Published chapter :
- Ahuja, K.A., Dhawan, P., & Juneja, A. (2017). Women in Psychology and Psychology of Women. In V. Veeraraghavan, S. Shetgovekar, & M. Misra (Eds.). Perceived status of women in India (pp.113-132). New Delhi: Selective & Scientific Books. (ISBN; 978-81-89128-46-3)
E- Modules :
- Dhawan, Priti. (2021). Block 1- Unit 1: Introduction to Counselling psychology , Bachelor’s Degree Programme, BPCE-145 , ISBN: 9789391229719, IGNOU, eGyankosh
- Dhawan, Priti. (2021). School and Career Counselling, Bachelor’s Degree Programme, BPCE-145 , ISBN: 9789391229719, IGNOU, eGyankosh
Awards :
- Outstanding Achievement Award by Teachers College, Columbia University, U.S.A, for the Integrative research project ‘Psychotherapy in Urban India: Attitudes and Perceived Barriers towards seeking treatment’ by Tanvi Kankan under the supervision of Dr. Priti Dhawan, 2018.
- Distinguished Teachers Award 2018 by Rotary Club of New Delhi.
- Second prize for the ‘best paper category’ award, Emotional Stability and Cognitive Styles of Kashmiri Children, Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, New Delhi, 2006.
Research Papers :
- Sharma, K. & Dhawan, P. (2021). Strokes of Strength: An Expressive Arts-based Intervention with Adolescents, Journal of Psychological Research, 3(4), 25-35.
- Jain, M. & Dhawan, P. (2020). The Currency of Words: An Exploration of Motivational Prosody, International Journal of Social Sciences, 9(3) 1-10 (P ISSN: 2249-6637; O ISSN: 2321-5771).
- Yadav, A. & Dhawan, P. (2020). It’s karma… Everything we do has a reaction: Pandemic, peril, and progress”, The International Journal of Indian psychology 8(4), 204-223., DIP:18.01.028/20200804, DOI:10.25215/0804.028; e-ISSN:2348-5396, p-ISSN:2349-3429.
- Dhawan, P., Ahuja, K., Dhillon, M., (2019). I am not scared of looking at myself in the mirror now. Fostering Healthy Self-Esteem in Indian Female Adolescents. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention, 4(10), 54-61. (e-ISSN:2319-7722, p-ISSN:2319-7714).
- Yadav, A., & Dhawan, P. (2018). Exploring Self-Concept: Rural and Urban Underpinnings. International Journal for Social Studies, 4 (9). (ISSN: 2455-3220).
- Dhillon, M., Dhawan, P., Ahuja, K., Kalyani, A. & Papneja, D. (2016). Factors Influencing Self-esteem of Indian Female Adolescents. IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS), 21(7), Ver. VIII (July. 2016), 56-63. e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. www DOI: 10.9790/0837-2107085663.
- Dhawan, P. & Gupta, A. (2012). Mental Imagery: Training and Its Effect on Recall. Psychological Studies, 57 (4) , 417-422.
- Dhillon, M. & Dhawan, P. (2011), ‘‘‘But I am fat’: the experiences of weight dissatisfaction in Indian adolescent girls and young women’’, Women’s Studies International Forum, 34 (6), 539-549.
- Bharadwaj, S. & Dhawan, P. (2008). Level of participation: Its effect on Motivation and Anxiety scores of sportspersons. Journal of Personality and Clinical Studies, 23 (1&2), 129-142.
- Raina, A. & Dhawan, P. (2006). Emotional Stability and Cognitive Styles of Kashmiri Children, Amity Journal of Behavioural and Forensic Sciences, 2(2), 35-41.
- Dhillon, M. & Dhawan, P. (2004). ‘Feeding’ the Symptomatology, Starving the Body: Abnormal eating Attitudes, Self-Esteem & Body Image. Journal of Research and Applications in Clinical Psychology, Vol. 7 ( i & ii) , 47-53. (This journal was published in July, 2008)
Newspaper/Magazine Articles :
- Dhawan, P. (2016). ‘Levels of Significance’, research paper written for Sankhyiki, Statistics journal, Lady Shri Ram college, February.
- Dhawan, P. (2007). “Dodging Careers”. India Today Aspire. October, pg. 47.
- Dhawan, P. (2004). “Ask The Expert”. Parenting. October, pg.96.
- Dhawan, P. (2002). “To Combat Disagreements”. Parenting. September, pg.48.
