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ASIAN JOURNAL OF HOME SCIENCE

Volume 9 Issue 2, Dec. 2014

Research papers published in this issue.

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1 RELATIONSHIP OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF ADOLESCENTS WITH SELECTED PERSONAL SOCIAL VARIABLES IN AUTHORITARIAN PARENTING STYLE – M. UMA AND L. UMA DEVI 345

2 ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF NURSES REGARDING DIET IN SOME DISEASES – PALLAVI TALUKDAR AND JULIANA SARMAH 352

3 BODY COMPOSITION IN RELATION TO ECONOMIC STATUS AMONG ADULT FEMALES – PRIYANKA SINGHAL AND RITA SINGH RAGHUVANSHI 357

4 PREVALENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS (13-15 YEARS) IN JORHAT TOWN – N. BAROOAH, M.S. BAROOAH AND N. NEOG 363

5 FACTORS AFFECTING INVOLVEMENT OF GENDER IN CHILDCARE ACTIVITIES OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS – DIBYAPRAVA PRADHAN 370

6 FASHION AWARENESS AND PEER PRESSURE AMONG ADOLESCENTS – SRISHTI MAURYA AND SHRUTI SHARMA 375

7 EFFECTS OF BLEACHING ON ABSORBENCY AND STRENGTH OF JUTE-COTTON UNION FURNISHING FABRICS – LOPAMUDRA NAYAK 380

8 DEVELOPMENT OF NUTRITION EDUCATION MATERIAL TO IMPART NUTRITIONAL AWARENESS AMONG TRIBAL ADOLESCENT GIRLS OF RANCHI DISTRICT – SNEHA VERMA, VIRGINIA PAUL, AJIT PAUL AND SARITA SHEIKH 388

9 FAMILY ECOLOGY: CONTEXT OF ADOLESCENTS' PERSONALITY FROM DISORGANIZED FAMILIES – SAVITA RATHOUR, KRISHNA DUHAN AND KRISHNA CHAUDHARY 394

10 SELF-ESTEEM AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AS PREDICTORS OF HAPPINESS AMONG ADOLESCENTS LIVING IN SOCIO-ECONOMIC HARDSHIP – NEHA SHARMA AND JATINDER KAUR GULATI 402

11 USE OF INDIGENOUS HERBAL MEDICINE- PURPLE LADY/IRON LEAF (TELANTHERA FICOIDEA) AS A NATURAL DYE SOURCE FOR DYEING OF MULBERRY SILK FABRIC – POMIMA DUARAH AND SATVINDER KAUR 409

12 BASIC HEALTH AWARENESS AND CONCERNS PREVALENT AMONG INDIAN HILL FARM WOMEN – VINEETA NAGARKOTI AND SUMAN PRASAD MAURYA 413

13 ADAPTATION OF WARLI ART FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLOCKS FOR PRINTING OF APPARELS – VEDIKA, EKTA GROVER AND SUSAN PAUL 417

14 NUTRITIONAL AND SOCIAL CONSTRAINTS OF CHILD LABOURERS : A STUDY IN BHUBANESWAR CITY – CHANDRASHREE LENKA 422

15 ASSESSMENT OF LAC DYED ERI SILK AND NATURALLY COLOURED COTTON FABRICS – SADHANA D. KULLOLI AND K.J. SANNAPAPAMMA 427

16 IMPACT OF HEALTH EDUCATION ON RURAL ADOLESCENT GIRLS OF HARYANA – SAVITA SANGWAN, VINTI DAVAR AND SHRESHTHA MURAAL 431

17 GINNING, SPINNING, WET PROCESSING AND FABRICATION: A MEANS OF VALUE ADDITION TO ORGANIC KAPAS – SHAILAJA D. NAIK, SADHANA D. KULLOLI AND SHWETA MARIYAPPANAVAR 436

18 CONSUMERS PREFERENCES FOR DEVELOPED DESIGNS OF ONE PIECE DRESSES INSPIRED FROM ARCHITECTURE AND EVALUATION OF CONSTRUCTED DESIGNS – NAVDEEP KAUR AND HARMINDER KAUR SAINI 442

19 A STUDY OF FEMALE FOETICIDE AND SEX DETERMINATION IN JAMMU – SHASHI MANHAS AND POONAM DOGRA 446

20 FEASIBILITY OF FOOD PROCESSING AS AN ENTERPRISE FOR RURAL WOMEN – PAYAL BATRA, SHASHI KANTA VERMA AND KANTA SABHARWAL 452

