Rashmi Rani

Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi · Department of Psychology

The present study was planned to explore the effects of positive metacognitions and positive meta-emotions in marital communication. The sample consisted of 300 married couples (300 husbands and 300 wives) chosen from Chowk and adjoining areas of Varanasi city of Uttar Pradesh, India. The participants were individually administered Hindi version of...

This study was conducted to establish the construct, convergent and predictive validity of Hindi translation of Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) in Hindi speaking Indian cultural context. For the purpose 17 to 65 years old 396 men and women participants with minimum High School education from Varanasi city of Uttar Pradesh, India, comp...

This study was carried out to establish the construct, convergent and predictive validity of Hindi translation of Meta-emotions Scale in Hindi speaking Indian cultural context. For the purpose 16 to 78 years old 1324 men and women participants with High School education from Chowk and adjoining areas of Varanasi city of Uttar Pradesh, India, comple...

The study was conducted with the objective to construct a scale to measure quality of sleep in Hindi language and to assess its psychometric properties, factorial structure, and predictive validity in Indian cultural context. Two hundred 20 to 67 years old participants from Varanasi city of Uttar Pradesh were administered a 15-item Sleep Quality Sc...

The study examined the impact of positive and negative meta-emotions on marital adjustment in married couples. The participants (300 husbands and 300 wives, N=600) were individually administered Meta-Emotion Scale-(Hindi) and Dyadic Adjustment Scale-(Hindi). Results revealed non-significant main effects of spouses and significant main effects of le...

The study aimed to elucidate the effects of positive meta-emotions and negative meta-emotions on worry in CHD patients with hypertension, CHD patients without hypertension and control individuals. Two hundred respondents (28 to 78 years old) (clinically diagnosed 50 patients with hypertension and 50 patients without hypertension, and 100 individual...

This study was carried out to establish the construct, convergent and predictive validity of Hindi version of Marital Communication Inventory (MCI) in Indian cultural settings. For this purpose three hundred married couples with at least graduation qualification were sampled from Varanasi city of Uttar Pradesh following a multistage sampling proced...

The present study aimed to elucidate the psychometric properties, factorial structure,and predictive validity of Hindi version of Satisfaction with Life Scale in Indian cultural milieu. A total of 1817 participants ranging in age from 16 to 78 years were conveniently sampled from Chowk and adjoining areas of Varanasi city of Uttar Pradesh, complete...

The present study aimed to elucidate the psychometric properties, factorial structure, and predictive validity of Hindi version of Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale in Indian cultural milieu. A total of 300 couples, 21 to 75 years old (300 husbands and 300 wives) were, conveniently sampled from Chowk and adjoining areas of Varanasi city of Uttar Pr...

The present study aimed to elucidate the psychometric properties, factorial structure, and predictive validity of Hindi version of Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale in Indian cultural milieu. A total of 21 to 75 years old 300 couples (300 husbands and 300 wives), conveniently sampled from Chowk and adjoining areas of Varanasi city of Uttar Pradesh,...

This study was designed to establish the construct, convergent and predictive validity (gender and age differences) of Hindi version of Dyadic Adjustment Scale in Indian cultural milieu. For the purpose three hundred 21 to 75 years old married couples (300 husbands and 300 wives) with at least graduation qualification were sampled from Chowk and ad...

The study aimed to examine the effect of positive metacognitions and meta-emotions on marital satisfaction. The study was conducted on purposively sampled 318married couples (159 husbands and 159 wives) from the Chowk area of Varanasi city of India. The subjects were individually administered Hindi versions of: (1) Positive Metacognitions and Meta-...

The Positive Metacognitions and Meta-emotions Questionnaire (PMCEQ) developed by Beer and Moneta (2010) measures adaptive metacognitive beliefs when facing challenging situations. The cultural adaptation of Hindi version of PMCEQ was conducted in 17 to 75 years old (n = 838) Hindi speaking men and women participants of Varanasi city of Uttar Prades...

The positive metacognitions and meta-emotions measured by PMCEQ measures adaptive metacognitive beliefs people hold about their own cognitive and emotional processes. The study aimed to examine the independent and interaction effects of 'gender' (men & women) and 'levels (low & high) of facets of positive metacognitions and meta-emotions' on marita...

Emotions play key role in families functioning and mantalUfe. Thus, emotional maturity may be considered a basis in marital adjustment and a happy marital life. As such, the present study is an attempt to understand the relationship between marital adjustment and emotional maturity in Indian cultural context. For this purpose hundred (100) couples...

Parental rearing behavior is a significant etiological factor in a vulnerability model of psychopathology and connected to child's psycho-social development and social problems. As such, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between perceived parenting rearing styles and marital satisfaction in adult Indian married couples. Theref...

Parental rearing behavior is a significant etiological factor in a vulnerability model of psychopathology and connected to child' psycho-social development and social problems as such, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between perceived parenting rearing styles and satisfaction with life in adult Indian married couples. Theref...