Introduction

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Purnima Singh, Institute Chair Professor (Psychology), Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

Special Issue Editor
Girishwar Misra, Former Professor, Psychology Department, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Associate Editors
Jyotsna Agrawal, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) Bengaluru, India
Rachana Ashish Bhangaokar, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Shalini Dixit, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Campus, Bangalore, India
Shagufa Kapadia, Professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, MS University of Baroda, Baroda, India
Bhoomika R. Kar, Professor, Center for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (CBCS), Allahabad University, Prayagraj, India
Ghazi Shahanwaz, Professor, Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
Roomana Siddqui, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
Tissy Mariam Thomas, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Editorial Board Members
Kanika T. Bhal, Professor of OB/HR, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
Klaus Boehnke, Professor of Social Science Methodology, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), Jacobs University, Germany
Nandita Chaudhary, Retired Faculty, Lady Irwing College, University of Delhi, India
Rolando Diaz-Loving, Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
Ronald Fischer, Professor, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Márta Fülöp, Professor, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre of Natural Science, Budapest, Hungary
Kenneth J. Gergen, Research Professor, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, USA
Buxin Han, Professor, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Nicholas Haslam, Professor of Psychology, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia
Nick Hopkins, Professor, School of Psychology, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
Emiko S. Kashima, Professor of Social and Cultural Psychology, Department of Psychology & Counselling, School of Psychology & Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Lilavati Krishnan, Former Professor of Psychology, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
Peter Martin, University Professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, USA
Doug Medin, Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, USA
Ramesh C. Mishra, Professor Emeritus, Psychology Department, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Ajit K. Mohanty, Former Professor of Psychology, Zakir Husain Center for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India
Janak Pandey, Former Professor, Department of Psychology, Allahabad University, Prayagraj, India
Anand C Paranjpe, Professor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Wade Pickrin, Professor, Center for faculty excellence, Ithaca college, Ithaca, USA
Raghubir Singh Pirta, Professor (Retd.), Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India
Saba Safdar, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Ghazi Shahnawaz, Professor, Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
Mewa Singh, Distinguished Professor (for Life), University of Mysore, Mysore, India
Tholene Sodi, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Limpopo, South Africa
Damodar Suar, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Science, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
Sonia Suchday, Professor, Pace University, New York, USA
Nicole Tausch, University of St Andrews, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, St Andrews, UK
Rama Charan Tripathi, Former Professor, Department of Psychology, Allahabad University, Prayagraj, India
Jaan Valsiner, Professor, Center for Cultural Psychology, Aalborg University, Denmark
Undurti Vindhya, Professor of Psychology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad, India
Mostafa Zarean, Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Iran

Book Editors
Nachiketa Tripathi, Professor, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India

Editorial Assistant
Pallavi Ramanathan, PhD Research Scholar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

Aims & Scope

The journal aims to provide a forum for high-quality research encompassing all areas of psychology. It focuses on the centrality of the co-construction of cultural and psychological processes and facilitates understanding psychology from diverse theoretical perspectives. The journal publishes empirical investigations, theoretical papers, reviews, methodological studies, applied research, and policy-related articles. It strives to stimulate research, encourage academic exchange, and enhance professional development in psychology. Therefore, interdisciplinary contributions linking various domains of life are part of the journal’s scope. The journal prefers innovative and comprehensive reports, welcoming all modes of research, including experimental, observational, ethnographic, textual, interpretive, and survey methods.