Academic Profile of Dr Rinju George

Dr Rinju George Assistant Professor & Head Department of Psychology Providence Women’s College, Calicut, Kerala, Phone No: +91-7907959758 Email Id: [email protected] , [email protected]

Academic Qualifications:  PhD- Department of Psychology, of Calicut  Mphil- Department of Psychology,  Msc Clinical Psychology- Christ College, University  UGC- JRF-NET

Major Research Projects  Phd thesis entitled as “Psychological Moderators of Stress Coping Mechanisms among Young Adults”  Mphil thesis entitled as “Emotional Intelligence and Coping with Stress among Gifted Adolescents”  Masters dissertation entiled as “Concept of Family and Gender among Cohabiting Relationship”

Research Papers Published 1. George, R & Shari, B. (2020). Humor as a moderator of stress and defense mechanism based coping among Youth of Kerala. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 28(4); 2547-2565

2. Dishani, S., Thanvi, C. & George, R. (2020). Readiness towards digitalization post- demonetization among elderly adults in India, Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 46 (1).

3. Pal, A. & George, R. (2020). Industry 4.0’s potential in resuscitating Bengaluru’s Urban Water Bodies. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, 29(6), 4774-4782. 4. Mathew, J . & George, R. (2020). Systematic Review on Impact of E-Tailing on Indian Retail Industry, Journal of Critical Reviews, 7(9), 564-568.

5. George, R. & Guydeuk Y. (2019). The contribution of centres to development of student and faculty community of CHRIST (Deemed to be University). Kennedy, J.J., Joseph, C.C., Kennedy A.T (Eds). fostering higher education half a century in service, 243-257. Centre for Publication, , Bangalore.

6. Ruman, M., Pathak, K. & George, R. (2019). Effect of Working Status of Mother and Academic Scores on the Psychological Well-Being of Higher Secondary School Students, Indian Journal of Psychology & Education, 9(2),120-125.

7. Nancy, D. & Varughese, E. & George, R. (2019). Effect of music on the psychological wellbeing of emerging adults, Research Journal of Humanities, Engineering and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2 (18), 38-43.

8. Meghana, J & George, R. (2019). Happiness and decision making: An experimental study. Humanities and social science studies,8(1), 37-49.

9. George, R. & Shari, B. (2018). Psychosocial Catalyst of Stress Experience of Youth in Early Adulthood Stage. Journal of Social Work Education and Practice, 3(2), 18-34.

10. George, R. & Shari, B. (2018). Stress among Youth- A Scientific Inquiry. The International Journal of Indian Psychology, 6(1), 54-66.

11. Adlakha, D., Ananya, M.S. & George, R. (2018). Personality Type and Perception of Parenting Styles among Emerging Adults. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 9 (3), 645- 651, DOI:10.5958/2321-5828.2018.00108.0.

12. George, R. & Shari, B. (2015). Stress and coping patterns in emerging adulthood-An exploration. International Journal in Management and Social Sciences, 3 (2), 426-438. ISSN: 2321-1784.

13. George, R. & Shari, B. (2014). Assessment tool for adolescents coping strategies. Journal of International Academic Research for Multi-disciplinary, 2 (1), 480-493. ISSN 2320-5083.

14. George, R. & Shari, B. (2014). Construction of a psychological tool for assessing emotional intelligence of adolescents and adult population. Humanities and Social Science Studies, 3 (1). ISSN 2319-829X.

15. George, R. & Shari, B. (2014). Causes of youth stress-An exploration. International Multidisciplinary e-journal, 3, 1-14. ISSN 2277-4262.

16. George, R. & Rekha, B. (2012). Counselling necessities of adolescents. In B.A. Dilshad & P. Prajeesh (Eds.), Handbook of Recent Approaches in counselling and psychotherapy.(pp.78- 80).Calicut: Society of Psychologists for Social Action

17. George, R. & Shari, B. (2012). Role of Emotionzal intelligence on stress and coping of gifted adolescents. International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences, 2,524-538.

18. George, R. & Shari, B. (2012). The effect of emotional intelligence on coping mechanisms of gifted adolescents. Zenith International Journal of Business Economics and Management Research, 2(9), 12-22. ISSN 2249 8826.

19. George, R. & Shari, B. (2012). Gifted adolescents stress: An assessment in advance to prevent related issues. Journal of Organization and Human Behavior, 1(3), 35-42.

20. George, R. & Shari, B. (2012). Role of coping style and emotional intelligence on the stress experience of young adults. International Multi-Disciplinary e-Journal, 1(6), 7-16. ISSN 2277- 4262.

21. George, R. & Manikandan, K. (2012). Procrastination, self-efficacy and academic achievement of adolescents. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Management Studies, 2 (10), 307-314. ISSN 2249 8834.

Research Paper Presented

1. Co-authored a paper titled “Achieving graduate attributes through an integrated online platform for international collaboration: a need-based study” in the year 2018, presented in International Conference on Cultural Technology-2018 Organized by Zhejiang College of Zhejiang University of Technology, Shaoxing, China.

2. Presented a paper titled “Psychological Benefits of Theatre Activities on Adolescents & Youth: A Meta-Analytic View” in the year 2018 Organized by Department of Performing Arts, Music & Theatre studies, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, , India.

3. Presented a paper titled “Stress and coping patterns in emerging adulthood-An exploration” in the year 2014, Organized by Department of Psychology, Kalady University, Kerala, India.

4. Presented a paper titled “Causes of youth stress-An exploration” in the year 2013 for National seminar on Mental health and well-being, Organized by Department of Psychology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India.

5. Presented a paper titled “Assessment tool for adolescents coping strategies” in the year 2013 for International conference on Application of psychological training to face the challenges of changing world, Karnataka University, India.

6. Presented a paper titled “A comparative study on coping of young children and youth” in the year 2012 for the conference on School psychology: Mental health challenges, Organized by Indian school psychology association and Department of psychology. University of Calicut, Kerala, India.

7. Presented a paper titled “Internalizing aggression- A usual but dangerous coping in adolescents” in the year 2012 on National seminar on psychological counselling, Organized by Department of Psychology, Government College for women, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

8. Presented a paper titled “Problem-focused and emotion-focused coping patterns of gifted adolescents” in 2012, for National seminar on innovative trends in education, Organized by St. Paul’s College of Education, Bangalore, India.

9. Presented a paper titled “Role of coping style and emotional intelligence on stress experience of adolescents” in 2011 for third International conference on life skill education, Organized by RGNIYD, Sreeperumbadur, Tamil Nadu, India.

10. Presented a paper titled “An exploration into stress and coping of gifted adolescents” in 2011, for third International conference on life skill education, Organized by RGNIYD, Sreeperumbadur, Tamil Nadu, India.

11. Presented a paper titled “The Concept of family and gender in cohabiting relationship” in the two-day national seminar on current trends and challenges in Applied Psychology, organised by Department of Psychology, Calicut University, on 14th and 15th of October 2010, India.

12. Participated and co-authored a poster on “Single Fatherhood” for the National Conference on Changing Fabrics of an intimate relationship: 14th and 15th of February 2009, Christ University, Bangalore, India.

Tools Constructed

1. Stress among Gifted Children Scale (SAGC) – 2010 2. Adolescent Coping Pattern Scale (ACP)-2010 3. Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS)-2010 4. Youth Stress Rating Scale (YSRS)-2013 5. Coping Pattern Inventory-Defense mechanisms (CPI-DM)- 2013 6. Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (RSQ)-2013

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