Browsing by Author "Baskaran, N."

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    Socio-economic Challenges Faced by Newly Resettled Families (NRF): A Case Study of a Post-war Village in Jaffna
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2021) Baskaran, N.
    Many factors have contributed to the recent changes in families in Sri Lankan society and most of the factors are interlinked with the war. Socio-economic challenges faced by families due to resettlement became an essential topic in the post-war Jaffna due to many reasons. Therefore, the objective of the study is to identify the determined social-economic challenges faced by families after 30 years of resettlement, considering a case study of Myliddy North (J/246) village in Valikamam Jaffna. As a research method, qualitative and quantitative data techniques were used. The investigation is bifocal: one is at the community level and the other is household level. At the community level, primary data collection methods were meetings and interviews with key resource persons. At the household level with purposive and convenient sampling techniques, a total sample of 74 families were questioned through three-date collection tools namely, questionnaire surveys, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussion. As for the findings of the study through qualitative and quantitative analysis, it has been identified that the significant social and economic challenges faced by NRFs. One of the significant challenges that the people in the village face is the inability to obtain the use of land and the issues of landlessness (landless disabilities, landless women-headed family). Due to the military occupation, large scale of cultivated lands was destroyed, neglected, and abandoned by the owners which have created a lack of income with a new environment. Further, housing issues and homelessness tremendous, loss of community life, lack of leisure and other socio-cultural activities, and less safety and high-security zone issues disrupt the social life of the NRFs. The NRFs issues have become a central part of the development and social work discourses in the post-war villages in Jaffna. This study helps in identifying the kind of approaches and policies that need to formulated to address NRFs challenges and grievances. Keywords: Post-war; Resettlement; Family structure; Socio-economic challenges.
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    Study on the Stress and the Copying Strategies among the First-Year Students of the University of Jaffna
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2021) Ramesh, A.R.; Baskaran, N.
    This study aims to investigate the level of University Students‟ perceived stress, find the coping mechanism and suggest measures and strategies for successfully handling the stress of the first-year students of the University of Jaffna. The data is primarily garnered from a self-administrated questionnaire, nonetheless, as a caveat, a small-scale exploratory study conducted. The samples for the study were selected through the stratified random sampling technique; participants were selected from the First-Year Students both male and female of the three faculties (Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Management and Commerce, and Faculty of Sciences). The population of the study is 1359 first-year students and the sample size were 310 and 286 students responded. The student's stress analysis provided support for a six-factor model comprising the categories of academic, relationships, equity, parenting, practical, and health. The students‟ stress scale demonstrated good internal consistency as measured by Cronbach’s alpha (α = .824). Total Coping scale shows good consistency (α = .846) and individual item of active copying (α = .815) and passive copying (α = .730). The students‟ perceived stress ware significantly high among the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Management & Commerce. The Students from the Faculty of Arts show low stress. Similarly, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Management & Commerce students were showed a significantly higher level of active coping and Arts students show a high level in passive coping. The female students recorded a higher level of stress and copying strategy. Finally, most of the students adopted a positive coping style of active coping. Students‟ perceived stress and coping style were positively correlated and parental stress was negatively correlated. The findings will have many social implications. The social implications might be based on proper utilization of public funds, cost of well-being, and other pertinent social costs. Further, this study will be served as guidelines for Administrators of the University in the implementation of policies, for instance, in the counselling and training strategy and program. Keywords: Perceived Students Stress; Coping Style; Active Coping; Passive Coping