Kastoor Bhana
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 227894 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kastoor Bhana |
| NOMBRES | Kastoor |
| APELLIDO | Bhana |
| FIRMA | BHANA K |
| AFILIACIONES | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1972 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1997 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Sexual Harassment
The present study investigated students' perceptions and experiences of sexual harassment at the University of Transkei. Data were obtained from a sample of 827 students. It was found that students need more clarity on what constitutes sexual harassment. However, it was found that all forms of sexual harassment were prevalent and experienced on campus in varying degrees. Gender-related differences were found in the perceptions and experiences of …
An Exploratory Study of Muslim Girls' Understanding of Death
This study investigated the relationship between age and the understanding of death and its various components. The sample consisted of forty Muslim children who were divided into two groups according to age. The subjects, all girls, were given a biographical inventory, classification and conservation tasks, and an author constructed a death understanding questionnaire. Significant differences were found in the children's understanding of life in…
Child rearing in a transitional society
The cultural ecological model of child rearing, developed within the context of stable societies, holds great promise for investigating parenting practices in transitional societies. This study focused on the perception of the rearing practices of a sample of the Indian community in South Africa which is a good example of a transitional society. Forty mothers and their children (age range 7 to 11 years) were tested independently on an extensive i…
Perceived Competence in School Functioning of Indian Children
Indian children's perceptions of their own competency in different domains of school functioning as well as in the general area of self-worth were examined using the Perceived Competence Scale of Harter (1982). Six hundred Indian school children, comprising 75 boys and 75 girls from each of Stds 2 to 5, were tested. In addition, their teachers were asked to complete a similar form reflecting their perceptions of the children's competencies. Teach…
Generational Changes in Conceptions of Mental Illness
Generational changes in the conceptualization of mental illness were investigated by means of a specially constructed scale. The sample comprised 100 subjects made up of two groups of Hindu and Muslim grandmothers (mean age 61 years) and two groups of their middle-aged daughters (mean age 41 years). The results included the following: (1) a significant generation effect and (2) the conceptualization largely in Eastern terms but an acceptance of b…
Relationship between Study in Psychology and Conceptualization of Mental Illness
Indian parents and their youth
The present study examined perceived and actual differences in the perception of mental illness, religiosity and westernization in a selected group of Indian adolescents and their mothers. The total sample comprising 80 male and 80 female adolescents and their mothers were tested on a specially constructed Eastern-Western Mental Illness Scale and a biographical questionnaire. Analyses of the data indicated that mothers have a greater acceptance o…
The relationship between religiosity and general anxiety in Christian, Hindu and Muslim Indian adolescents
The Semantic Differential Scale (constructed to measure religiosity), the Religious Orientation Scale of the Omnibus Personality Inventory and the IPAT Anxiety Scale questionnaires were administered to 360 Indian adolescents to examine the relationship between religion, religiosity and general anxiety. The results indicated significant correlations between each of the two measures of religiosity and general anxiety. Christian and Muslim subjects …
The Relationship between Religion, Religiosity and Death Anxiety among Indian Adolescents
Templer's Death Anxiety Scale and the Religious Orientation Scale of the OPI were administered to 360 Indian adolescents to examine the relationship between religion and religiosity and death anxiety. Muslim subjects were found to be more death anxious than Christian and Hindu subjects. The degree of commitment to one's religious practices and beliefs did not intensify or reduce death anxiety. Further, female subjects manifested higher death anxi…
The Development of Gender Understanding in Children
The development of gender understanding was studied in 7 1/2-year-old male and female Indian children. The experimental procedure involved the investigation of: (i) the saliency of genital cues, by means of a free classification procedure, (ii) gender understanding, by means of a questionnaire and (iii) its relationship to cognitive development, by testing the conservation of number and substance. The major result was that children could correctl…
Effects of the Stimulus Variable on Matrix Classification Responses of 12-Year-Old Children
This study was designed to investigate the relationship between stimulus dimensionality (2-D and 3-D) and matrix classification responses of 12-year-old South African Indian children. Sixty 12-year-old subjects (30 males and 30 females), from a middle-class background were selected. The two sets of stimuli were drawn from the same conceptual domain, namely, geometric shapes and forms. The traditional Piagetian assessment technique of completion w…
Ideology and utopia revisited
Classification Preference among Elderly Indian Subjects
Thirty Indian adults were tested on a Piagetian cognition task which involved stimuli which they could classify or seriate. The stimuli consisted of a familiar shape, cup cutouts, of five different sizes and five colour intensities. There were 25 pieces altogether. In this situation, the majority of the subjects preferred to make a partial classification response, and none of the subjects seriated. There was a significant sex difference with the …
Sex-Trait Stereotypes and their Evaluation among Indian Adults