- Dhawan, P. (2002). “Gender Stereotypes”. Parenting. April, pg. 37
Research Projects :
- Recipient of the Innovation project grant under the University of Delhi, along with Dr. Kanika Ahuja, Dr. Megha Dhillon, Dr. Kalyani, Ms. Deepika Papneja titled Believe in Myself: Fostering Healthy Self Esteem in female adolescents”, 2015-2016.
- Recipient of the Innovation project grant under the University of Delhi, along with Ms. Kasturi Kanthan, Ms. Rukshana Shroff, Dr. Kanika Ahuja, Dr. Megha Dhillon titled Vasudhev kutumbakam, 2013-2014.
- Recipient of the Lady Shriram College research grant along with Dr. Kanika Khandelwal titled “Factors influencing students’ performance on mathematics: Does gender gap really exist?”, 2011-2012.
- Recipient of UGC grant for Minor Research Project entitled “Body Dissatisfaction in Female Adolescents and Women: A Developmental Perspective of the Origins and Outcomes”, 2009-2010
Papers presented in Conferences/Seminars :
- Attended and presented a paper titled “Strokes of Strength: An Expressive Arts-based intervention for adolescents”, at International conference at International Congress of Psychology (ICP)Prague, 18th July to 23rd July 2021.
- Moderated the session on ‘Like a Phoenix: Resilience and Growth’, at Positive Psychology Symposium, Lady Shri Ram College, 20th February 2016.
- Presented a research paper “Why investigate Metacognition?” at Faculty Research Forum, Lady Shri Ram College For Women, New Delhi, 1st August 2014.
- Attended the Women’s Education Worldwide conference held at Ginling College, Nanjing, China, from 8th-11th of June, 2013 and presented keynote speech under Gender in Disciplines by Dr. Kanika Khandelwal and Dr. Priti Dhawan on Gender gap in Mathematics: Real or Imagery?
- Was invited as a guest speaker at Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan on 10th January 2013, at a staff seminar on “Changing Pedagogies for 21st Century Learning” to conduct an interactive workshop on Empathy or Sympathy?: Understanding Emotions for teachers.
- Attended the 20th Annual Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) held from 12-15 December, 2010 at JawaharLal Nehru University, New Delhi. Was invited to be a discussant for a session on “Childhood: Issues related to Parenting, Well Being and Development” at the conference, December 2010.
- An empirical paper titled “Experience of Weight Dissatisfaction in Indian Adolescent Girls and Young Women”, by Dr. Priti S. Dhawan and Ms. Megha Dhillon was accepted and presented at the NAOP conference at JNU, New Delhi, December 2010.
- Attended and presented a paper “But….it’s the weight…..I am fat” Body Dissatisfaction in Indian Female Adolescents, by Dr. Priti S. Dhawan and Ms. Megha Dhillon at the 36th National Annual conference of The Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists, NIMHANS, Bangalore, 1st to 3rd February,2010, abstracted in Dept. of Mental health and Social Psychology Souvenirs and Abstracts, 2010.
- Attended and presented a paper on Patterns of Moral Judgment: Developmental and Gender variation in Indian Adolescents, by Dr. Priti S. Dhawan and Ms. Nivedita Chopra at the International Association for Intercultural Research Conference held in Honolulu, Hawaii, 15th -19th August, 2009.
- Attended and presented research findings on Perception of social support and coping styles of HIV+ individuals: A Psychosocial study by Dr. Priti S. Dhawan and Ms. Ameesha at the European Congress of Psychology held in Oslo, Norway, 7th-11th July, 2009.
- Presented a joint paper on “The relations of Psychological Adjustment to college students’ Personality factors” by S. Ghosh and Dr. Priti S. Dhawan at 32nd Indian Social Science Congress held at Jamia Millia Islamia , New Delhi, 18th -22nd Dec, 2008, abstracted in Social Science Abstracts,Vol XXXII,2008.
- Neuroticism in Adolescents and Young Adults: Role of Perceived Parental Rejection, a joint poster presented by Aparna Gupta and Dr. Priti S. Dhawan at XVIII conference of National Academy of Psychology, IIT, Guwahati, December 2008.
- Presented a paper on “Child development and the impact of abuse on the child psychology” at a seminar on “Child rights and child abuse” organized by National Service Scheme, Lady Shri Ram College for Women on 17th September 2007
- “Prevalence of Depression and the use of Defense Mechanism among college students” Refresher Course in Women’s studies entitled “Gender and models of Development”, Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education, University of Delhi, 2nd -23rd January 2007.
