Applied Psychology: Indian Perspective Mirrors the contributions of Indian psychologists in applying psychology to real-life problems. The areas covered could be broadly classified as clinical and health psychology, organizational behaviour and HRD, and social psychology. Beginning with the history of psychological studies in India, the discourse moves in to such practical issues as stress management, role stress, problems of working women who manage home too, and behavioural toxicology. The book also includes dynamics of eve teasing, intergroup prejudice and learning disabilities among children for their psychological explanation and remedy. This repository of applied psychological studies in India would be useful to students, researchers, consultants and practitioners of applied psychology.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Qamar Hasan
Prof. Qamar Hasan is at present Chairman, Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. He is a well-Known psychometrician and exponent of the methodology of empirical research in psychology. He has contributed research papers in reputed Indian and foreign journals in the field of personality and social psychology, written articles for books edited by other scholars. He is the author of three books: Dogmation and Personality (1976), Muslims in India: Adjustment and REactions (1987) and Personality assessment: A Fresh Psychological Look (1997). His teaching and research experience covers a span of more than two decades. He founded and editied a journal Advances in Psychology for a couple of years. He is on the panel of referees of some important Indian journals of psychology. He served as Project Director for Research Projects sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research. Before joining Aligarh Muslim University he served as School Psychologist in the Department of Education of the U.P. Government.
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