Papers by Parwinder Singh
Loneliness and Social Anxiety as Predictors of Problematic Phone Use and Compulsive Internet Use Among Youth of Punjab
Psychological Studies
Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2016
Considerable attention has been given to the study of various dynamics of aggressive behaviour an... more Considerable attention has been given to the study of various dynamics of aggressive behaviour and psychologists have come up with different causal mechanisms explaining aggression. Social scientists need to integrate previous findings and devise intervention plans for the dysfunctional aggression so that deterioration of society can be prevented. The present study was carried out with a purpose of reducing aggressive tendencies by applying social cognitive intervention (SCI). A total of 313 participants with the mean age of 13.60 years (SD = 1.03 years) were administered Aggression Questionnaire. Out of 313 participants, 126 participants scoring high on aggression were screened in and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The Experimental group was given a six-session SCI designed specifically to reduce aggression and hostile attribution of intent (HAI). The intervention mainly focused on modifying cognitions and information processing style of aggressive adolescents used by them in ambiguous social situations involving negative outcome. Significant reduction in aggression level and HAI was observed among participants in experimental group as compared with control group. For adolescents at risk, SCI may hold a promise to change information processing patterns and subsequent aggressive tendencies.
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Papers by Parwinder Singh