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Dr. Akriti Srivastava

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Dr. Akriti Srivastava

Associate Professor

Qualification(s)

  • 2017- PhD in Psychology from Defense Institute of Psychological Research, DRDO (Delhi) in collaboration with Bharathiar University
  • 2009- JRF from Ministry of Defense
  • 2008 – Master of Arts in Psychology (Gold medalist) from University of Allahabad
  • 2007 – UGC-NET

Teaching

  • Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, Central University of Andhra Pradesh
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Central University of Karnataka
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, St. Joseph’s College
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Jain University
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Banasthali University

Publications

  • Rashtra bhasha ke roop mein hindi evam ahindi bhashi logon mein hindi ke prati manovritti, paper published in Manasi (Vol. 9, 2009-10)
  • Aadhyatam, dharm evam manansheel vigyan article published in Manasi (Vol.10, 2010-2011)
  • Sena mein naitikta evam netritva: ek manovaigyanik vishleshad chapter published in Military Psychology, ISBN: 978-81-7132-734-8
  • Sainiko mein Aatmgat Kushalta chapter published in Military Psychology, ISBN: 978-81-7132-734-8
  • Relationship of resilience to big five traits, health locus of control and health behaviors in Indian Journal of Social Science Researches- Vol. 9. No. 1, March, 2012, pp. 46-58, ISSN. 0975-1343
  • A factorial study on cognitive failure and its relationship with personality construct in Indian Journal of Social Science Researches- 9. No. 2, October, 2012, pp. 71-83 ISSN. 0975-1343
  • Do Intelligent People Make the Organization Intelligent? Organizational Intelligence: A Perspective in International Journal of Management & Behavioural Sciences- No. 5, December, 2013, ISSN. 2278-5671
  • Organizational Intelligence: A Model of its Antecedents and Consequences published in Handbook of Management, Technology and Social Sciences, ISBN – 978-81-928926-3-4
  • Relationship of Hope, Resilience, Optimism and Self-Efficacy with Job Performance in International Journal of Management and Technical Research, Vol. 2, No. 1, Oct-Dec 2014, ISSN: 23479305
  • A Study on the Impact of Big Five Personality Traits on Consciousness in International Journal of Indian Psychology, ISSN 2348-5396 (e) | ISSN: 2349-3429 (p), Vol. 3, Issue 2, No. 10, Jan-March, 2016
  • Emotional Contagion and its Relationship with Transient Affect and Subjective Well-being in Jagran International Journal of Contemporary Research, ISSN: 2320-9372, Vol. 3, Issue 1, Jan 2016
  • Yoga and Transpersonal Experiences: An Intertwined Perspective in Think India Journal, ISSN: 0971-1260, Vol 23, Special Issue 03, Jan 2020
  • Role of Kumbh Mela in Social Identity Formation and its Effect on Health: A Conceptual Understanding in Our Heritage, ISSN: 0474-9030, Vol. 68, Issue 30, Feb 2020
  • Understanding Social Constructivism of Intimacy and Isolation among Heterosexuals and Homosexuals in International Journal of Indian Psychology, ISSN 2348-5396 (e) | ISSN: 2349-3429 (p), Vol 8, Issue 1, March 2020
  • Teachers and Schools as Change Agents in Improving Mental Health among Adolescents in International Journal of Indian Psychology, ISSN 2348-5396 (e) | ISSN: 2349-3429 (p), Vol 8, Issue 1, March 2020
  • Effect of Self-efficacy, Motivation and Anxiety on Online Academic Performance in International Journal of Indian Psychology, ISSN 2348-5396 (e) | ISSN: 2349-3429 (p), Vol 9, Issue 2, June 2021
  • Understanding the Role of Participation in Online Support Groups on Mental Well-being in Indian Journal of Health & Wellbeing, ISSN 2321-3698, Vol 12, Issue 4, December 2021
  • Chapter titled, ‘Sustainable Consumption Practices of Rural India’ published in Socially Responsible Consumption and Marketing in Practice: Collection of Case Studies, ISBN 978-981-16-6433-5, Springer Publication
  • “Jill of all Trades, Master of None?” Exploring Multiple Role Conflict among Women Working from Home during COVID-19 in Indian Journal of Well-being 2022, 13(4), 422-429
  • Impact of Parenting Style and Self-control on Internet Gaming Disorder among Adolescents in International Journal of Health Sciences, e-ISSN: 2550 696X, Special Issue IV, July 2022
  • Gender differences in Emotional Contagion and Emotional Intensity in an Indian Context in North American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 25, No. 4, December 2023, ISSN 1527-7143
  • Authentic Pride versus Hubristic Pride: Mediating Role of FoMOdirected Consumer Conformity Consumption Behaviour in Young Adults in Youth Voice Journal, ISSN (online): 2056-2969, March 2024
  • Mindful Self-Care and Well-Being: Investigating Pathways through Needs Satisfaction Experience in Mindfulness and Alternative Healing: The New Normal edited Nayanika Singh & Dr. K.C. Barmola Published by New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi in 2023. ISBN: 978-81-19006-18-2 and eBook ISBN: 978-81-19006-15-1
  • Do You Have an AI Mindset? Development and Validation of AI Mindset Questionnaire in Data Driven Decision Making edited by Jeanne Poulose, Vinod Sharma and Chandan Maheshkar in Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. (2024). ISBN 978-981-97-2901-2 and ISBN 978-981-97-2902-9 (eBook)
  • “Sex without Sexual Attraction? “ Perceived Sexual Experiences of Indian Sex-favourable Asexuals in Psychology & Sexuality, ISSN (online): 1941-9902, 19th June, 2025.
  • Religious Coping in Stress Management: A Systematic Review in Journal of Research and Health, Volume 15, Issue 5, 447-458, 3rd September 2025 http://dx.doi.org/10.32598/JRH.15.5.2617.1

