Combating emotional problems through neurocognitive orientation

Preadolescence is the period of life of every individual attains the skills and attributes which are necessary to become a productive adult. Though most of the world`s preadolescents have no major problems, life of many young people is painful, due to the conflicting demands from their parents, teachers and friends, which creates serious depression for them and leads emotional and behavioral problems like conduct problems, substance abuse, aggression, anti-social behaviour, anxiety, academic difficulties etc., Children who suffer from both emotional and behavioural problems are at more risk than children who suffer from either emotional or behavioural problems alone. Hence this study is need to examine the underlying structure and early predictors of emotional problems in preadolescence, to investigate developmental pathways and to study the effect of neurocognitive intervention strategies for combing their emotional problems. The investigator adopted Neurocognitive strategies for overcoming Emotional problems of preadolescence students in order to enhance non-violence and peaceful nation.

Dr. Mrs.M.Parimala Fathima is the principal investigator-prestigious research projects-DST,Newdelhi,IGNIOU(DEC),Newdelhi.My area of interest lies in COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY which is emerging as an applied field in teacher education.I she has produced eight ph.d and published number of research papers and books with ISSN and ISBN mark respectively.