21 AN EVALUATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF KITCHEN AID FOR THE STANDING TYPE OF KITCHEN – CHARU AND P. SANDHU 456

22 TRADITIONAL AND MODERN EXPRESSIONS OF PHULKARI – MANDEEP KAUR, SANDEEP BAINS, SUMEET KANG GREWAL AND NEELAM GREWAL 460

23 SCENARIO OF CONSUMER AWARENESS AMONG RURAL WOMEN OF LUDHIANA DISTRICT AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THEIR EMPOWERMENT – SURINDERJIT KAUR AND HARINDER KAUR SAGGU 465

24 EFFECT OF SELECTED ORGANIC ACIDS ON DEGUMMING AND PROPERTIES OF TASSAR SILK – ANURADHA SINGH AND SUMAN PANT 470

25 TIME UTILIZATION AND SPENDING PATTERN OF FISHER WOMEN IN HOUSE HOLD TASK AND SUBSIDIARY OCCUPATION – HEMANT JADHAV AND GIRISH DESHMUKH 473

26 POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS ATTITUDE ABOUT DATING AND WEDDING CEREMONIES – SUMANGALA BADAMI AND VISHALA PATNAM 477

27 EFFECT OF HOUSEHOLD STORAGE PRACTICES ON IODINE CONTENT OF IODIZED SALT – RASHMI SINGH AND R.S. RAGHUVANSHI 481

28 ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ADOLESCENTS: AN OUTCOME OF PARENTAL ENCOURAGEMENT – M.K. RATHORE AND SHEELA SANGWAN 484

29 PROFILE OF WARLI ARTISANS OF MAHARASHTRA – SANGEETA VAISHNAV AND MEENU SRIVASTAVA 491

30 TEMPERAMENT OF SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN – V. SHAHI, S. BALDA AND S. KAUSHAL 496

31 IMPROVING INDOOR OXYGEN IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS USING HOUSEPLANTS – BHAWANA ASNANI AND RITU SINGHVI 500

32 CONSUMERS' PREFERENCES FOR SMOCKED UTILITY ARTICLES – SHIKHA BAJAJ AND HARMINDER KAUR SAINI 505

33 THE PREVALENT MARKET TRENDS IN PHULKARI EMBROIDERED KURTIS – M. KAUR AND K. BRAR 509

34 INDO-WESTERN GARMENTS WITH BANNI EMBROIDERY HAVING PERSIAN MOTIFS – MANJALI SHARMA AND URMILA RAO 514

35 EFFECT OF TEACHING LEARNING MATERIAL ON READING WRITING SKILLS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN – MUKTA GARG AND JYOTI KARUSH 519

36 A STUDY ON HOMEMAKERS' PREFERENCE FOR CERAMIC SURFACE CLEANSING AGENTS IN LUDHIANA CITY – RITIKA DIXIT, SURINDERJIT KAUR AND R. BAKHSHI 523

37 PREVAILING TRENDS OF SILHOUETTES IN WESTERN DRESSES – VARSHA DEVI AND HARMINDER KAUR SAINI 527

38 KNOWLEDGE ON HEALTH AND NUTRITION AMONG SELF-HELP GROUPS AFFECTS THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS – SUMITA ACHARYA 530

39 DESIGNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF ECO-FASHION ACCESSORIES – BALJIT KAUR AND DEVINDER KAUR 535

40 CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF PREPARED ONE PIECE DRESSES INSPIRED FROM GRECIAN COSTUME – AMANPREET KAUR AND HARINDER KAUR SAGGU 539

41 PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN SHARING CHILDCARE ACTIVITIES AMONG AGRICULTURAL LABOURER HOUSEHOLDS – DIBYAPRAVA PRADHAN 542

42 NATURAL DYE FROM TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL SOURCE: MULETHI – ANKITA SHARMA, ARCHANA SINGH AND SUMAYAL ANJUM 546

43 EFFECT OF CHEMICAL PROCESSING ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HEMP (CANNABIS SATIVA) FIBRES – AMRITA SINGH AND MANISHA GAHLOT 550

