Recent conference papers

Conference Papers/ Panels (last 15 years): National and International Conferences

Dixit, S. and Sharma, A.K. (2014). Reseraching factors of effective living among HIV positive people. Paper presented at International Conference on Youth, Gender & HIV, organized by Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Lucknow and Centre for Research and Intervention for Adolescents (CRIA) in collaboration with Uttar Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (UPSACS), Lucknow, 12-13August, 2014.

Yadav, N. & Dixit, S. (2014). Role of cognitive factors in leadership effectiveness. 12th International Conference of Management and Behavioural Sciences on Re-visioning business management and psychology: Ecologies of local and global contexts, 2nd-3rd August, 2014, Hotel Fortune Select Metropolitan, Jaipur, Rajasthan Extended abstract in Kumar, S. (Ed.), Re-visioning business management and psychology: Ecologies of local and global contexts (First edition, p. 233). Delhi: Wisdom Publications

Yadav, N. & Dixit, S. (2014). Role of moral maturation in entrepreneurial innovation. International Conference on Business Paradigms in Emerging Markets, School of Management, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, 12th-13th December, 2014 Reference: Panda, R. K. (Ed.), Proceedings of International Conference on Business Paradigms in Emerging Markets, 2014. School of Management, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India. ISBN: 978-93-5196-520-6, Springer

Singh, A.,& Dixit, S. (2014). Socio-economic Inequalities and Prevalence of Coronary Heart Disease: Understanding the Trend of Risk Factors in India. 12th Annual Conference of the Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH). Organized by G. L. Gupta Institute of Public Health, University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 21-23 November 2014

Singh, A.,& Dixit, S. (2014). Holistic Treatment in Coronary Heart Disease Patients: Exploring the Possibilities. 24thAnnual Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP). Organized by Indian Institute of Forest Management and National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training & Research, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 12-14 December 2014.

Singh, A.,& Dixit, S. (2014). Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies: An Exploration of their Role and Importance in Coronary Heart Disease. 3rd International conference on Recent Advances in cognition and Health.Organized by Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 19-21 December 2014.

Malik, A.,& Dixit, S. (2014). Gender and HIV/AIDS: Psychosocial Determinants. Paper presented at International Conference on Youth, Gender & HIV, organized by Amity University, Lucknow Campus. 12-13August, 2014.

Malik, A.,& Dixit, S. (2014). Integrating Mental Health Care for people living with HIV/AIDS. 24thAnnual Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP). Organized by Indian Institute of Forest Management and National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training & Research, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 12-14 December 2014.

Malik, A.,& Dixit, S.(2014 December). Cognitive adaptation and chronic illnesses: Exploring the current status and future possibilities in research. 3rd International conference on Recent Advances in cognition and Health.Organized by Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 19-21 December 2014.

Dixit, S. (2013). Illness perception: Narratives and social representations. 4th Global Conference on Storytelling: Global reflections on narrative, organized by Inter-Disciplinary.Net, U.K, 21 - 24 May, 2013, Prague, Czech Republic (The paper was part of a panel titled, 'In sickness and in health: Individual/community dynamics in Indian cultural narratives' that was jointly proposed along with Dr. S. Mathur and Dr. M. Chandran)

Banerjee, B. and Dixit, S. (2012). Experiences of family caregivers in the context of mental illness: Suffering, Acceptance and Resilience. 3rd Global Conference on Making Sense of Suffering, organised by the Interdicplnary.Net, Salzburg, Austria, 13th - 15th November, 2012

Banerjee, B. and Dixit, S. (2012). Care-giving experiences of family members of relatives with paranoid schizophrenia: A bio-psychosocial approach. International Conference on Schizophrenia, organized by SCARF, Chennai , 21st - 23rd September, 2012

Dixit,S. (2012). Operation and maintenance of religious stereotypes: The majority - minority categorization. International Seminar on Understanding Minorities in India and Canada. Canadian Studies Development Programme, Department of Political Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, February 25th - 26th, 2012.

Banerjee, B. and Dixit, S. (2012). Family care-giving in the context of mental illness.38th National Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists, YASADA, Pune, 27th -29th January, 2012

Dixit, S. (2012). Mental health and illness: Collective and situated meanings. Annual International Conference, Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology (CBP -2012), Global Science and Technology Forum, Singapore.

Banerjee, B. and Dixit, S. (2012). Socio-cultural structuring of health beliefs: Implications for health behaviour an clinical practice. Tenth Conference of Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health on Health, Regional Disparities and Social Development, organized by Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 21 -23 November, 2012

Dixit, S. (2011). Social Representations of Humanities and Social Sciences Education among Engineering Students. Fourteenth International Conference on Transcending Disciplinary Decadence: Exploring Challenges of teaching, Scholarship and Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, jointly organized by Forum on Contemporary Theory, Baroda and The IIS University, Mansarovar, Jaipur, 18 - 21 December, 2011.

Dixit, S.(2010). Social position and health: A health psychology perspective. Seventh Conference of the Indian association for social sciences and health. Centre for study of social exclusion and inclusive policy, Faculty of social sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, March 5-7, 2010

Sharma, A. K., Dixit, S. and Singh, R. (2010). Planning for social development among the tribal communities: Understanding social representations of health Seventh Conference of the Indian association for social sciences and health. Centre for study of social exclusion and inclusive policy, Faculty of social sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, March 5-7, 2010

Dixit, S. (2010). Mental illness: Cultural context and clinical intervention. Thirty sixth National Annual conference of the Indian Association of clinical psychologists, Department of Mental health and social psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, February 1-3, 2010.

