Presumptive stressful life event scale Dear Sir, in different demographic and clinical categories, which has not been attempted. I have read with considerable interest the article entitled, Presumptive stressful life events scale (PSLES)-a new stressful life events scale for use in India by Gurmeet Singh et al (April 1984 issue). I think it is a commendable effort to develop such a scale which ...

The study was carried out on 84 patients of anxiety neurosis and 47 controls. Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale (PSLES) of Singh et al. (1984) was utilized for eliciting life events experienced by patients and controls during life time and 6 months prior to the onset of illness by an open ended interview. The frequency and stress scores of total life event and different categories of life...

We examine the effect of local precipitation shocks on appropriation risk faced by women using annual data from 583 districts in India over the period 2002-2007. We use annual deviations of rainfall from the long term local mean to isolate the impact of rain shocks on crimes against women. We find that dry shocks (below-average rainfall) increase reported domestic violence and dowry deaths, as ...

An important feature to which Arbanon families during the Middle Ages paid a special attention on occasion of marriage were dowries, gifts and various privileges, given not only by family members but also wider ring. In Ages, in lands, girl marriage, giving dowry was practiced, usually form real estate or money (perpera, exagia). The practiced noble as well other society strata. Certainly, val...

Although a common pain response, whether swearing alters individuals' experience of pain has not been investigated. This study investigated whether swearing affects cold-pressor pain tolerance (the ability to withstand immersing the hand in icy water), pain perception and heart rate. In a repeated measures design, pain outcomes were assessed in participants asked to repeat a swear word versus a...