scholarly journals Stress and Cognitive Functions of Working Women in India

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Yogita Sharma ◽  
Dr. Baldev Singh Sandhu
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Focused Attention ◽  
Women In India ◽  
Traditional Roles ◽  
Segmental Identity

This study assessed the effects of life stress on cognitive functions in working women. In the present scenario role segregated and segmental identity of women has put them in a situation where females have to perform multiple and adapt to diverse kind of psychological environments. They are always under pressure to rearrange their traditional roles of wife, mother and home maker in order to accommodate their non traditional roles as earner. These pressures tend to predispose them to life stresses, sometimes leading to reduced psychological well being. High stress leads to cognitive dysfunctions as more attention is paid to negative aspects of life. Scores of cognitive functions viz. problem solving, focused attention, concentration & recall in low stressed women were significantly higher than these scores in high stress women. Conclusion: Cognitive functions were disrupted in case of high stress women and sharp in case of low stress women

scholarly journals Self Regulation in Working Women: Cognitive Interference and Problem Solving

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Baldev Singh Sandhu ◽  
Dr. Yogita Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Working Women ◽  
The Other ◽  
Additional Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Interference ◽  
Other Hand

The understanding of dynamics of self regulation in working women who on one hand are always under divergent pressures of performances and meet diverse kind of expectations on the other hand show relatively better volitional controls over their behavior, becomes important. This study examined the links between self regulation and cognitive functions in a sample of 318 working women. Cognitive functions were assessed through problem solving and cognitive interference. Results indicated that there is highly positive and significant association between self regulation and problem solving capacity (P< .01) and the capacity to handle cognitive interference (P< .01). Additional analysis demonstrated that women with sharp cognitive functions were high on self regulation as compared to women with disrupted cognitive functions.

Psychological Consequences of Multiple Social Roles

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula R. Pietromonaco ◽  
Jean Manis ◽  
Katherine Frohardt-Lane
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Parental Satisfaction ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Employed Women

This research relies on data from a survey conducted in 1981 to explore the potential negative and positive consequences of having multiple roles. The responses of 500 employed women to questions about self-esteem, satisfaction with careers, partners, and children, and perceptions of life stress and pleasure were examined. The number of roles held by respondents ranged from 1 to 5 (worker, partner, parent, volunteer, and student). The results indicated that higher self-esteem and greater job satisfaction were associated with holding more roles. However, neither marital nor parental satisfaction was consistently related to the number of roles held. Although the majority of working women reported their lives to be stressful, this finding was independent of the number of roles held, and women with more roles did not consistently report a greater number of stressful life domains. These findings suggest that, for employed women, having multiple roles may enhance psychological well-being.

scholarly journals Stress and psychological well being status among health care professionals

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susmita Halder ◽  
Akash Kumar Mahato
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Psychological Well Being

Stress is a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that “demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is able to mobilize” (Lazarus)1. It could be debatable whether stress is inevitable, but most professionals report stress at work place and in general. A common perception prevails regarding high stress level amongst professionals in particular industries like the information technology, professionals with fieldwork (medical representatives, insurance agents) that is also backed by study findings. However, stress among health care professionals is less explored. The present study aims to explore and assess psychological well being and stress levels among health care professionals. 50 health professionals, including doctors, paramedical and nursing staffs from different multi-specialty hospitals in Kolkata were assessed on the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ 12) and the Professional Life Stress scale, and Medico Psychological Questionnaire. Majority of the subjects had evidence of psychological distress. Stress level was present in varying degree among all professionals, while nurses and technicians had stress level at severe level. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijosh.v3i1.9099 International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, Vol 3 No 1 (2013) 32-35  

Moving to Solution

2013 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 403-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Werner ◽  
M. Raab
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Problem Space ◽  
Arm Swing ◽  
String Problem ◽  
Problem Solving Process ◽  
Problem Solving Task ◽  
Bodily Movements

Embodied cognition theories suggest a link between bodily movements and cognitive functions. Given such a link, it is assumed that movement influences the two main stages of problem solving: creating a problem space and creating solutions. This study explores how specific the link between bodily movements and the problem-solving process is. Seventy-two participants were tested with variations of the two-string problem (Experiment 1) and the water-jar problem (Experiment 2), allowing for two possible solutions. In Experiment 1 participants were primed with arm-swing movements (swing group) and step movements on a chair (step group). In Experiment 2 participants sat in front of three jars with glass marbles and had to sort these marbles from the outer jars to the middle one (plus group) or vice versa (minus group). Results showed more swing-like solutions in the swing group and more step-like solutions in the step group, and more addition solutions in the plus group and more subtraction solutions in the minus group. This specificity of the connection between movement and problem-solving task will allow further experiments to investigate how bodily movements influence the stages of problem solving.