- Presented a joint paper “Effect of Gender and level of participation on motivation and anxiety scores of sportspersons ” by Smriti Bharadwaj and Dr. Priti S. Dhawan at the National Conference on “Holistic Paradigms in Psychology: Problems and Prospects”, held at Zakir Hussain College, Delhi, on the 11th of March 06.
- Attended the 2nd National conference on Mental Health Challenges 2020- A vision for the Future held at Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, New Delhi and presented a joint paper “Emotional Stability and Cognitive Styles of Kashmiri Children” which won the second prize for the ‘best paper category’ award. The same was then published in their journal.
- Attended a three days national conference on “Recent Trends In Mental Health in India”, organized by Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied sciences, New Delhi, 2nd -4th May, 2005. Presented a paper on “Depression: Gender Differences and the use of Defense Mechanism” at the above mentioned conference.
- Was a panelist for a discussion on “Adolescent Sexuality” at Safdarjung Hospital, March 2004.
- “ Prevalence and factors of self-esteem and body image as correlates of abnormal eating attitudes” Refresher Course in Psychology titled “Emerging trends in psychological science”, Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education, University of Delhi, 3rd -24th November 2003.
- Made a presentation on ” Life skills development for adolescents: Action plan” at SHAHN, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, September 2003.
- “Identity”, 42nd Orientation Course(Social Sciences), Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 8th April-3rd May 2002.
- Invited as a resource person to The Montessori Institute at Magic Years, Vasant Vihar, for teaching Developmental Psychology to their students.
Invited/Special Lectures or Presentations at Conferences/ Workshops :
- Resource person for Assam University, Silchar, National webinar on 28th June 2021, on “Enhancing Self Awareness for Enriching Learning Skills”.
- Resource person on “Emotional Intelligence and Interpersonal relations; Emotional healing tools”, on 22nd July 2021, for an AICTE sponsored training programme “Enhancing emotional Intelligence for academicians to connect with next generation students”, organized by Jagannath International Management School (JIMS), Kalkaji, New Delhi, 19-24 July 2021.
- Resource person on “ Emotional healing tools”, on 25th May 2021, for an AICTE sponsored training programme “Enhancing emotional Intelligence for academicians to connect with next generation students”, organized by Jagannath International Management School (JIMS), Kalkaji, New Delhi, 24-29 May 2021.
- Resource person on “Emotional Intelligence and Interpersonal relations”, on 4th February 2021, for an AICTE sponsored training programme “Enhancing emotional Intelligence for academicians to connect with next generation students”, organized by Jagannath International Management School (JIMS), Kalkaji, New Delhi.
- Invited to address parents of junior school, Bluebells international school on “Why, What, Where: aspects of critical thinking”, 19th March, 26th March 2022.
- Ongoing Counselling training program for KPMG’s CSR initiative for girls of Vidya School, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Mumbai: 2nd October 2021, 25th November 2021, 4th, 15th, 19th December 2021, 13th, 20th , 27th, 29th January 2022, 8th March 2022.
- Invited speaker to address teachers of Delhi Public schools, Delhi, on ‘Engendering educators’, 2nd January 2021.
- Invited to moderate a panel discussion on Mental Health Access in the Geriatric Community, International World Mental Health Week, 7th October 2020.
- Invited as online Guest speaker to address parents on ‘Combating the Panic-demic: New age Parenting’, Bluebells Schools, New Delhi, 22nd August 2020.
- Conducted a workshop on ‘Stress Management’ with B.el.ed students, Lady Shri Ram College, 26th November 2020.
- Resource person at Faculty Development Program Enhancing Psychological Skils For Teaching and Practice for Faculties in Universities/Colleges/Higher Educational Institutions (held from 15th Sept 2020 to 29th Sept 2020), at Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
- Ongoing Counselling training program for KPMG’s CSR initiative for girls of Vidya School, Gurgaon, 8th September, 11 September, 12th September, 26th September 2020, 14th January, 16th Janaury 2021, 19th February 2021, September, 2nd October 2021,
- Training Prog for officers, Govt. of India, Gurgaon, 27th July, 5th November 2020, 19th December 2020
- “Basic counselling skills”, workshop with student mentors, LSR, 7th January 2021
- Invited to speak on “The appropriateness of a Research Question”, Research Club, LSR, 11th February 2021
- Key note Speaker on ‘Suicide Prevention’, Mental Health Awareness forum 2019, at Aryabhatta College, Delhi University, 30th September 2019
- Invited Lecture on एहसास, अभ्यास, विश्वास, प्रयास….. by ITDA ,Uttarakhand Government initiative, Dehradun, 30th July 2019 .