44 CHANGING TRENDS IN TRADITIONAL MOJARI CRAFT – MEENU SRIVASTAVA AND NEHA SHARMA 555

45 DESIGNING A LINE OF INDO-WESTERN DRESSES USING PEACOCK MOTIFS – A. GUPTA AND K. BRAR 561

46 RISK OF MATERNAL CONDITION AMONG OBESE AND NON-OBESE WOMEN – SONALI RAWAT AND NEETU SINGH 568

47 OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS FACED BY SPINNING MILL WORKERS – SUDHA BABEL, RUPALI RAJVANSHI AND SANGEETA SHARMA 572

48 PREFERENCES OF COLLEGE GIRLS FOR FABRICS, COLOURS, DESIGNS, LENGTH, FLARE AND OTHER DESIGNING FEATURES IN ONE PIECE DRESSES – AMANPREET KAUR AND HARINDER KAUR SAGGU 576

49 APPLICATION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN TEXTILE – SHIPRA KAUSHIK 580

50 ASSESSMENT OF CONSUMER ACCEPTABILITY AND MARKET POTENTIAL OF CONVENIENCE FOODS DEVELOPED FROM BUCKWHEAT (FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM) – MANI MISHRA AND SHASHI JAIN 584

51 ECO-FRIENDLY DYE FOR COTTON YARN – RAJASHREE PHUKON 587

52 STUDY OF HIV/AIDS AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS – DOLLY RANI AND MANJU ARORA 590

53 PROBLEM SOLVING AND CREATIVE THINKING ABILITY OF HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN – PRIYA KUMARI AND LATA PUJAR 594

54 ACADEMIC ANXIETY AMONG URBAN ADOLESCENTS: A STUDY OF GENDER DIFFERENCES – ASHA CHAWLA AND DEEPIKA VIG 598

55 POPULARIZING ECO-FRIENDLY TEXTILES IN URBAN INDIA – SURABHI MAHAJAN 601

56 POSTURE GIVES FEEL OF PAIN TO ROSE AND MARIGOLD HARVESTERS – NIMISHA SURYAVANSHI AND RAZIA PARVEZ 607

57 ATTITUDE OF FEMALE ADOLESCENTS OF PURIG TRIBE TOWARDS MENSTRUATION – SARIKA MANHAS AND SABIYA ASMAT 611

58 EDIBLE COLOURS AND THEIR SCOPE – RAKESH KUMAR, SHIVANI SHARMA AND A.P.S. BRAR 615

59 DESIGNING COLONIAL THEME RESTAURANT REFLECTING THE BRITISH ERA OF KOLKATA – SWETABEHAN MESARIA AND NEERJA JAISWAL 620

60 A STUDY ON THE SELECTION OF TROUSER DESIGNS BY YOUNGSTERS – RAJDEEP KAUR 624

61 MEDIA INFLUENCE ON DIETARY PRACTICES OF COLLEGE GOING GIRLS – ANSHU JOHRY AND SANGITA SRIVASTAVA 628

62 HUMAN AND PHYSICAL FACTORS INVOLVED IN INDIGENOUS PROCESSING FOR VALUE ADDITION OF RICE – BIJOYLAXMI BHUYAN AND MIRA KALITA 633

63 MEWAR PAINTINGS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY – SUDHA BABEL, RUPALI RAJVANSHI AND SANGEETA SHARMA 636

64 AN ERGONOMIC SAREE DESIGN FOR GERIATRIC WOMEN – MONISHA SINGH AND SANGITA SRIVASTAVA 641

65 ASSESSING THE ACCEPTABILITY OF HOUSEHOLD TEXTILES AND APPARELS DESIGNED THROUGH FOREIGN ART MOTIFS – ADITI VISHNOI AND JYOTSNA SINGH 644

66 EFFECT OF MICROWAVING ON DIFFERENT FOODS AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS – UPASANA, PARVEEN SHAISTA AND ARCHANA CHAKRAVARTY 650

67 NUTRITIONAL ADEQUACY OF MID DAY MEAL IN ALLAHABAD SCHOOLS – POONAM YADAV AND ANNAMMA KUMAR 655

68 ANXIETY LEVEL OF COLLEGE GOING STUDENTS ACROSS THE GENDER – RUBI VERMA AND MAMTA KUMARI 658

69 TRAINING PACKAGE ON MACRAMÉ FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT – GARIMA SINGH, ARCHANA SINGH AND POONAM SINGH 660