Mental, Emotional and Behavioural Needs of the General Population Following COVID-19 in India

Asma Parveen is a Professor at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. She completed her PhD and MBA with specialisation in organisational behaviour. She has more than 25 years of teaching experience and specialises in organisational, abnormal, social and developmental psychology. She has published extensively in the fields of her interest. She is also a member of the editorial board of peer reviewed and refereed, Excellence International Journal of Education and Research. Rajesh Verma is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Feroze Gandhi Memorial Government College Adampur, Haryana. He is an Air veteran, academic gold medallist and completed his Doctorate from MD University Rohtak. His area of interest lies in indigenous psychology, cognitive psychology, social psychology, psychometrics, applied statistics organising academic events and content writing. He is tech-savvy, uploads psychology curriculum content-specific videos and writes blogs regularly. He loves to interact with students.

Preface.CChapter 1. Nature of Music Engagement and its relation to Resilient Coping, Optimism and Fear of COVID-19 Durgesh Kumar Upadhyay, Tushar Singh, Shalini Mittal, and Bhawna Tushir. Chapter 2. Adapting to Adversity: Understanding the Quality of Life Dynamics among Indian Adults amidst and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic Anurag Shukla, Gyanesh Kumar Tiwari, Archna Choudhary, Archana Singh and Amit Kumar Macorya. Chapter 3. Covid-19 Outbreak and Mental Health: A study from Jammu & Kashmir Syed Inshaallah Tahir and Professor Tasleema Jan. Chapter 4. Risk Factors and Emotional Health Consequences of Post COVID-19 Syndrome in India: A Systematic Review Niti Upadhyay and Meenakshi Shukla. Chapter 5. Digital Mental Health Interventions in Post-COVID-19 India: A Systematic Review on Prevalence and Patterns of Mental Health Disorders Unnikannan P Santhosh Kumar, Dr Chetna Jaiswal, and Nishi Srivastava. Chapter 6. Cultural Narratives of Resilience: Exploring Mental Health Experiences Post-COVID-19 in Rural India Renisha Jerine. Chapter 7. The Social Psychology of COVID-19 Stigma Divya Bhanot, Sunil Kumar Varma, Shivantika Sharad, Benkat Krishna Bharti, Tushar Singh, Shalini Mittal, and Bhawna Tushir. Chapter 8. Development and Validation of Middle School Underperformers Checklist in India Post COVID-19 Roseline Florence Gomes and Lijo Thomas. Chapter 9. Transitional Impact, Resilience Outcome Expectations, Mental Health, Resilience and Wellbeing During COVID-19 in India J. Hephsebha and Dr. Amrita Deb. Chapter 10. Ruminative reactive patterns, Loneliness and Meaning in life: Post Second wave of COVID-19 Dr. Shubhangi Gupta, Dr Shreya Chaudhary, Ram Kumar Gupta. Chapter 11. Executive Summary: From the Editor’s Pen Rajesh Verma.