A description of those characteristics comprising the male and female stereotypes, using the Adjective Check List (ACL), was obtained from a group of young Indian adults. A different group independently evaluated the traits (adjectives) of the ACL. The results revealed a description of the male and female stereotypes; a substantial lack of agreement between the sexes with respect to the features characteristics of each sex; and a differential eva…
Word Categorization as a Function of Stimulus Presentation
Word categorization as a function of stimulus presentation was examined by means of the Word Categorization Test, in a group of young adults. The results indicate (a) a minimal use of the phonetic similarity criterion, (b) a differential employment of semantic similarity and complementarity criteria depending upon the stimulus presentation procedure, (c) a significant sex difference, and (d) evidence of response patterning in one of the presentat…
Developmental changes in infant visual fixation to differing complexity levels among cross-sectionally and longitudinally studied infants
An infant-control procedure for studying infant visual fixations
A study was conducted in which the infants ' behavior was allowed to control stimulus duration. A group of five infants were tested once a week from 3 through 14 weeks of age. A second group of five infants were tested once a week from 8 through 14 weeks of age. A third group of 18 infants were tested once at 3, 8, or 14 weeks of age. Once a stimulus was presented to an infant, it remained on until the two observers had simultaneously recorded no…
An infant-control procedure for studying infant visual fixations
A study was conducted in which the infants ' behavior was allowed to control stimulus duration. A group of five infants were tested once a week from 3 through 14 weeks of age. A second group of five infants were tested once a week from 8 through 14 weeks of age. A third group of 18 infants were tested once at 3, 8, or 14 weeks of age. Once a stimulus was presented to an infant, it remained on until the two observers had simultaneously recorded no…
Perceived Competence in School Functioning of Indian Children
Indian children's perceptions of their own competency in different domains of school functioning as well as in the general area of self-worth were examined using the Perceived Competence Scale of Harter (1982). Six hundred Indian school children, comprising 75 boys and 75 girls from each of Stds 2 to 5, were tested. In addition, their teachers were asked to complete a similar form reflecting their perceptions of the children's competencies. Teach…
The Relationship between Religion, Religiosity and Death Anxiety among Indian Adolescents
Templer's Death Anxiety Scale and the Religious Orientation Scale of the OPI were administered to 360 Indian adolescents to examine the relationship between religion and religiosity and death anxiety. Muslim subjects were found to be more death anxious than Christian and Hindu subjects. The degree of commitment to one's religious practices and beliefs did not intensify or reduce death anxiety. Further, female subjects manifested higher death anxi…
Ideology and utopia revisited
Sexual Harassment
The present study investigated students' perceptions and experiences of sexual harassment at the University of Transkei. Data were obtained from a sample of 827 students. It was found that students need more clarity on what constitutes sexual harassment. However, it was found that all forms of sexual harassment were prevalent and experienced on campus in varying degrees. Gender-related differences were found in the perceptions and experiences of …
Generational Changes in Conceptions of Mental Illness
Generational changes in the conceptualization of mental illness were investigated by means of a specially constructed scale. The sample comprised 100 subjects made up of two groups of Hindu and Muslim grandmothers (mean age 61 years) and two groups of their middle-aged daughters (mean age 41 years). The results included the following: (1) a significant generation effect and (2) the conceptualization largely in Eastern terms but an acceptance of b…
The Development of Gender Understanding in Children
The development of gender understanding was studied in 7 1/2-year-old male and female Indian children. The experimental procedure involved the investigation of: (i) the saliency of genital cues, by means of a free classification procedure, (ii) gender understanding, by means of a questionnaire and (iii) its relationship to cognitive development, by testing the conservation of number and substance. The major result was that children could correctl…
Developmental changes in infant visual fixation to differing complexity levels among cross-sectionally and longitudinally studied infants
Developmental changes in infant visual fixation to differing complexity levels among cross-sectionally and longitudinally studied infants
An infant-control procedure for studying infant visual fixations
A study was conducted in which the infants ' behavior was allowed to control stimulus duration. A group of five infants were tested once a week from 3 through 14 weeks of age. A second group of five infants were tested once a week from 8 through 14 weeks of age. A third group of 18 infants were tested once at 3, 8, or 14 weeks of age. Once a stimulus was presented to an infant, it remained on until the two observers had simultaneously recorded no…
Word Categorization as a Function of Stimulus Presentation
Word categorization as a function of stimulus presentation was examined by means of the Word Categorization Test, in a group of young adults. The results indicate (a) a minimal use of the phonetic similarity criterion, (b) a differential employment of semantic similarity and complementarity criteria depending upon the stimulus presentation procedure, (c) a significant sex difference, and (d) evidence of response patterning in one of the presentat…
Classification Preference among Elderly Indian Subjects
