Assistant Professor

Dr Sandra Roshni Monteiro

Department of Psychology

Interests

  1. Health Psychology
  2. Relationship Science
  3. Positive Psychology

Education

2014

Calcutta University
BSc(Hons) Psychology

2016

University of Hyderabad
MSc (Specialisation in Health Psychology)

2023

University of Hyderabad
PhD (Psychology)

Experience

  • 2021-2023 – Assistant Professor – GITAM University, Hyderabad

Research Interest

  • Innovative biopsychosocial approaches to chronic illness management
  • Psychosocial factors contributing and inhibiting women’s health
  • Complexities of relationships among Indian young adults
  • Development of Stress Scale

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2014 – General Proficiency – Loreto College, Kolkata
  • 2014 – Proficiency in Psychology Hons – Loreto College, Kolkata
  • 2016 – Gold Medal (M.Sc. Health Psychology) – University of Hyderabad
  • 2018 – UGC NET
  • 2018 – Junior Research Fellowship – Indian Council of Medical Research
  • 2019 – Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellow – Indian Council of Social Sciences Research
  • 2020 – Senior Research Fellowship – Indian Council of Medical Research
  • 2020 - 1st Prize, Expository Essay Writing Competition for COVID-19 Young Writer IAAP Award – Indian Academy of Applied Psychology
  • 2023 - Best Researcher, Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad

Memberships

  • Life Member of the Association of Health Psychologists
  • Reviewer of Indian Journal of Health Studies (ISSN: 2583 – 0759)

Publications

Journals
  • Hariharan M, Padhy M, Monteiro SR, Nakka LP, Chivukula U. Adolescence Stress Scale: Development and Standardization. Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/09731342231173214
  • Padhy, M., Hariharan, M., Angiel, P.R., Kavya, C. and Monteiro, S.R. (2022) ‘Role of mindfulness in well-being: mediating effect of emotion regulation’, Int. J. Happiness and Development, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp.354–366.
  • Semou, T., & Monteiro, S.R. (2022). Hypertension Knowledge Intervention: A study on Awareness, Retention, and effect on Healthy Lifestyle Practices among Children. Journal of Health Studies. 4(2), 107 – 121.
  • Hariharan, M., Mutnury, S. L., Padhy, M., & Monteiro, S. R. (2022). Child’s Understanding of the Mother: A Quantitative Index. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 10(2), 660-671.
  • Andrew, A., Hariharan, M., Monteiro, S. R., Padhy, M., & Chivukula, U. (2022). Enhancing Adherence and Management in Patients with Hypertension: Impact of Form and Frequency of Knowledge Intervention. Indian Heart Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2022.06.002
  • Padhy, M., Hariharan, M., Monteiro, S. R., Kavya, C., & Angiel, P. R. (2022). The Psycho-Social Support Scale (Psychoss-22): Development and Validation. The Indian Journal of Social Work, 83(1), 95-114.
  • Monteiro, S.R., Hariharan, M. (2021). Children as adherence enhancing agents in management of primary hypertension of adult family members. International Journal of Health and Allied Sciences, 10 (4); 280 – 6.
  • Padhy, M., Pati, P., & Monteiro, S.R. (2021). Well-being Indices: Role of Mindfulness and Social Support. International Journal of Health and Allied Sciences, 10 (4); 263-267.
  • Monteiro, S., & Padhy, M. (2020). Improving Work Performance: Examining the Role of Mindfulness and Perceived Control of Internal States in Work Engagement. International Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 14(1), 27-33.
  • Padhy, M., Monteiro, S. R., & Chelli, K. (2020). Coping competence, mindfulness, and well-being of Indian adolescents. Psychological studies, 65(4), 531-535.
  • Hariharan, M., Monteiro, S. R., Asha, D., & Rao, C. R. (2019). Perceptions of Health: a Developmental Trend in Indian School Children. Child Indicators Research, 12(4), 1351-1368.
  • Monteiro, S. R., & Hariharan, M. (2019). Family Support in Effective Management of Hypertension: Role of Children as Passive Change Agents. International Journal of Health Sciences and Research, 9(6), 363-377.
Book Chapters
  • Unit 13: Applying Positive Psychology In Relationship, Family And Aging. (2022). IGNOU, New Delhi. Available at: http://egyankosh.ac.in//handle/123456789/88335
  • Unit 15: Applications of Positive Psychology in everyday life-II. (2022). IGNOU, New Delhi. Available at: http://egyankosh.ac.in//handle/123456789/86656
  • Monteiro, S. R. (2022). Optimizing Hypertension Management: Children as Adherence Monitors for Adult Patients. In Health Psychology (pp. 143-156). Routledge India.
  • Hariharan, M., Monteiro, S. R., Padhy, M., & Chivukula, U. (2022). Childhood stress in education. In Overcoming Adversity in Education (pp. 151-164). Routledge.
Conference Presentations
  • Presented paper titled “Building Children’s Agency: Use of multimedia teaching tools in Hypertension education” in the webinar of International Conference in Learning Diversity 2020 organised by Manochetna Academic Research Center, Manovikas Kendra and Department of Education, Calcutta University
  • Presented paper titled “Children as agents in health promotion: A review” at International Conference on Health Psychology organised by Care Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Chennai in association with University of Leicester, Annamalai University, and British Deputy High Commission, Chennai (2019)
  • Presented paper titled “Profile of adolescents’ wellbeing” at International Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology at University of Rajasthan (2017)
  • Presented paper titled “Role of Perceived Control of Internal States in Work Engagement in Pink Collar Employees” at National Seminar organised by Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, in collaboration with Association of Health Psychologists (2017)
  • Presented paper titled “The mediating role of Coping Competency between Mindfulness and Wellbeing” at National Seminar organised by Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, in collaboration with National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and Association of Health Psychologists (2016)
  • Presented paper titled “Role of Perceived Control of Internal States in Work Engagement” at International Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology organised by Bangalore University (2016)

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