Talks Delivered

  • Acted as a resource person for two days from 29th to 30th January, 2015 in a Three Day Orientation Programme for Principals of Navodya Vidyalaya Samithi in Guidance and Counselling at Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Ajmer
  • Acted as a resource person for International Webinar on Impact of COVID-19 on the Intellectual Property Rights: Behavioral, Economics and Legal Aspects on 27th June, 2020 and gave a talk on ‘Behavioral Economics’, organized by Department of Economics and Department of Law at Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, M.P.
  • Acted as a resource person in a webinar on, ‘COVID 19 Lockdown and Mental Health: Psychological, Sociological and Legal Perspective’ organized by ITM University, Raipur on 18th July 2020
  • Acted as a resource person in a national webinar on, Leading Environment and Basic Groundwork for Student Learning in Context of New Education Policy 2020’ on 4th September, 2020, organized by Indira Gandhi Rajkeeya Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Raebareli, U.P. Topic discussed was, ‘Understanding NEP from the Perspective of Ecological System Theory’.
  • Acted as a resource person for a two-week refresher course on Cognitive economics organized by UGC-Human Resource Development Center, at Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, M.P. and took a session on, ‘What we Know and Don’t Know about Self-esteem and Discrimination- A Two Way Road’ dated 8th January 2021
  • Acted as a resource person for National Webinar titled, ‘Life Amidst Crisis: Mental Heatl Perspective of COVID-19 Pandemic’ organized by Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar on 8th October 2020. Title of the talk was ‘Gearing up for the New Normal: Dealing with Stigma and Infodemic’
  • Acted as a resource person for a Short-term course on Anger Management in Private and Public Spheres’ organized by UGC-Human Resource Development Center, at Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, M.P. and took a session on, ‘Analogical Understanding of River to understand Anger and the Techniques to Manage’ dated 28th December 2021
  • Acted as a resource person for a refresher course on Stress and Mental Health Issues in Present Times organized by UGC-Human Resource Development Center, at Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, M.P. and took a session on, ‘Dealing with the Buzzword “Warfront”-Causes, Consequences and Coping’ dated 12th February 2022
  • Acted as a resource person for a training program on Resource & Development Course for Heart It Out organization under Practica Program dated 28th November 2021
  • Delivered lecture on Mental Health in the Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, from 14th – 15th October 2024.

