Examines some of the social, cultural, and religious factors involved in name changing in Hindi. (AM)

Using semi-structured interviews and focus groups, a study of twelve parents of preschoolers and young adults with disabilities in India revealed the cultural and social barriers to families' access to services and their educational goals for their child. Concerns common to both groups included difficulty of accessing information on services in a…

Eleven first-generation South Asian family members who lost a relative in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001, were interviewed about their loss and their coping strategies. Data were analyzed using consensual qualitative research (CQR) methodology. Participant responses clearly delineated bereavement reactions and coping within a…

Fifty-three deaf adults from Pune, India, rated the suitability of 12 professions for deaf, and for hearing people. Respondents' criteria for career choice appeared to be based on the need for hearing, speech, and visual skills. Although results generally supported findings in other countries, culturally specific factors appeared to play a role in…

Researchers have theorized that cultural emphasis on education plays a major role in explaining Asian students' achievement. While Asian parents often view education as the main vehicle for upward social mobility, the social and cultural make-up of Asian societies and the context within which education is conducted in Asia often clash with the…

Discusses the factors involved in preparing ETV programs that will be meaningful to villagers in India. (LS)

Discusses the use of India as a topic for teaching English as a Foreign Language and about developing an awareness of cultural diversity in Germany. Provides a critical analysis of textbooks in Germany that are beginning to offer new approaches. (Author/VWL)

This study examined the perception of parental attitudes of 50 blind adolescents in northern India. Results indicated that blind girls perceived their parents as being more accepting and less rejecting than did blind boys, a result explained by culturally determined differences in social sex roles. (DB)

Literacy is a process which dispels and promotes rational thinking and moulds human beings into becoming responsible citizens. The absence of literacy directly and indirectly retards the development of individuals, society, community and the country. For the success of any program, people should be motivated by providing necessary congenial…

The influence of the home environment on the original thinking of 66 Indian preschoolers was investigated. Subjects were 36 boys and 30 girls (mean age, 4.6 years) randomly selected from a pool of 127 children from 7 classrooms in a preschool run by a quasi-governmental corporation. Tests were given in the child's first language, which was either…

An examination of major Indian gifted programs demonstrates that the programs, devoid of any serious psychological theory or conceptualization and unaware of the unparalleled features of the Indian sociocultural context, are carried out in a mechanical and oppressive fashion leading to the identification and sustenance of mediocrity. (Contains…

Explores the contemporary relationship of India's cultural media and mass media, primarily through a content analysis of a sample of popular Indian newspapers and magazines. (GW)

Discusses two studies of infant care in India. The first focused on fathers' infant caregiving practices, whereas the second focused on infant care practices in Punjabi families in which the grandmother lived with young parents. Discusses positive trends in infant care in India that were revealed by the studies. (BG)

Explored the backgrounds and personal motives of 70 families who adopted Indian children in the late 1970s and 1980s. Focused on what kind of people seek to adopt children of another ethnic group and with a higher likelihood of chronic disabilities. Found strong resemblance to altruists and rescuers of Holocaust victims. (Author/DLH)

Notes that the prevalence of reading difficulty was 8.2% and it was associated with younger age, males, poverty, less-educated parents, psychiatric disturbance, school failure, poor school attendance, physical ill-health, poor motor co-ordination and impaired vocabulary and visuospatial reasoning. Supports a multifactorial causal model of reading…