Articles for Volume 2, No. 2 and Introduction of Authors

CONTENTS

Research Articles:

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG THE SURVIVORS OF NATURAL AND HUMAN MADE DISASTERS - Subhasis Bhadra

PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS AND INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP IN MARRIAGE Akanksha Tripathi

FAMILY CLIMATE AND DELINQUENCY PRONENESS - Supninder Kaur

Research Report
RESPONSE INHIBITION IN EPILEPTIC PATIENTS- Anu Teotia
Features:
ADAPTIVE BRAIN - Rudrani Chatterjee & Pritha Mukhopadhyay
BEHAVIOR BASED SAFETY (BBS) : A CASE STUDY - H L Kaila

Tutorial:
USES OF PIVOT TABLE FOR DATA CLASSIFICATION- D. Dutta Roy

Workshop Report:
A Report of the ‘Workshop on Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology’ - Sonali De


Research news:

1. USEFULNESS OF ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY (ACT) IN PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS DUE TO NUCLEAR RADIATION
   
2. LEARNING SECOND LANGUAGE BY PHONONOLOGICAL AWARENESS
   
3. GENDER AND CHILDHOOD PERSONALITY TRAITS IN OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE
   
4. AIR POLLUTION
   
5. EFFECT OF MATERNAL ANXIETY DURING PREGNANCY ON BABY
   

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1. Ms.Rudrani Chatterjee is M.Phil in Clinical Psychology from the Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta. She is currently working as a Clinical Psychologist in the Institute of Psychiatry, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata (under NMHP scheme).
   
   
2. Dr Pritha Mukhopadhyay, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta.
   
   
3. Dr. H L Kaila Ph. D., is the Professor and Head (Dept. of Psychology), S.N.D.T. Women's University, Mumbai-400020 India. He has 25 years of professional experience in the field of industrial psychology. He is a regular BBS trainer and member expert panel at National Safety Council. Dr H L Kaila has conducted 200 BBS workshops for various locations in India at all levels such as Directors, Top Management, Sr. Managers, functional / front-line managers, Workmen and Supervisors for wide range of organizations and sectors such as chemicals & Fertilizers, power / energy, oil, gas, petroleum, engineering, cement, manufacturing, hotels, shipping etc.
   
   
4. Dr Subhasis Bhadra, M.Phil., Ph. D. from Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS. At present, he is Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Gautam Buddha University. He started his career from intervention in Gujarat earthquake (2001) and subsequently worked in areas affected by Riots (Gujarat, 2002), Tsunami (Southern India and South East Asia, 2004), Earthquake (Kashmir, 2005), Terrorist attack (Mumbai serial Train Blast, 2006) through different organizations, like Care India, American Red Cross, Oxfam India, Action Aid. He supported psychosocial work in a few Asian countries, like, China, Mongolia, Myanmar etc. and developed some materials/ manuals for the same.
   
   
5. Ms. Supninder Kaur is a Research Scholar of Department of Education, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Presently working as an assistant Professor in Education in P.K.R. Jain college of Education, Ambala. Interested mainly in conducting research in the field of Special education and Psychology. She is working on the Development and standardization of “Delinquency Proneness scale” for Adolescents which is the
   part of my Doctoral research.
   
   
6. Dr. Akanksha Tripathi is Assistant Professor in Psychology, MCM DAV college, Chandigarh. Her research interests are in positive psychology, AIDS prevention project.
   
   
7. Ms. Anu Teotia completed Post Graduation in Psychology from the Chaudhary Charan Singh.University, Meerut, U.P. Her research interest is in Psychological functions of Epilepsy. She has qualified UGC NET JRF (December,2009).
   
   
8. Sonali De is an Associate Professor in Psychology at Dept of Psychology, University of Calcutta, India. She is interested in qualitative methodology and supervises doctoral and post-graduation dissertation research students in employing qualitative research techniques. Her current research interests include self Identity, Relationship & media; society, culture & mental illness.