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SummaryThe present investigation was performed to study the effect of Liv.100, an ayurvedic herbal formulation, on the level of lipids in antabuse-using alcohol dependents. Liv.100 was given to the patients at the dosage of 35 mg/kg body wt for a period of 18 days. Antabuse-treated patients received antabuse at 4 mg/kg body wt dosage for a period of 18 days. Fasting blood samples were collected before and after treatment of 18 days and used for the estimation of total lipids, total cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids, free fatty acids, free cholesterol, and ester cholesterol. The antabuse-receiving alcohol dependents treated with Liv.100 showed significant decreases in the levels of total lipids, total cholesterol, triglycerides, free cholesterol, and ester cholesterol when compared with alcohol dependents receiving antabuse alone. The present study suggests the hypolipidemic effect of Liv.100 in antabuse-using alcohol dependents.

The present paper explains in detail the process of construction as well as standardization of scale in language anxiety adapted by the investigator for secondary level language teachers in schools from six districts of Tamil Nadu. In the initial stage of development, the scale consisted of 80 items based on Likert’s method of summated ratings of five responses on these items. After critically reviewing the studies done language anxiety, the five dimensions were selected for developing the scale. On the basis of suggestions of the experts, 64 items were selected for the pilot study and administered on 60 secondary level language teachers. The scale was subjected to item analysis with the help of t-test. A total of 50 items were selected in the final version of the scale. The reliability of the test and the Cronbach’s alpha value is 0.87. The scale has face validity and content validity. KEYWORDS: language anxiety, secondary level language teachers, dimensions