Thirty Indian adults were tested on a Piagetian cognition task which involved stimuli which they could classify or seriate. The stimuli consisted of a familiar shape, cup cutouts, of five different sizes and five colour intensities. There were 25 pieces altogether. In this situation, the majority of the subjects preferred to make a partial classification response, and none of the subjects seriated. There was a significant sex difference with the …
Sex-Trait Stereotypes and their Evaluation among Indian Adults
A description of those characteristics comprising the male and female stereotypes, using the Adjective Check List (ACL), was obtained from a group of young Indian adults. A different group independently evaluated the traits (adjectives) of the ACL. The results revealed a description of the male and female stereotypes; a substantial lack of agreement between the sexes with respect to the features characteristics of each sex; and a differential eva…
Ideology and utopia revisited
Effects of the Stimulus Variable on Matrix Classification Responses of 12-Year-Old Children
This study was designed to investigate the relationship between stimulus dimensionality (2-D and 3-D) and matrix classification responses of 12-year-old South African Indian children. Sixty 12-year-old subjects (30 males and 30 females), from a middle-class background were selected. The two sets of stimuli were drawn from the same conceptual domain, namely, geometric shapes and forms. The traditional Piagetian assessment technique of completion w…
Indian parents and their youth
The present study examined perceived and actual differences in the perception of mental illness, religiosity and westernization in a selected group of Indian adolescents and their mothers. The total sample comprising 80 male and 80 female adolescents and their mothers were tested on a specially constructed Eastern-Western Mental Illness Scale and a biographical questionnaire. Analyses of the data indicated that mothers have a greater acceptance o…
The relationship between religiosity and general anxiety in Christian, Hindu and Muslim Indian adolescents
The Semantic Differential Scale (constructed to measure religiosity), the Religious Orientation Scale of the Omnibus Personality Inventory and the IPAT Anxiety Scale questionnaires were administered to 360 Indian adolescents to examine the relationship between religion, religiosity and general anxiety. The results indicated significant correlations between each of the two measures of religiosity and general anxiety. Christian and Muslim subjects …
The Relationship between Religion, Religiosity and Death Anxiety among Indian Adolescents
Templer's Death Anxiety Scale and the Religious Orientation Scale of the OPI were administered to 360 Indian adolescents to examine the relationship between religion and religiosity and death anxiety. Muslim subjects were found to be more death anxious than Christian and Hindu subjects. The degree of commitment to one's religious practices and beliefs did not intensify or reduce death anxiety. Further, female subjects manifested higher death anxi…
The Development of Gender Understanding in Children
The development of gender understanding was studied in 7 1/2-year-old male and female Indian children. The experimental procedure involved the investigation of: (i) the saliency of genital cues, by means of a free classification procedure, (ii) gender understanding, by means of a questionnaire and (iii) its relationship to cognitive development, by testing the conservation of number and substance. The major result was that children could correctl…
Relationship between Study in Psychology and Conceptualization of Mental Illness
Generational Changes in Conceptions of Mental Illness
Generational changes in the conceptualization of mental illness were investigated by means of a specially constructed scale. The sample comprised 100 subjects made up of two groups of Hindu and Muslim grandmothers (mean age 61 years) and two groups of their middle-aged daughters (mean age 41 years). The results included the following: (1) a significant generation effect and (2) the conceptualization largely in Eastern terms but an acceptance of b…
Perceived Competence in School Functioning of Indian Children
Indian children's perceptions of their own competency in different domains of school functioning as well as in the general area of self-worth were examined using the Perceived Competence Scale of Harter (1982). Six hundred Indian school children, comprising 75 boys and 75 girls from each of Stds 2 to 5, were tested. In addition, their teachers were asked to complete a similar form reflecting their perceptions of the children's competencies. Teach…
Child rearing in a transitional society
The cultural ecological model of child rearing, developed within the context of stable societies, holds great promise for investigating parenting practices in transitional societies. This study focused on the perception of the rearing practices of a sample of the Indian community in South Africa which is a good example of a transitional society. Forty mothers and their children (age range 7 to 11 years) were tested independently on an extensive i…
An Exploratory Study of Muslim Girls' Understanding of Death
This study investigated the relationship between age and the understanding of death and its various components. The sample consisted of forty Muslim children who were divided into two groups according to age. The subjects, all girls, were given a biographical inventory, classification and conservation tasks, and an author constructed a death understanding questionnaire. Significant differences were found in the children's understanding of life in…
Sexual Harassment
The present study investigated students' perceptions and experiences of sexual harassment at the University of Transkei. Data were obtained from a sample of 827 students. It was found that students need more clarity on what constitutes sexual harassment. However, it was found that all forms of sexual harassment were prevalent and experienced on campus in varying degrees. Gender-related differences were found in the perceptions and experiences of …
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