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Social Participation, Religious Commitment, Locus of Control and Quality of Life: A Generational Study among the Mizo

2026-04-24T06:37:50Z

Title: Social Participation, Religious Commitment, Locus of Control and Quality of Life: A Generational Study among the Mizo Authors: Ralte, Rinpari Abstract: The present study examines the levels of Social Participation, Religious Commitment, Locus of Control, and Quality of Life among Generation Y and Generation Z; the relationships among these variables; and group differences between the two groups. The sample comprised 141 participants (Generation Z = 99; Generation Y = 42). Samples were collected using a non-probability convenience sampling method. Religious Commitment Inventory-10 (RCI-10; Worthington, E, L., Jr., Wade, N. G., Hight, T. L., Ripley, J.S., & McCullough, M.E., 2003), Quality of Life Scale (QOLS; Burckhardt, C. S., Woods, S. L., Schultz, A. A., &Ziebarth, D. M., 1989) and Locus of Control Scale (LOC; Rotter, J. B.,1966) were used for this study. The findings revealed that GenerationY has higher levels of Social Participation, Religious Commitment, and Quality of Life, with an Internal Locus of Control. GenerationZ reported lower levels of Social Participation, Religious Commitment, and Quality of Life,as well as an External Locus of Control. A positive correlation was found between Religious Commitment and both Quality of Life (r = .315, p < .01)) and Social Participation (r = .425, p< .01), and a negative correlation was found between Locus of Control and both Quality of Life (r = .198, p < .05)) and Religious Commitment (r = -.175, p < .05). Group differences were significant, with Generation-Y reported to have higher levels of Religious Commitment (t = .000, p < .01), Quality of Life (t = .000, p < .01) and Social Participation (t = .000, p < .01) and Generation-Z were reported to have a higher External Locus of Control (t = .007, p < .01).

Religiosity and Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviour Among Mizo Young Adults

2026-04-24T06:34:05Z

Title: Religiosity and Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviour Among Mizo Young Adults Authors: Ralte, Rinpari Abstract: Religiosity plays a role in preventing various risky behaviors. Although religiosity plays a huge role in Mizo society, it is important to identify how different dimensions of religiosity is related with sexual risktaking behaviour. Therefore, the present study examined the relationship between religiosity dimensions (Intellectual, ideology, public practice, private practice, religious experience) and sexual risk-taking behaviour among Mizo young adults. A total of 100 samples was selected in the study with an age range of 18 to 40 years. The mean scores of the participants vary according to their social demographic characteristics. The relationship between religiosity dimensions and sexual risk-taking behaviour was calculated using Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r). There is a significant negative relationship between religiosity (private practice) and sexual risk-taking behaviour (r = -.362**; p <.01). Multiple regression analysis also revealed that the overall model was significant. Predictors explained 15.6% of the variance in sexual risk-taking behavior (R² =.156, F (5, 94) = 3. 487, p < .01). However, only religiosity (private practice) significantly predicted sexual risk-taking behaviour (β = -.480, p <.01) and the other religiosity dimensions did not significantly predict sexual risk-taking behaviour. The study showed the potential role of religiosity private in protecting sexual risk-taking behaviour.

Religiosity and Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviour Among Mizo Young Adults

2026-04-09T05:19:24Z

Nationalising Ruins: Contested Identities of the Ruins of Gour and Pandua1

2025-10-21T08:48:48Z

Title: Nationalising Ruins: Contested Identities of the Ruins of Gour and Pandua1 Authors: Mitra, Sudipto Abstract: Late19th-early 20th century Bengal witnessed a renewed interest on behalf of Bengali scholars, to engage with the ruins of Gour and Pandua, from what has on retrospect been regarded as a Nationalist perspective. These nationalist narratives were however communally pluralised in correspondence to the religiously informed politics of the period. Gour-Pandua soon became a site of communal contestation on account of its multiple pre-colonial identities: that of a Hindu capital till the reign of Lakshmanasena and of a Muslim capital thereafter. This paper intends to analyse the multiple imaginations such accounts develop, viewing the ruins as a site for legitimisation of Hindu and Muslim nationalist sentiments and delegitimisation of colonial rule