September 2012

Study of psychological parameters of sports women and non-sports women collegiate students of India

  The purpose of the present study was to analyze the psychological parameters that is (Emotional maturity and its sub variables, extroversion, neuroticism) between sports women and non- sports women collegiate students of India. To obtain the data, a total of sixty (n=60) women students of Trinity College, Jalandhar (India), were randomly selected as subjects. Further the subjects were divided equally into two...

Author(s):   Sukhbir Singh and Baljinder Singh Bal    

September 2012

Child maltreatment as predictors of suicidal ideas and attempts in a general female population

  Child maltreatment has been investigated as a suicide risk for decades. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of women from the general population with suicidal ideas or attempts and add to the actual literature a larger perspective of different types of maltreatment in regards to experiences such as neglect, psychological, physical or sexual abuse, and its association to risk factor for...

Author(s):   Monique Séguin, Marc Tourigny and Jacques Joly