- Invited by Yuva Uttarakhand, a Uttarakhand Government initiative, Dehradun, to address the youth on “महत्वाकांक्षाओं की ओर………एक प्रयास” , 6th March, 2019.
- Chief Resource person for Faculty Development Program on ” Navigating Emotions: Understanding Impressionable minds” and “Stress: Perspective taking” at CMS College, Kottayam, Kerala on 18th March 2019.
- Invited as Distinguished Guest Speaker at the National Seminar on “Women Empowerment in India” ( in partnership with the United Nations Global Compact Network India ,UNGCNI), Jagannath International Management Studies, Kalkaji, New Delhi, 1st December, 2018.
- Invited by the Ministry of Labour and Employment to hold Counselling Training and Guidance sessions on “Stress Management” for Capacity Building Programme for Employment Exchange Officers, for Mid and Senior level Employment Exchange Managers, Noida, 26th April 2018, 10th May, 24th May, 7th June, 21st June, 28th June, 5th July, 27th September, 2018.
- Invited as Guest of Honour to deliver Orientation lecture on ‘Your Journey, Your Word’, at Jagannath International Management Studies, Kalkaji, New Delhi, 3rd July, 2018.
- Invited as Chief Guest to address parents on ” Basic Parenting Skills”, K R Mangalam School, New Delhi, October, 2018.
- Invited as Chief Guest to address parents on “Walk the Walk”, Bluebells Schools, New Delhi, 8th March, 2019.
- Invited as special guest to deliver a lecture to Women Entrepreneurs on ” Emotional Competence”, New Delhi, 31st July, 2018.
- Invited to speak on Mothers Day at Anubhav Learning Centre, New Delhi, on “Conundrums of Motherhood”, 12th May 2018.
- Invited as a judge for Inter school Interdisciplinary symposium, St. Mary’s School, New Delhi, 12th October, 2018.
- Invited as a panelist at the Academic meet of the Dept. of Mathematics, to speak on ‘Lifting the Veil of Social Conditioning Against Mathematics’, Lady Shriram College,11th January, 2019.
- Conducted workshops on ‘Understanding Emotions’ with Teachers of Delhi Public School ( Vasant Vihar , East of Kailash), New Delhi, 25th August, 8th September, 2018.
- Ongoing Counselling training program by KPMG’s CSR initiative for girls of Om Foundation school, Noida and Vidya School, Gurgaon.
11th August, 18th August, 1st September, 29th September, 6th October, 2nd November 2018; 20th February 2019, 23rd February, 27th March, 30th March 2019. - Conducted ‘Research Series’ Workshop, Dept of Psychology, Lady Shriram College, 17th January 2019.
- Invited as a Keynote Speaker at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, to celebrate International Women’s Day, Srinagar, March 22nd, 2018.
- Delivered lectures to MBA students on ‘Psychology for Managers’, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Qutub Institutional Area, 19th , 22nd, 24th, 29th, 31st August 2017.
- Invited by the Ministry of Labour to hold Counselling sessions, for Mid and Senior level Employment Exchange Managers, NIFT Campus, Qutub Institutional Area and Noida, 16th, 23rd June 2017, 7th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 28th , 29th July 2017, 4th August 2017.
- Invited to deliver lectures on “Mentoring, coaching, Feedback and Counselling Skills”, Five Days Training Programme on “Talent Management” for the officers of ITPO , 19th -23rd March, 2018.
- Workshop conducted on ‘To react or to respond? Understanding Emotions…….’ for teachers of Delhi Public School, 28th February, 2018.
- Conducted a Training workshop for Peer Supporter Program student volunteers on “Basic Counselling Skills”, at Lady Shri Ram College, 16th and 25th August 2017.
- Conducted a training workshop for undergraduate students of B.el.ed department on ‘Understanding Emotional Competencies’, 11th January, 2017, Lady Shriram College.
- Teaching a course on “Perspectives in Research”, offered to Pre Phd Students at the Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, 2018
- Invited as a guest to speak on ‘Culture of Narcissism’, 1st September 2017, at Vasant Valley School, New Delhi.
- Addressed parents of primary school on ‘ Acceptance- a Parenting Skill’ , 24th February 2018, Bluebells school International, New Delhi.
- Chaired a session on the theme “Girl Education To Empower Woman- A Leap”, at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Srinagar, March 23rd ,2018.
- Delivered a Public Lecture on ‘Are we logged on or hooked on?’, India International Centre, 2nd February, 2016.
