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Dr JERUS ALBERT BRITTO J

Speciliazation : Psychology

Qualification : MSc, MPhil, PhD

Department : SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WORK

Campus : BANGALORE CAMPUS

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Articles in Periodicals

Articles in Journels

Blog

Invited Talks

2025

Name of the Program: Two days state level training on Mental health for police personel

Date: 2025-06-06 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Police Department, Government of Tamilnadu

Name of the Program: State Level Psychology Training on Councillors of Municipalities

Date: 2025-04-24 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Tamilnadu Institute of Urban Studies

2021

Name of the Program: Orientation Program

Date: 2021-09-14 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Hindusthan College of Arts and Science

Name of the Program: Student Development Program

Date: 2021-08-19 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science

Name of the Program: Five Days Skill Development Program for Students

Date: 2021-07-29 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: PPG College of Arts and Science

Name of the Program: Webinar

Date: 2021-07-12 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Deemed to be University

Name of the Program: Webinar

Date: 2021-03-26 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Vivekanandha College for Arts and Science for Women

Name of the Program: Special Lecture Series

Date: 2021-03-19 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Shri Sakthikailassh women's college

Name of the Program: Seminar for uniformed Services

Date: 2021-02-09 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Police Department, Government of Tamil Nadu

2020

Name of the Program: Psychology Association Meet

Date: 2020-12-08 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Rathinam college of Arts and science Coimnatore

Name of the Program: Webinar

Date: 2020-11-16 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: VIT Vellore Institute of Technology (Deemed to be University)

Name of the Program: Webinar

Date: 2020-11-11 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Vidhaipom Foundation

Name of the Program: Webinar

Date: 2020-09-10 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Indra Trust

Name of the Program: Webinar

Date: 2020-08-28 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Christ University (Deemed to be University)

Name of the Program: Webinar

Date: 2020-08-13 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Thiagarajar Polytechnic College

Name of the Program: Webinar

Date: 2020-08-13 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: DG Vaishnav College , Department of Social Work

Name of the Program: Seminar

Date: 2020-08-04 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Police Department, Government of Tamil Nadu

Name of the Program: Webinar

Date: 2020-07-06 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: CIT Sandwich Polytechnic College

Name of the Program: Special invited lecture

Date: 2020-06-18 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Police Department, Government of Tamilnadu

Name of the Program: Webinar

Date: 2020-05-29 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Sree Narayana Guru College of Arts and Science

Name of the Program: Faculty Development Programme

Date: 2020-02-08 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: CIT Sandwich Polytechnic College

2019

Name of the Program: Rainbow Calibre

Date: 2019-09-14 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions:

Name of the Program: Special Lecture Series

Date: 2019-06-26 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Rathinam college of Arts and science Coimnatore

Name of the Program: Drug Awareness Programme

Date: 2019-02-27 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: National Institute of social defence, Ministry of social justice and empowerment and Department of women's Studies Bharathiar University

2018

Name of the Program: Special Lecture Series

Date: 2018-09-26 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Sree Narayana Guru College of Arts and Science

Name of the Program: Seminar

Date: 2018-07-12 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: DKT College of Education

2017

Name of the Program: Psychology Association meet

Date: 2017-09-22 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: SAN International College of Arts and Science

2015

Name of the Program: Seminar

Date: 2015-09-28 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: SAN International College of Arts and Science

Films / Videos / Documentaries

MPhil/PhD Guided/Adjudicated

Research Project

1

Investigator(s): ELDHOSE N J, JERUS ALBERT BRITTO J,VISHNU SIDHARTHAN T

Sponsors:

Internal

Workshop / FDP / Training Programme

2025

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Faculty development programme 2025

Name of the Organiser: Human Resource Development Centre, Christ (Deemed to be University)

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2025-05-19

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: ?Intellectual Property Rights

Name of the Organiser: MMK And SDM MAHILA MAHAVIDYALAYA, Mysore

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2025-04-15

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Nurturing excellence, Enriching, Transforming futures

Name of the Organiser: School of Psychological Sciences, Christ University

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2025-02-12

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: INTERVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS

Name of the Organiser: PENN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2025-02-01