Singh, R. and Dixit, S. (2009). Understanding coping pattern of Myocardial infarction patients: A Qualitative investigation. Eighth biennial conference of the Asian Association of social psychology, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, December 11-14, 2009.

Dixit, S. (2009).The Socio-cultural Context of Health Intervention: An Analysis Based on Collective Meanings. Sixth conference of Indian Association for Social Sciences on Health, Equity and Human Rights, organized by School of Social Sciences and International Studies, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 7th and 8th March 2009

Mehrotra, A. and Dixit, S. (2008). Trends in Coping with Cancer: A Study of Male and Female Patients. 12th International and 43rd National Conference of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, organized by Department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, in Collaboration with National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research, Kolkata, and Psychology Research Unit, ISI Kolkata, February 7th - 9th, 2008, Kolkata.

Khan, A., Sharma, N.K., & Dixit, S. (2008). Event- and Time-based Prospective Memory: An Experimental Investigation, XXIX International Congress of Psychology 2008, Berlin, July 20- 25, 2008

Dixit, S. (2007). An Exploration of the Efficacy of Social Representations Approach for Understanding Community Health Issues. UGC sponsored National Seminar on Psychological Well-Being, organized by Centre of Advanced Study in Psychology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, 05-07 February 2007.

Sharma, A.K., Dixit, S. & Mishra. M. (2007). Social Representations of Health and illness Among The Bondos: Sources of Resilience and Change in the Community. National Seminar on Population and Health Status in Orissa. Organized by P.G. Department of Population Studies, F.M. University, Balasore, January 12, 2007

Khan, A, Sharma, N.K. & Dixit, S. (2006). Relationship between Prospective and Retrospective Memory: A Questionnaire Based Study. 16th National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) Conference. Organized by National Academy of Psychology at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Bombay, December 14-16, 2006

Singh, R. & Dixit, S. (2006). Personality Types and Illness Cognition: An Investigation among Patients of Myocardial Infarction. 16th National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) Conference. Organized by National Academy of Psychology at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Bombay, December 14-16, 2006

Maurya, A.S. & Dixit, S. (2006). Social Representations of Mental Health and Illness: An Approach towards Better Strategies for Effective Intervention. 16th National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) Conference. Organized by National Academy of Psychology at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Bombay, December 14-16, 2006.

Mehrotra, A. & Dixit, S. (2006). Fighting with Cancer: A Comparative Study of Indian Male and Female Cancer Patients. 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology. Organized by International association of Applied Psychology at Athens, Greece, July 16- 21 2006

Maurya, A.S. and Dixit, S. (2006). Lay Understanding of Mental Health and Illness: A Social Representations Approach. National Seminar on Psychophysiology of Well Being, Department of Psychology, M.D. University, Rohtak, 28-29 March, 2006.

Dixit, S. (2005). Instructional Design: A Perspective Based on Cognitive and Constructivist Approaches. 7th International Conference on Cognitive Systems, Centre for Research in Cognitive Systems, NIIT Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 14-15 December, 2005.

Singh, R. and Dixit, S. (2005). Experience of Disease and Reporting of Physical Symptoms: Relevant Issues and Theoretical Tenets. Section of Psychology in the 29th Indian Social Science Congress, Department of Psychology, Lucknow University, 27-28 December, 2005.

Mehrotra, A. and Dixit, S. (2005). Impact of Disease Information on Cancer Patients: Issues and Challenges. Section of Psychology in the 29th Indian Social Science Congress, Department of Psychology, Lucknow University, 27-28 December, 2005.

Mehrotra, A and Dixit, S. (2005). A Study of Objective and Perceived Disease Severity Among Cancer Patients. International Conference on Applied and Community Psychology: Trends and Directions, organized by Department of Psychology, Gurukal Kangri University, Haridwar from 26-28 February, 2005

Singh, R. and Dixit, S. (2005). The Concept of Quality of Life in Health and Illness: Some Relevant Issues. International Conference on Applied and Community Psychology: Trends and Directions, organized by Department of Psychology, Gurukal Kangri University, Haridwar from 26-28 February, 2005.

Dixit, S. (2004). Facilitating Learning: A Framework for Effective Instruction. National Seminar on Enhancing Human Potential: Psychological Perspectives, organized by Department of Psychology, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra from 1.10.04 to 2.10.04.

Misra, M. & Dixit, S. (2004). Changes in Cultural Beliefs Regarding Health and Illness among Bondos: A Qualitative Study. National Conference on Social Change in Global India organized by Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society, NEDA Complex, Lucknow from 12.3.04 to 14.3.04.

Dixit.S. (2003). The common conceptualization of Mental Health: A Qualitative Investigation of Categories of Meaning. National Seminar on Social Dimensions of Health, organized by UGC Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, from 10.4.2003 to 12.4.2003.

Dixit, S. (2003). Individual Level Learning of Culture: A Cognitive Viewpoint. National symposium on Advances in Cognition: Emerging Themes in the Cognitive Sciences, organized by School of Management and Social Sciences, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala from 28.3.2003 to 30.3.2003.

Dixit, S. (2002). The Meaning of Mental Health: A Qualitative Study. XX Annual Conference of Indian Society for Medical Statistics, organized by Institute for Research in Medical Statistics, ICMR and Department of Biostatistics, AIIMS, New Delhi from 19.12.2002 to 22.12.2002

Dixit, S. (1999). Parents as Teachers: A Perspective based on Schemas, Cognitive Apprenticeship and Guided Participation. Tenth Annual Conference of National Academy of Psychology, Organized by Department of Psychology, Lucknow University, Lucknow, from 03.12.99 to 05.12.99.