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Background: The present study aims to understand the effects of Empathy and Vicarious Trauma on Wisdom and Psychological Distress among lawyers. In India, the ratio of lawyers to the entire population is quite low and hence, lawyers often find themselves overworked. Constantly working in a stressful environment such as a court has a negative impact on mental health. Therefore, understanding their mental health is crucial. Methodology: A quasi-experimental design was used in the study. The data was collected from 94 litigating civil and criminal lawyers from age of 24 – 50 years (females = 54; males = 40). The sample was derived by the Purposive sampling method. The Toronto Empathy Scale, The Vicarious Trauma Scale, The Three- dimensional Wisdom Scale-12, and The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale were administered to measure Empathy, Vicarious Trauma, Wisdom, and Psychological Distress respectively. Results: As a statistical tool for data analysis, Independent Samples t-tests were used. The results indicated that Empathy has a significant effect on Wisdom [ t (92) = 3.48, p<0.01]. However, Empathy has no significant effect on Psychological Distress [t (92) = 0.23, ns]. Furthermore, Vicarious Trauma has a significant effect on both Wisdom [ t (92) = 2.31, p<0.05] and Psychological Distress [t (92) = 3.56, p<0.01]. Conclusion: In India, the mental health of lawyers is often compromised which has serious repercussions. Hence, there is a need to address these psychological concerns for the psychological well-being of the lawyers.
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Introduction-This research aimed to study the effect of Thriving and Workplace Spirituality on Innovative Work Behavior and Career Adaptability among railway employees (TC) because of the competitive environment they experience. Method- The participants were 105 railway employees between the age of 40-60 years, residing in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The purposive and snowball sampling methods were used for the study. The scales used were - Thriving at work scale (Porath et al,2012), Spirit at work scale (SAW) (Kinjersky, 2013), Innovative work behavior ( Jesson, 2009), Career Adapt Abilities Scale – short form (CAAS- SF) (Maggiori et al, 2012). The data were analyzed using 4 independent ‘t tests’. Results-Thriving had a significant effect on Innovative Work Behavior and Career Adaptability among railway employees. Thus Thriving might act as an advantage in the competitive work environment of TCs. Since Thriving cannot be developed individually as a skill, there is a need to study Workplace Spirituality. Results obtained suggest that there was no significant effect of Workplace Spirituality on Innovative Work Behavior which can be attributed to the Covid-19 situation. Later analysis shows that Workplace Spirituality has a significant effect on Career Adaptability, suggesting that the Workplace Spirituality plays will help in better career adaptability among railway employees. Conclusion- Thriving is considered to be a human aspect of sustainability which is important to produce high performance. Thus if we can enhance Workplace Spirituality for railway employees, they might experience Thriving which will eventually contribute to enhancing IWB and Career Adaptability.
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Background and Objectives: The present study focused on three variables namely Neuroticism,Alexithymia and Marital Satisfaction. Neuroticism is a general tendency to experience negative affect, andpeople high in Neuroticism are prone to have irrational ideas, be less able to control their impulses, and tocope more poorly than others with stress. Alexithymia, on the other hand, is seen as a cluster of deficits inthe experiencing, expression and regulation of emotions. Marital Satisfaction is often defined as the attitudean individual has toward his or her marital relationship. The aim of the present study was to study the impactof Neuroticism on Alexithymia and Marital Satisfaction among Married Men and Women. In addition, thestudy also explored the relationship between Alexithymia and Marital Satisfaction.Methods: The study was conducted on fifty married heterosexual couples (50 Males, 50 Females) toexamine the impact of Neuroticism on Alexithymia and Marital Satisfaction. A convenient, snowballsampling method was used to get responses from 100 participants. The three variables were studied usingthree tests, one for each variable. These consisted of Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised, 20 itemToronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale.Results: All the three statistical analyses were found to be significant and in line with the results. The resultssupported the hypotheses and thus implicated that Neuroticism does have an impact on Alexithymia andMarital Satisfaction among married couples.Conclusion: Further studies in larger samples are need to establish and corroborate the findings of the study.