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Tools and Techniques for Managing Stress

Name of the Organiser: Starweaver- Tools and Techniques for managing stress

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2025-02-01

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Introduction to Psychology

Name of the Organiser: Coursera

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2025-01-22

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: The Psychology of Thrill Seekers

Name of the Organiser: EMORY University

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2025-01-15

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Introduction to Abnormal Psychology

Name of the Organiser: Wesleyan University

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2025-01-01

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: GPT VISION: SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH GENERATIVE AI

Name of the Organiser: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2025-01-01

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: INNOVATIVE TEACHING WITH CHATGPT

Name of the Organiser: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2025-01-01

2024

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: FDP on AI tools on research and teaching

Name of the Organiser: SREE SARASWATHI THYAGARAJA COLLEGE

Level: National

Role: Invited Resource Person/Trainer

Date: 2024-12-24

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Mooc

Name of the Organiser: Wesleyan University

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2024-12-01

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Generative AI Primer

Name of the Organiser: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2024-12-01

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY:MARTIN E.P.SELIGMAN'S VISIONARY SCIENCE

Name of the Organiser: PENN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2024-12-01

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID

Name of the Organiser: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2024-11-30

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: GENERATIVE AI FOR EDUCATORS & TEACHERS

Name of the Organiser: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2024-11-01

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Board of studies

Name of the Organiser: Dr.SNS Rajalakshmi College of Arts and Sciences Coimbatore

Level:

Role: Invited Resource Person/Trainer

Date: 2024-10-05

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: 30M Skill Training on Google Slide and CU presentation template

Name of the Organiser: Media Studies & IT Services CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, Yeshwanthpur Campus

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2024-09-25

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: State level training programme on mental health

Name of the Organiser: Government of Tamilnadu Police Department

Level: Regional

Role: Invited Resource Person/Trainer

Date: 2024-09-09

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Faculty Development Programme on Theory, Method and Techniques

Name of the Organiser: Department of Sociology, Christ (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR campus

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2024-07-01

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Online Faculty Development Program

Name of the Organiser: Department of Psychology& IQAC christ University YPR

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2024-04-02

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Whole Person Education for faculty in higher education

Name of the Organiser: The Teaching and learning enhancement cell and CEDBEC, Christ University

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2024-03-26

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: 30M Skill Training on Google Site Management and Applications

Name of the Organiser: Media Studies & IT Services CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, Yeshwanthpur Campus

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2024-03-07

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Faculty Orientation Program

Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2024-02-26

2023

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: 30M Skill Training on Mail Merge and Batch of Documents Processing

Name of the Organiser: Media Studies & IT Services CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, Yeshwanthpur Campus

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2023-12-21

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Faculty Induction Program

Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2023-12-15

2021

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Outcome based Education

Name of the Organiser: Karpagam Academy oh Higher Education

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2021-07-26

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Data Analysis using SPSS

Name of the Organiser: Dr.Ambedkar Government Arts College

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2021-07-08

2020

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Living the Positivity through challenging times

Name of the Organiser: PSG College of Arts and Science

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2020-09-06

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: FDP on Neuropsychological functions and Emotion processing deficits

Name of the Organiser: PSGR Krishnammal College for Women

Level: Regional

Role: Participant

Date: 2020-06-03

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Concepts and Techniques in Gestalt Therapy

Name of the Organiser: Holy Cross College

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2020-03-13

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Training Programme on Counselling and Communication skills

Name of the Organiser: Anna Institute of Management

Level: Regional

Role: Participant

Date: 2020-03-11

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Preventing dementia

Name of the Organiser: University of Tasmania

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2020-02-01

2019

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Rain water harvesting and Water management in developing cities

Name of the Organiser: Tamilnadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE)

Level: Regional

Role: Presenter

Date: 2019-11-02

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Drug Abuse Prevention under NAPDDR

Name of the Organiser: Department of Women Studies, Bharathiar University

Level: Regional

Role: Participant

Date: 2019-09-27

2018

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)

Name of the Organiser: Holy Cross College

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2018-10-03

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: National Workshop on Cognitive Training on traumatic Brain Injury Patients

Name of the Organiser: Government Institute of Mental Health and National Institute for Empowerment of Person with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD)