- Delivered a Public Lecture on ” 3R’s of Knowledge “at Campus Calling series, a Hindustan Times Initiative, at YMCA, 2nd June 2015.
- Invited as Key note speaker to deliver a lecture on Parenting Skills , K.R. Mangalam School, Air Force auditorium, March, 2015.
- Keynote speaker The Emotional Well-being of Adolescents, at a staff seminar “Re-imagining schools:a a call for action” at Springdales School, 9th January 2015.
- Was invited by Hindustan Times Campus Calling for a public lecture to speak on “Why Social Sciences?” at Ashok Hotel New Delhi, 1st June, 2014.
- Was invited as a panel discussant at Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan on 10th January 2014, at a staff seminar on “I Teach, therefore I am” to deliver an address for teachers on Classroom climate and Emotional Support.
- Was invited by Hindustan Times Campus Calling for a public lecture to speak on “3 R’s of Learning” at Chinmaya Mission, 9th June, 2013.
- Conducted a workshop for the parents of Springdales School on “Navigating through Emotions: Understanding Adolescents” on 8th March, 2013.
- Was invited to address parents of Anubhav Pamposh School, New Delhi, on “School: Surviving and Thriving” on 2nd February 2013.
- Was invited as a guest speaker at Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan on 10th January 2013, at a staff seminar on “Changing Pedagogies for 21st Century Learning” to conduct an interactive workshop on Empathy or Sympathy?: Understanding Emotions for teachers.
- Conducted a workshop on “Emotional intelligence and the Adolescent”, for senior staff of Springdales School, New Delhi at the staff seminar titled “The 21st Century Learner-Aspirations and Challenges” on 3rd January 2011.
- Invited as a panelist at All India Radio for a discussion on “Women empowerment- then and now” on 28th February 2011.
- Discussant at the 20th Annual Convention of NAOP, JNU, 12- 15 December 2010, Multimodal Interactive Session (MIS) Session on ‘Childhood: Issues related to Parenting, Wellbeing and Development, 15th December 2010.
- Was invited as a panelist to discuss the topic “Gender discourse” on the Lok Sabha Channel of Delhi Doordarshan on 27th December 2007
- Invited as a panelist to discuss “ Psychological Impact of medical examination on Adolescents”, Delhi Doordarshan, 1st August 2007
- Was a panel discussant for a programme on DD metro titled “Youth: Vision for tomorrow”, December 2003
- Honourary secretary, Akshar Gyan, a voluntary organization for inclusive education for children, Noida.
- Was invited by Modern School, Barakhamba Road, to hold a workshop for the teachers on the “Identification of Special Children”.
- Invited to address teachers from schools of Delhi on “Challenges and Opportunities For Teachers”, St. Columba’s school, New Delhi, 24th August 2010.
- Guest speaker to address the parents of Carmel Convent School on “ABC of Parenting” on 7th August 2010 .
- Delivered a talk on “Basic Parenting Skills” at Pamposh School, New Delhi, March, 2010.
- Invited to Bluebells International School, New Delhi to speak on “Social Psychology-its scope and applications” on 22nd December 2009.
- Delivered a lecture on “Psychology-myths of the discipline”, Bluebells International school, New Delhi, on 5th October 2009.
- Conducted a counseling session on “Pre-admission stress” with the parents of pre-primary school children, held at Kidzee school on 11th July 2006.
- Key speaker for an orientation programme for parents of primary school children on “Understanding Child Behaviour“ at Kidzee school, Preet Vihar, New Delhi, 1st April 2006.
- Guest speaker to talk on ‘Child–its varied behaviour patterns’, an orientation course for the parents, organized at the Chandiwala Estate Auditorium on 14th March 2006.
- Delivered a lecture on “Child Behaviour Patterns” to parents of junior and Senior school parents, Carmel Convent School, New Delhi, August 2005.
- Conducted a one day workshop on “Congruent Communication” with the primary school teachers of Carmel Convent School, New Delhi, July 2005.
- Presentation on “Congruent Communication” for teachers at the Manav Bharti School, New Delhi, September 2004.
- Invited by the ASN School, Noida to speak on “Child Behaviour Patterns” for the parents of students of the school, August 2004.
- Delivered a talk on “Pre-admission stress” at Kidzee School, New Delhi, July 2004.
- Conducted a 2-day workshop on “Stress Management and Behavioural Perspectives” for Class 10 and Class 12 students, Manav Bharti School, New Delhi, August 2003.
- Delivered a lecture on “Parenting skills” for teachers and parents of Carmel Convent School, New Delhi, August 2003.