Seminars and Conferences Attended

  • “Organizational Intelligence: Antecedents and Consequences” paper presented in NAOP conference (2010) at JNU, Delhi 
  •  “Visuo-spatial cognition, its dimensions and assessment” paper presented in International Conference on Recent & Advanced Cognitive Sciences at BHU, Varanasi.   
  •  “A factorial study on cognitive failure and its relationship with personality construct” poster presented in ICAMP: Soldier Preparedness at IDSA, Delhi. 
  •  “A Factorial Study on Organizational Intelligence” paper presented in NAOP conference (2011) at Institute of Rural Management, Anand- Gujarat. 
  • Antecedents & Consequences of Organizational Intelligence: An Empirical Investigation paper presented at XXIII (Annual Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), INDIA (2013), NIT- Rourkela, Orissa. 
  • Organizational Intelligence: An exploration paper presented at 1st International and 3rd Indian Psychological Science Congress (2014) organized by Department of Psychology, P.G. Govt. College, Chandigarh.
  • Organizational Intelligence: A Model of its Antecedents and Consequences paper presented at International conference on Contemporary Challenges in Management, Technology & Social Sciences (2014) at MGMIT, Lucknow.
  • Do Intelligent People Make the Organization Intelligent? Organizational Intelligence: A Perspective paper presented at 10th Intenational Conference of Management and Behavioural Sciences (2013) organized at SMBS India & JLU Bhopal. 
  • Relationship of Hope, Resilience, Optimism and Self-Efficacy with Job Performance paper presented at International Conference on “Recent Trends & Innovation in Management, Social Sciences & Technology (2014), organized by SEMS at Jodhpur-Rajasthan 
  • Crossroad of Media, Psychology & Legal System: An Outlook paper presented at National Seminar on Media: Past, Present & Future at Babu Shobharam Rajkiya Kala Mahavidyalaya, Alwar- Rajasthan. 
  • ‘Personal Fable among Indian Adolescents: A Conceptualization’, paper presented in the Third International Conference on Counselling, Psychotherapy and Wellness and the 4th Congress of the Society for Integrating Traditional Healing into Counselling Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychiatry Organized Jointly by the University of Toronto, Canada and Christ University, India between 5 and 7 of January, 2016 at Christ University, Bengaluru, India
  • ‘Factors Affecting Personal Fable and its Consequences: A Systematic Review’ paper presented at the 51st National and 20th International Conference of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology from 6th to 8th May, 2016 at Department of Psychology, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
  • What do you mean it’s your life?!: Role of parents in deciding the career of their children” paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology from 18th  to 20th  July, 2016 at Whitelands College, Roehampton University, London 
  • Participated in International Training Conference in Brief Psychotherapies 2017 and the Annual Meet of Association for Solution Focused Practices India held at Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), Calicut, Kerala, India on 20-23 December, 2017. 
  • ‘Relationship between Perfectionism and Resilience and the Role of Cognitive Flexibility and Cognitive Appraisal’, paper presented in Synthesize: An International Interdisciplinary Conference on Business Studies and Social Sciences from 18 to 19 December 2018 at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) in collaboration with Han University 
  •  ‘Media, Cultural Prism and their Role in Personal Fable: An Intertwined Perspective’, paper presented in Synthesize: An International Interdisciplinary Conference on Business Studies and Social Sciences from 18 to 19 December 2018 at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) in collaboration with Han University 
  • ‘Role of Media in Reinvigorating the Cultural Identity at Kumbhmela’ paper presented in International Conference on Future Technologies in Engineering, Science & Humanities on 22 February 2019 at SriGuru Institute of Technology, Coimbatore 
  • Paper titled, ‘Yoga and Transpersonal Experience: An Intertwined Perspective’ was presented in National Seminar on Yoga for Wellness & Positive Health from 14 to 15 December 2019 at Indira Gandhi Rajkeeya Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh 
  • Participated in a national seminar on ‘NAAC Assessment and Accreditation Building Institutional Competencies’, held at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) from 5th to 7th March 2020 
  • Paper titled, ‘Role of Organizational Intelligence in Building Positive Organizations’ was presented in International Conference on Building Positive Organizations held at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) on 7th November 2020 
  • Paper titled, ‘Role of Organizational Intelligence in Building Innovative Organizations’ was presented in National e-conference on Research Trends in Management & Social Sciences organized by NIT Hamirpur from 5th-6th March 2021 
  • Paper titled, ‘Are Organizations Working Intelligently in COVID-19 Times? An Informative Investigation was presented in International E-conference on ‘The New Normal Psychological Perspectives’ organized by MGR Janaki College of Arts & Science for Women from 26th-27th March 2021 
  • Paper titled, ‘Online Education as a Novel Form of Disruptive Innovation’ was presented in 7th International Management Conference-Advances in Management through Research, Innovation & Technology organized by Fortune Institute of International Business from 7th-8th January 2022 
  • Paper titled, ‘The Effect of Journal Writing on Mental Health and Emotions’ was presented and received best paper award in 57th National & 26th International conference of IAAP organized by Mizoram University from 27th to 29th January 2022 
  • Paper titled, ‘Impact of Parenting Style and Self-control on Internet Gaming Addiction among Adolescents’ was presented in 57th National & 26th International conference of IAAP organized by Mizoram University from 27th to 29th January 2022 
  • Paper titled, ‘Impact of Parenting Style and Self-control on Internet Gaming Disorder among Adolescents’ was presented and received best paper award in 12th InSPA International Conference on Meeting the Challenges in Schools: Towards Atmanirbhar Bharat organized by Pondicherry University from 2nd to 4th October 2022 
  • Paper titled, ‘Skill Required to Master Creative Writing- A Systematic Review Investigation’ was presented in 12th InSPA International Conference on Meeting the Challenges in Schools: Towards Atmanirbhar Bharat organized by Pondicherry University from 2nd to 4th October 2022 
  • Paper titled, “Role of Organizational Intelligence in the Wellbeing of Employees: A Conceptual Framework” was presented in the 32nd International Conference on Psychology Health, Human Resilience and Well-being held on November 23-24 2023. 
  • Chaired the session in the Third International Conference on Digital Detox and Well-being Capital organized by the Department of Psychology, Central University of Karnataka, Karnataka from 9th – 10th February 2024. 
  • Chaired the session in the 34th Annual Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) in collaboration with CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR Campus on Contemporary Patterns and Future Trajectories in Psychological Sciences: Advancing from Interdisciplinarity to Transdiciplinarity organized by Department of Psychology CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR Campus from 17th – 20th February 2025.

 

Memberships

  • American Psychological Association
  • National Academy of Psychology
  • Indian Academy of Applied Psychology

Email

Akriti.srivastava@cuap.edu.in