Urmi Nanda Biswas

About

Engaged in teaching and research since 1988. Has published 2 books, and 75 journal articles in peer-reviewed indexed journals. Major research interest areas are: applied social psychology and health, behaviour change interventions, gender issues and workplace behaviour.

Employment

• Ahmedabad University Professor
  2008 - Present
• Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Professor
  2008 - 2021
• Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Associate Professor
  2000 - 2008

Education

• Allhabad University Ph.D.
  1987 - 1993

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (17)

• Lived Experiences of Skilled Indian Women Immigrants (SIWI) Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic: Immigration Trajectories to Canada
  Journal of International Migration and Integration 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s12134-023-01078-w
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• Various Pathways for Cultivation of Equanimity: An Exploratory Study
  Psychological Studies 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s12646-021-00634-7
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• Lockdown experience, beliefs in and practice of spirituality: Implications for health and self-protective behaviours
  Mental Health, Religion and Culture 2022 DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2022.2027354
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• Internet use during COVID-19 lockdown among young people in low- and middle-income countries: Role of psychological wellbeing.
  Addictive behaviors reports 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2021.100379
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• Psychometric properties of the compulsive internet use scale among adolescents in India, Philippines and Turkey
  Addictive Behaviors Reports 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2021.100349
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• Understanding equanimity from a psychological perspective: implications for holistic well-being during a global pandemic
  Mental Health, Religion and Culture 2021 DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2021.1952970
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• The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on internet use and escapism in adolescents,El impacto del confinamiento por el COVID-19 en el uso de internet y la evasión en los adolescentes
  Revista de Psicologia Clinica con Ninos y Adolescentes 2020 DOI: 10.21134/rpcna.2020.mon.2056
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• Construct description of samatva from the bhagavad gita: Implications for holisticwell-being
  Purushartha 2020
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• Ageing and Values in the Developments of Home-Based Eldercare: Perspectives from India and Sweden
  Psychology and Developing Societies 2020 DOI: 10.1177/0971333620937373
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• Impact of life skills training on psychosocial well-being of Tibetan refugee adolescents
  International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care 2019 DOI: 10.1108/IJMHSC-11-2017-0049
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