International Journal of Indian Psychology
July 23, 2026
Silvia Dutta, D. Ravi
Everyday cognitive failures can impair effective functioning and may reflect difficulties in self-regulation and attentional monitoring. Although metacognitive awareness has been linked to better cognitive control, limited research has examined the mechanisms through which it reduces cognitive failures, particularly in the Indian context. The present study investigated whether mind wandering...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
February 17, 2026
Saidalavi Kundupuzhakkal
While quantum theory has significantly advanced our understanding of the physical world—describing fundamental particles and their interactions—it remains limited in addressing metaphysical dimensions such as consciousness, feeling, and other subjective experiences. To bridge this conceptual gap, this article introduces the qualum approach, a novel framework designed to explain the fundamental...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
June 8, 2025
A. N. Prajapati, Rakesh Varma
1 citation
The term consciousness has been discussed in ancient as well as modern philosophy. Even though the modern sciences are trying to enrich the details about consciousness from the eye of easy problem of consciousness. Here one ancient Indian philosophical text discussing about consciousness is Yoga Sūtra. Generally Yoga Sūtra is considered to be the best philosophy to learn about the Aṣṭāṅga Yogic...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
June 25, 2020
Swati Tickoo
Mystical experience is a fundamental category of human experience which psychologically speaking manifests itself whenever consciousness is not yet or no longer effectively centered around the ego. This involves disintegration and a remolding of a fragmented self, which is an inherently difficult yet eventually enriching process that molds the personality and life into a whole. In the present...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
December 29, 2018
V.R. Shyanbhag
ACTIONS happen through consciousness. British researchers believe that experimental findings suggest consciousness could exist in the absence of a functioning brain. Many seekers testify to this observation that the microcosm is the macrocosm in miniature. Growth in the real sense enables a person to ‘see’ (or experience) the untapped potential. Energy can take many forms and may be transformed...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
September 5, 2018
Srinidhi Vasudevan, K. Jayasankara Reddy
1 citation
Objective: This study aims to examine the view of the practice of mindfulness as a important factor for wellbeing. Methods: An extensive systematic electronic review (Google Scholar, EBSO, JSTOR, ProQuest Science, Science Direct and Research Gate, NCBI, PsycINFO) using key words ‘Mindfulness’, ‘Hinduism’ ‘Buddhism’ and ‘Well-being’. Results: 150 published studies from 1984 to 2014 were obtained...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
September 1, 2018
Shalini Lakshmipathy, Veena Easvaradoss
3 citations
The present study investigates the practice of yoga nidra meditation as an effective strategy for addressing the perceived stress and self regulation of teacher trainees. In this study, purposive sampling was used and the sample was drawn from two Colleges of Education in Chengalpet and Chennai. The sample consisted of 70 women students of whom 35 were in the experimental group and 35 in the...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
September 1, 2018
Divya Sinha, Hemalatha Ramachandran
1 citation
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was used as a pilot study that focused on young female adults in the age group of 18-22 years. Sample size of this study was 40 female college students. Out of which 20 were in experimental group and the other 20 as control group. Screening of the subjects was done using Demographic Questionnaire. The study will measure the effect of MBSR intervention...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
July 30, 2018
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was used as a pilot study that focused on young female adults in the age group of 18-22 years. Sample size of this study was 40 female college students. Out of which 20 were in experimental group and the other 20 as control group. Screening of the subjects was done using Demographic Questionnaire. The study will measure the effect of MBSR intervention...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
June 25, 2018
Richard H. Morley
This study investigates how changes in self-awareness impact criminological self-control and the degree to which mindfulness buffers against these changes. To accomplish this task, 118 undergraduate participants were recruited and surveyed prior to and after a statistics test. Surveys included the Grasmick et al. (1993) Self-Control Scale which measures criminal impulsivity. Additional scales...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
May 29, 2018
Introduction: the present study was conducted with the aim of examining the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction program and conscious yoga on state and trait anxiety and depression in high school girl students. Methods: The study was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, control group and a 2-month follow-up. 24 high school girl students who referred to clues all of the...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
July 20, 2017
Although effect of mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) are effective and highly valued, but all the patients will not be interested due to extensive time and cost. Brief interventions (e.g., body scans) may be used by individuals, at a lower cost and with little training. Aim: To study the effect of body scan meditation on negative and positive affect in patients with alcohol dependence....
International Journal of Indian Psychology
June 30, 2017
The present study examines the effectiveness of body scan meditation of mindfulness based stress reduction on craving in patient with alcohol dependence. An inpatient of 36year old with diagnosis of alcohol dependence disorder as per ICD-10 DCR criterion was selected purposively, from Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi. Following detoxification subject was evaluated for withdrawal...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
April 25, 2017
The Present investigation is based on Research study undertaken to find out the ‘The Effect of Vipassana Meditation on Academic Stress among adolescence’. An experiment was conducted on 50 adolescence age 15 to 18 of non-randomized control group. Pre test post test design. For data collection tools Bisht Battery of Scale of Academic stress were used. we performed on two sample‘t’ test for the...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
September 25, 2016
The purpose of the present study was to find out the influence of test anxiety and mindfulness on academic performance among adolescents. The present study consist sample of 100 adolescents (50 male and 50 female) selected through stratified random sampling method. The data were collected with the help of Westide Test Anxiety Scale developed by Richard Driscoll and Ketucnchy Inventory of...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
September 25, 2016
Depression is the common cold of mental disorders. It is one of the main issues that needs to receive a great deal of attention in order to create grounds to be prevented or cured. It is interesting to note that there is extensive literature emphasising the role and effectiveness of CBT as the treatment of depression. But few researchers talk about combined effect of CBT and Mindfulness. So to...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
June 25, 2016
Samaneh Mohamadpour, Azita Pouyanfar, Zeinab Najar et al.
Background and objectives: The aim of this study was examining the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy on the quality of life and hope in the patients with coronary heart disease. Methods: The present study was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and follow-up with control group. To fulfill the study, 30 patients were selected randomly and were assigned into...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
March 25, 2016
Susan Thomas, Shobini L. Rao
19 citations
A mantra is a word or phrase repeated aloud or silently and used to focus attention. Meditation using mantras is widely practiced in India. However, research on the effects of mantra meditation on the brain is sparse. The aim was to study the effect of listening to Gayatri mantra on the brain using Elecroencephalograph (EEG) functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). Sample included 8...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
March 25, 2016
The relationship between anxiety and impaired academic performance has been well documented by a number of investigators (Tyron, 1980; Hill & Wigfield, 1984; Topp, 1989; Sud & Sharma, 1990; Zeidner, 1990; Zoller & Ben-chain, 1990). Everyone should feel somewhat anxious before they begin to take a test. Anxiety becomes a problem when it begins to interfere with a student’s ability to think...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
June 25, 2015
Vipassana Meditation is measured to be the embodiment of the tradition from 2500 years back. It is non-scientific technique of self-observation which leads to progressive improved insight and positive life satisfaction attributes, as also, inculcations of family, friends, school, living environment and self life-satisfaction. The goal of this research was to study the effectiveness of Vipassana...