Research Cell Student Paper Presentation

The Research Cell of Loreto College promotes faculty as well as student research. On May 24, 2022 two research papers were presented by two groups of students of the Department of Psychology, Loreto College. Sneh Jajodia, Lipika Binani and Nekita Chatlani presented a paper on ‘An Assessment of the Intention of Married Individuals in Kolkata Towards Professional Psychological Help Seeking and its Predictors’ under the guidance of Ms. Shankhabela Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology. The study aimed to explore the degree to which attitude towards seeking professional psychological help, marital satisfaction and life satisfaction predicted the intention to seek professional psychological help among married individuals in Kolkata. Attitude was found to be a significant predictor of intention, life satisfaction to negatively predict intention and marital satisfaction and life satisfaction were found to be correlated.

The second paper presented by Abhinandita Chakraborty, Debarati Banerjee and Mitasha Mitra was entitled ‘An Exploratory Study on Mental Health and Interpersonal Relationships of Adults during the Work from Home situation in COVID 19’ under the guidance of Dr Dinaz R. Jeejeebhoy, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology. The main highlight of this study was that it took both the intrinsic and situational factors playing within an individual that had an impact on their personal and work lives during the COVID 19 pandemic. Further the study also emphasized on exploring family dimensions especially enmeshment for individuals working from home.

All students from the Department of Psychology and faculty were present at the event.