V Nandini Rao
Biographic Data
| ID | 209011 |
|---|---|
| NAME | V Nandini Rao |
| GIVEN NAMES | V Nandini |
| FAMILY NAME | Rao |
| SIGNATURE | RAO V N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jackson State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Community Size and Sex Role Attitudes of the Students in India
The major purpose of the study is to examine the relation between background variables and the attitudes toward wife, mother and father roles for three subsamples based on community size and also to find out the strongest predictor variables in explaining the variance in the attitudes toward the three social roles. Data were collected from a sample of 411 students from three colleges in India in 1978. Twenty-four (24) independent variables are co…
Sex-role attitudes across two cultures: United States and India
Sex-role attitudes: A comparison of sex-race groups
Anxiety Provoking Situations in Indian Families
Life situations pertaining to the relationship dimension are viewed in respect of families of anxiety patients and normals. Grand-parents' interference, parents-in-law relationships, parents' role functioning, siblings' interaction, marital relationships and other relatives' cooperation are studied for 20 anxiety patients and 40 normals based on group matching. It was found that frequent interference of grand-parents, dissatisfaction with parents…
Marriage, the Family, and Women in India
Book Reviews balanced introductory description of the area as seen by those actually living there, I do not recommend it. University of Texas at Dallas, U.S.A. MURRAY J. LEAF MARRIAGE, THE FAMILY, AND WOMEN IN INDIA. By V. V. Prakasa Rao and V. Nandini Rao. New Delhi: Heritage Publishers/Columbia, Missouri: South Asia Books. 1982. x, 244 pp. US$19.50. THIS BOOK CONSISTS OF reprints of articles published by the authors from 1973 to 1980. There is …
Endogamy and Exogamy: Particularistic and Universalistic Attitudes of College Students in India
The major purpose of the study is to examine the universalistic and particularistic attitudes of students toward caste, religion, nationality, village and kinship endogamous and exogamous marriages. Data for the study were collected in two urban communities from four colleges in the State of Karnatak, India. The attitudes of college students toward intergroup marriages are analyzed in terms of eight socioeconomic and demographic characteristics b…
Ideal Age at Marriage and Inferred Parental Age at Marriage: Attitudes of College Students in India
An Evaluation of the Bardis Familism Scale in India
The majorpurpose of the study is to evaluate the Bardis Familism Scale through the use offactor analysis in order to determine whether all the items in the scale are unidimensional or multidimensional. Subsequent to the development of the scale, some suggested that it measures not just one but as many as five dimensions of familism. Data for the study were collected in 1975 from a sample of 586 college students from India. The results indicate th…
Arranged Marriages: An Assessment of The Attitudes of The College Students in India
The major purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between the forces of modernization and the attitudes of college students toward mate selection. It is assumed that the younger generation tends to be more receptive toward change and more liberal than the older generation and hence the younger people would serve as a barometer to assess the changes in the family structure, especially arranged marriages. The traditional norms requi…
Differential Life Styles of the Employed and the Non-Employed Mothers in India
The major purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between employment status and life styles of mothers. More specifically, does the life styles of the employed mothers differ significantly from that of the non-employed mothers in terms of level of living, decision making power, husband and wife relationships, household chores, and leisure time activities. The data were collected from 40 pairs of sisters (const ituting a universe-cum-s…
Sex-role attitudes: A comparison of sex-race groups
Arranged Marriages: An Assessment of The Attitudes of The College Students in India
The major purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between the forces of modernization and the attitudes of college students toward mate selection. It is assumed that the younger generation tends to be more receptive toward change and more liberal than the older generation and hence the younger people would serve as a barometer to assess the changes in the family structure, especially arranged marriages. The traditional norms requi…
Sex-role attitudes across two cultures: United States and India
An Evaluation of the Bardis Familism Scale in India
