice, 2023) Ravi P. Pandey; Shivangi Bansal; Purnima Awasthi; Vidushi Dixit; Ravindra Singh; Vibha Yadava
Stalking is described as a persistent pattern of behaviour that consists of undesirable contact and persistent monitoring. For example, stalkers may wait outside the victim’s home or make uninvited appearances in the victim’s personal space. Whether people understand stalking as an everyday brief behaviour or a bizarre phenomenon that needs intervention on their part makes a big distinction in the lives of stalking victims. Since humans tend to behave as per their attitudes, it makes it practically more important to assess myths and attitudes of people related to stalking. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess and compare the attitude and myths related to stalking between early and middle age adults. The study was conducted on 67 young adults (Female = 33; Male = 34) and 67 middle-aged adults (Female = 33; Male = 34) who reside in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR). Mean age of the two groups was 24.56 for young adults (18-30 years) and 46.79 for middle adults (40-55 years). Sample was drawn using convenient sampling. A 19 items stalking-related attitude questionnaire (SRAQ) was used to measure an individual’s attitudes toward stalking statements and a 21-items stalking myths scale (SMS) was used to measure the participants’ endorsement of myths related to stalking. Data were analysed using mean, standard deviation (SD), and t- test. Results showed that middle-aged adults endorse more stalking-related attitudes and myths than early-age adults. Significant gender difference was also found related to the endorsement of stalking-related attitudes and myths as male participants endorsed more stalking related attitude and myths than female participants. This finding provides evidence of the extent to which attitudes and myths related to stalking are present among different age groups of society in today’s times. © 2023 Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. All rights reserved.
Cadmium induced inhibition of ammonium and phosphate uptake in anacystis nidulans: Interaction with other divalent cations
(1984) S.P. Singh; Vibha Yadava
The effect of Cd2+and a combination of Cd2+with non-inhibiting levels of metals like Ca2+, Zn2+and Hg2+on the uptake of ammonia and phosphate by Anacystis nidulans IU625 (ATCC 27144) was investigated. Increasing concentrations of Cd2+resulted in the subsequent inhibition of both NH4 +and PO4 3-uptake. The uptake kinetics was studied by monitoring short-term uptake rates at varying substrate levels. The values for Vmax(maximum uptake capacity) and Km(half saturation constant) were obtained using the double reciprocal plot. The NH4 +uptake as such, was found to be more sensitive to the heavy metal than the P04 3-uptake as fairly low levels of Cd2+were sufficient to inhibit the process significantly. However, the uptake kinetics for both NH4 +and PO4 3-was altered if Cd2+was present in combination with other divalent cations such as Ca2+, Zn2+and Hg2+. Zn2+acted antagonistically to Cd2+toxicity. Similarly, the Ca2+-Cd2+combination protected against inhibition by Cd2+ions. Hg2+behaved differently: the Cd2+-Hg2+combination resulted in increased inhibition. © 1984, Applied Microbiology, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Research Foundation. All rights reserved.
Cadmium induced inhibition of nitrate uptake in anacystis nidulans: Interaction with other divalent cations
(1983) S.P. Singh; Vibha Yadava
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Cadmium uptake in anacystis nidulans: Effect of modifying factors
(1985) S.P. Singh; Vibha Yadava
Cd2+ uptake rates in the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans IU 625 (ATCC 27144) were found to be concentration-dependent. While Ca2+ and Zn2+ showed competitive inhibition, Hg2+ enhanced Cd2+ uptake. The pH values optimal for growth of the organism (pH 8.5) resulted in more Cd2+ uptake than low (pH 6.5) or high pH (10.0) conditions. Dithiol (dithiothreitol) proved more effective in lessening Cd2+ uptake than monothiol (mercaptoethanol). The test organism suspended in spent medium showed negligible Cd2+ uptake. Among the sythetic complexans, EDTA inhibited metal uptake, while citrate favored the process. There was more Cd2+ uptake by dense cultures, but the specific rate expressed per unit protein was less. © 1985, Applied Microbiology, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Research Foundation. All rights reserved.
Humor styles and psychological wellbeing of adolescents with and without orthopedic disability
(School of Management Sciences, 2019) Vibha Yadava; Purnima Awasthi; Sanjay Saxena
The quality of possessing a good sense of humor contributes to the enhancement of psychological wellbeing of adolescents. Apart from the other different skills for having greater and healthier sense of psychological wellbeing, the trait of good sense of humor has been proposed for facilitating in meeting the challenges of everyday lives of adolescents. The study was conducted to assess and compare humor styles and psychological wellbeing of normal healthy and adolescents with orthopedic disability. The sample comprised of 120 male and female adolescents (normal healthy = 60, adolescents with orthopedic disability = 60). The age of participants ranged from 12 to 18 years. Psychological Wellbeing and Humor Style measures were administered to assess the humor styles and psychological wellbeing of adolescents. A 2 × 2 factorial design was employed. The analysis showed that females with orthopedic disability scored higher on the affiliative and self-enhancing styles of humor as compared to their male counterparts. Males scored higher on autonomy measure whereas females scored higher on positive relations and self-acceptance measures of psychological wellbeing. Overall, the gender differences were evident between adolescents with orthopedic disability and normal healthy groups on almost all the measures of humor styles and psychological well-being. © 2019, School of Management Sciences. All rights reserved.
Role of psychological factors in management of sport injuries: An overview
(School of Management Sciences, 2016) Vibha Yadava; Purnima Awasthi
This paper sets out the aspects of sport injuries and relates psychological variables to injuries in context of sports. Since injury is common at all levels of sports and exercise, it can be caused by different factors. In this context, a very brief concept about sports injury has been discussed along with the prevalence and distribution of injuries among various populations. Apart from this, factors for the prevalence and distribution of injury vulnerability to sport injury have been focused. The sport that leads to injury among boys and girls has been highlighted. Also, the interaction of some variables that leads to injury, that vary in their nature and occurrence like, injury occurrence, athlete's psychological response to injury, psychological aspects of the rehabilitation process, and also psychological readiness to return to competition. Among the factors already studied are the stress responses, personality, history of stressors, and coping resources. The later section of this document provides an overview of the factors that affects the rehabilitation processes and its outcome in case of sport injury. The psychological perspectives like psychological and emotional reactions to sport injuries, interventions aimed at facilitating the rehabilitation process and return to sport issues are extremely important, as a result of many different factors. These factors are important in order to better understand sports injury and implement actions that are required for the management of health, to prevent sports injuries and minimize the possibility of injury in sports. The factors that are influential in return to sport have been emphasized with its focus on motivation and self-confidence that may facilitate the recovery and enhance the process of health management.