Publications (Last 10 years)
Book
S. Dixit and A. K. Sharma (Eds.), Psycho-Social Aspects of Health and Illness, Concept Publishers, New Delhi (Forthcoming)
Book Chapters
Mehrotra, A. and Dixit, S. Conceptualization of perceived illness severity in cancer patients. In
Dixit, S. and Sharma, A.K. (Eds.), Psycho-Social Aspects of Health and Illness, Concept Publishers, New Delhi. (Forthcoming)
Banerjee, B. and Dixit, S. The concept of mental illness, healing traditions, and involvement
of families in caring in the Indian context: A Review. In S. Dixit and A. K. Sharma (Eds.), Psycho-Social Aspects of Health and Illness, Concept Publishers, New Delhi. (Forthcoming)
Maurya, A. and Dixit, S. A qualitative exploration of social representations of mental health, mental
illness and health seeking behaviour in the urban middle class Indians. In S. Dixit and A. K. Sharma (Eds.), Psycho-Social Aspects of Health and Illness, Concept Publishers, New Delhi. (Forthcoming)
Dixit, S. (2009). Understanding Community Health Intervention. In A. Shukla (Ed.), Culture, Cognition and Behaviour (pp.294-311). Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi
Dixit, S., Mehrotra, A., and Singh, R. (2007). Role of Religiosity and Spirituality in Health and Illness: Issues and Research Directions. In S. Malhotra, P. Batra and A.Yadava (Eds.), Health Psychology: A Psychosocial perspective (pp. 44-60). Commonwealth Publishers, Delhi.
Dixit, S. (2006). Social Representations: An Emerging Perspective on Collective Nature of
Human Thought. In U. Kumar (Ed.), Recent Developments in Psychology (pp. 256-
269). Defence Institute of Psychological Research, Defence Research and Development Organization, Delhi.
Sharma, A. K., Dixit, S., and Misra, M. (2006). Social Representations of Health and Illness Among Women: Some Issues. In A Pandey (Ed.), Biostatistical Aspects of Health and Population (pp. 197-203). Hindustan Publishing Corporation, New Delhi.
Conference Proceedings
Dixit, S. (2013). Mental Health and Gender Issues. In U. V. Somayajulu, S. S. Raju and
Prakasam, C.P (Eds.), Social Inclusion and Women's Health: Perspectives and
Issues, (pp. 263 - 289), The Women Press, Delhi. (Ninth Annual Conference
proceedings of the Indian Association of Social Sciences and Health, Tata Institute
of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 24-26 November2011)
Dixit, S. (2012). Mental health and illness: Collective and situated meanings. In T..J. Jordan and D. Chhabra (Eds.), Annual International Conference proceedings, Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology (CBP -2012), (pp 40-45). Global Science and Technology Forum (Conference organized from 13-14, 2012 in Singapore)
Journals
Banerjee, B. and Dixit , S. Explanatory Models and Psychiatric Pluralism among Family
Members of Mentally Ill Persons: A Narrative Inquiry (under review)
Banerjee, B. and Dixit , S. Manifestation of Perceived Stigma among Family Members of
Persons Suffering from Mental Illness: A Narrative Exploration from West Bengal, India (under review)
Malik, A. and Dixit, S. Women Living with HIV/AIDS: Psychosocial Challenges in the
Indian Context (under review)
Khan, Azizuddin., Sharma, N.K., & Dixit, S. Prospective and Retrospective Tim Estimation: A Dual Task Paradigm, Swiss Journal of Psychology, (Accepted pending
minor modifications).
Singh, R. and Dixit, S. (2010). Health related quality of life and health management. Journal of Health Management, 12 (2), 153-172
Mehrotra A. and Dixit, S. (2009).Perceived illness severity (PIS) among cancer patients: An exploration of dimensions of PIS and construction of a scale. Journal of Indian health psychology, 3 (2). 111-124.
Singh, R. and Dixit, S. (2009). Illness cognition, coping and health related quality of life: A study of myocardial infarction patients. Indian Journal of Community Psychology, 5 (2).176 - 190.
Khan, A., Sharma, N. K., & Dixit, S. (2008). Cognitive Load and Task Condition in Event- and Time-Based Prospective Memory: An Experimental Investigation, The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 142 (5), 517 - 532.
Maurya, A. S. and Dixit, S. (2008). Lay Understanding of Mental Health and Illness: A Social Representations Approach. Psychological Studies, 53 (1), 34 - 40.
Dixit, S., Mishra, M., and Sharma, A. K. (2008). Conceptualisation of Health and Illness: A Study of Social Representations among Bondos of Orissa. Psychology and Developing Societies, 20 (1), 1 - 26.
Khan, A., Sharma, N.K., & Dixit, S. (2007) Relationship between prospective and retrospective memory: A questionnaire based study. Psychological Studies, 52 (2). 134-137.
Khan, A., Sharma, N. K. and Dixit, S. (2006). Effect of Cognitive Load and Paradigm on Time Perception. Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 32 (1), 37- 42.
Sharma, A.K. and Dixit S. (2006). Should Social Scientists Use Statistical Methods? The
Eastern Anthropologist, 59 (1), Jan-March 2006, 103-114.
Dixit, S. (2005). Meaning and Explanations of Mental Illness: A Social Representations Approach. Psychology and Developing Societies, 17(1), 1-18
Dixit, S. (2005). The Common Conceptualization of Mental Health: A Qualitative Investigation of Categories of Meaning. In Social Dimensions of Health, In A.K.Dalal and S. Ray (Eds.), Social Dimensions of Health (pp. 53-68). Rawat Publications, Jaipur.
Dixit, S. (2003). Culture as Learnable: A Cognitive Perspective. SARMAC News, Spring 2003, 3-5
Book Review
Dixit, S. (2006). Book Review: Chaudhary, N. (2004). Listening to Culture: Constructing Reality from Everyday Talk. 235 pp. Sage Publications, New Delhi. Contemporary Education Dialogue, 3 (2), 229-233.