Features and methods of assessing health-related quality of life and cognitive functions in patients with glial tumors

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-56
Author(s):  
Vera Arsenyeva ◽  
Boris Martynov ◽  
Gennadiy Bulyshchenko ◽  
Dmitriy Svistov ◽  
Boris Gaydar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Eortc Qlq ◽  
Patients With Epilepsy

Gliomas make up about 8 cases per 100,000 population and the number of patients with this disease is only increasing. There can be not only various types of neurological deficits among the symptoms, but also personal and emotional changes, that seriously affects the quality of life. The modern model of health care includes not only recovery of the patient’s physical functions, but also his or her psychosocial well-being. In particular, the assessment and study of the characteristics of health-related quality of life, as well as cognitive functions in patients with gliomas, is increasingly recognized as an important criterion when considering the effectiveness of treatment. To date, the features of health related quality of life and cognitive functions of patients with epilepsy and acute cerebral circulation disorders have been studied sufficiently, and, as a result, techniques have been developed that accurately assess the QOL and CF in patients with these diseases. These are QOLIE-31 and QOLIE-AD-48 questionnaires for patients with epilepsy. This is the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Orgogozo stroke scale (OSS), World Federation of Neurological Surgeons (WFNS) scale for the clinical assessment of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) for patients with acute cerebrovascular accident. At the same time, there are no generally accepted methods for assessing quality of life and neurocognitive functions that are sensitive to changes in the condition of patients with gliomas in the early postoperative period by the time of discharge from the hospital. As a result, there is no systematic information on the dynamics of the quality of life of such patients, their neurocognitive functioning. The purpose of this article was to study the literature on QOL and CF in patients affected by neurological and neurosurgical disorders for the further selection of optimal methods for assessing dynamics of the condition of patients with glial brain tumors before and after surgery. At the moment, such requirements are only partially met by the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire and its application EORTC QLQ-BN20.

A Study on the Benefits of Convenience Foods to Working Women

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunder Srinivasan ◽  
Kiran Murlidhar Shende
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Graphical Form ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Convenience Food ◽  
Women In India

The last decade and half has seen a remarkable growth in the working women segment in India and so has the manufacture of convenience food industry grown in the last decade. The working women in India who today are not only just seeking jobs but also are career oriented. Apart from their jobs, career, meetings and targets they are also a part of a family where a working woman needs to care of their meals too. This study aims at finding out about the use of convenience food by working women and of their need to choose, the type of convenience food they generally prefer and what benefits they see by using such a convenient product. The primary data for this study has been collected through questionnaire from women of various working segments and the same has been presented in graphical form for clear understanding while the secondary data has been collected through literature review of various research papers, articles and books.

scholarly journals Large Neutral Amino Acids (LNAAs) Supplementation Improves Neuropsychological Performances in Adult Patients with Phenylketonuria

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Scala ◽  
Maria Pia Riccio ◽  
Maria Marino ◽  
Carmela Bravaccio ◽  
Giancarlo Parenti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Metabolic Control ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ◽  
Card Sorting ◽  
Large Neutral Amino Acids ◽  
Neutral Amino Acids ◽  
Poor Metabolic Control

Phenylketonuria is an inborn error of phenylalanine (Phe) metabolism diagnosed by newborn screening and treated early with diet. Although diet prevents intellectual disability, patients often show impairment of executive functions, working memory, sustained attention, and cognitive flexibility. Large neutral amino acids (LNAAs) have been proposed as a dietary supplement for PKU adults. Few studies show that LNAAs may help in improving metabolic control as well as cognitive functions. In this study, 10 adult PKU patients with poor metabolic control were treated for 12 months with LNAAs (MovisCom, 0.8–1 g/kg/day) and underwent Phe and Tyrosine (Tyr) monitoring monthly. Neuropsychological assessment was performed at T0, T+3, and T+12 months by using the American Psychological General Well-Being Index, the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, the Test of Attentional Performance, and the 9-Hole Peg Test. No change in plasma Phe levels was observed during LNAAs supplementation, while Tyr levels significantly improved during LNAAs supplementation (p = 0.03). Psychometric tests showed an improvement of distress and well-being rates, of executive functions, attention, and vigilance, whereas no difference was noted regarding hand dexterity. This study adds evidence of the advantage of LNAAs supplementation in improving cognitive functions and well-being in patients with PKU with poor metabolic control.

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