The majorpurpose of the study is to evaluate the Bardis Familism Scale through the use offactor analysis in order to determine whether all the items in the scale are unidimensional or multidimensional. Subsequent to the development of the scale, some suggested that it measures not just one but as many as five dimensions of familism. Data for the study were collected in 1975 from a sample of 586 college students from India. The results indicate th…
Marriage, the Family, and Women in India
Book Reviews balanced introductory description of the area as seen by those actually living there, I do not recommend it. University of Texas at Dallas, U.S.A. MURRAY J. LEAF MARRIAGE, THE FAMILY, AND WOMEN IN INDIA. By V. V. Prakasa Rao and V. Nandini Rao. New Delhi: Heritage Publishers/Columbia, Missouri: South Asia Books. 1982. x, 244 pp. US$19.50. THIS BOOK CONSISTS OF reprints of articles published by the authors from 1973 to 1980. There is …
Differential Life Styles of the Employed and the Non-Employed Mothers in India
The major purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between employment status and life styles of mothers. More specifically, does the life styles of the employed mothers differ significantly from that of the non-employed mothers in terms of level of living, decision making power, husband and wife relationships, household chores, and leisure time activities. The data were collected from 40 pairs of sisters (const ituting a universe-cum-s…
Arranged Marriages: An Assessment of The Attitudes of The College Students in India
The major purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between the forces of modernization and the attitudes of college students toward mate selection. It is assumed that the younger generation tends to be more receptive toward change and more liberal than the older generation and hence the younger people would serve as a barometer to assess the changes in the family structure, especially arranged marriages. The traditional norms requi…
Ideal Age at Marriage and Inferred Parental Age at Marriage: Attitudes of College Students in India
An Evaluation of the Bardis Familism Scale in India
The majorpurpose of the study is to evaluate the Bardis Familism Scale through the use offactor analysis in order to determine whether all the items in the scale are unidimensional or multidimensional. Subsequent to the development of the scale, some suggested that it measures not just one but as many as five dimensions of familism. Data for the study were collected in 1975 from a sample of 586 college students from India. The results indicate th…
Endogamy and Exogamy: Particularistic and Universalistic Attitudes of College Students in India
The major purpose of the study is to examine the universalistic and particularistic attitudes of students toward caste, religion, nationality, village and kinship endogamous and exogamous marriages. Data for the study were collected in two urban communities from four colleges in the State of Karnatak, India. The attitudes of college students toward intergroup marriages are analyzed in terms of eight socioeconomic and demographic characteristics b…
Marriage, the Family, and Women in India
Book Reviews balanced introductory description of the area as seen by those actually living there, I do not recommend it. University of Texas at Dallas, U.S.A. MURRAY J. LEAF MARRIAGE, THE FAMILY, AND WOMEN IN INDIA. By V. V. Prakasa Rao and V. Nandini Rao. New Delhi: Heritage Publishers/Columbia, Missouri: South Asia Books. 1982. x, 244 pp. US$19.50. THIS BOOK CONSISTS OF reprints of articles published by the authors from 1973 to 1980. There is …
Anxiety Provoking Situations in Indian Families
Life situations pertaining to the relationship dimension are viewed in respect of families of anxiety patients and normals. Grand-parents' interference, parents-in-law relationships, parents' role functioning, siblings' interaction, marital relationships and other relatives' cooperation are studied for 20 anxiety patients and 40 normals based on group matching. It was found that frequent interference of grand-parents, dissatisfaction with parents…
Sex-role attitudes across two cultures: United States and India
Sex-role attitudes: A comparison of sex-race groups
Community Size and Sex Role Attitudes of the Students in India
The major purpose of the study is to examine the relation between background variables and the attitudes toward wife, mother and father roles for three subsamples based on community size and also to find out the strongest predictor variables in explaining the variance in the attitudes toward the three social roles. Data were collected from a sample of 411 students from three colleges in India in 1978. Twenty-four (24) independent variables are co…
Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Demography (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Mathematics (3 works)