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2018-03-15

2017

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Mental health of young adults

Name of the Organiser: The American College,Madurai

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2017-10-09

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Log out : A gateway to quit your addictions

Name of the Organiser: Sree saraswathi thygaraja college , Pollachi, Tamilnadu

Level: Regional

Role: Participant

Date: 2017-10-06

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Research Methodology

Name of the Organiser: Sree saraswathi thygaraja college , Pollachi, Tamilnadu

Level: Regional

Role: Participant

Date: 2017-01-06

2016

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: 26th National conference of the national academy of Psychology NAOP

Name of the Organiser: Indian Institute of Technology Madras IIT

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2016-12-28

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Use of Qualitative techniques and Importance of Mixed Method in Psychological Research

Name of the Organiser: Indian Institute of Technology Madras IIT

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2016-12-28

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Dignity in Mental health

Name of the Organiser: Yuva Kshetra College, Palakkad, Kerala

Level: Regional

Role: Participant

Date: 2016-10-28

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Internet addiction, brain and cyber Psychology

Name of the Organiser: Sree saraswathi thygaraja college , Pollachi, Tamilnadu

Level: Regional

Role: Participant

Date: 2016-08-23

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Job opportunities for Psychology today

Name of the Organiser: Sree saraswathi thygaraja college , Pollachi, Tamilnadu

Level: Regional

Role: Participant

Date: 2016-03-10

2015

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Assessment of management of mental illness from psychological and sociological perspective

Name of the Organiser: Krishna Academy of Psychological Medicine

Level: Regional

Role: Participant

Date: 2015-02-22

2014

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: National workshop on structural equation modeling through AMOS

Name of the Organiser: Periyar University, Salem, Tamilnadu

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2014-07-31

Awards / Achievements /Others

2014

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Best Paper Award

Description: Best research paper award in UGC sponsored national Conference

Organisation: Bharathiar University

Month/Year: 21 February 2014

2025

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: First Place in Basketball Tournament

Description:

Organisation: Christ (Deemed to be University)

Month/Year: 10 February 2025

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: First place in Badminton Singles

Description:

Organisation: Christ (Deemed to be University)

Month/Year: 10 February 2025

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: First Place in Volleyball Tournament

Description:

Organisation: Christ (Deemed to be University)

Month/Year: 10 February 2025

2015

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Rank holder in PG

Description: First Rank holder in M.Sc Psychology for the academic year 2013-2015

Organisation: Government Arts College Coimbatore

Month/Year: 01 April 2015

2013

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Rank holder in UG

Description: First Rank holder in B.Sc Psychology for the academic year 2010-2013

Organisation: Government Arts College Coimbatore

Month/Year: 01 April 2013

Books

Book Chapters

Case Study

Patents

Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium

2025

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: To Investigate How Cultural Contexts Shape Coping Strategies For Managing Pregnancy Anxiety: A Systematic Review


Date: 2025-01-31


Organising Institution: Dr.MGR Janaki College of Arts and Science For Women


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Moderator/Chair


Title:


Date: 2025-01-09


Organising Institution: Rathinam College of Arts and Sciences


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Co-presenter


Title:


Date: 2025-01-09


Organising Institution: Rathinam College of Arts and Sciences


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Co-presenter


Title:


Date: 2025-01-09


Organising Institution: Rathinam College of Arts and Sciences


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Co-presenter


Title:


Date: 2025-01-09


Organising Institution: Rathinam College of Arts and Sciences


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Co-presenter


Title:


Date: 2025-01-09


Organising Institution: Rathinam College of Arts and Sciences


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Co-presenter


Title:


Date: 2025-01-09


Organising Institution: Rathinam College of Arts and Sciences


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Co-presenter


Title:


Date: 2025-01-09


Organising Institution: Rathinam College of Arts and Sciences


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Co-presenter


Title:


Date: 2025-01-09


Organising Institution: Rathinam College of Arts and Sciences


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Co-presenter


Title:


Date: 2025-01-09


Organising Institution: Rathinam College of Arts and Sciences


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Co-presenter


Title:


Date: 2025-01-09


Organising Institution: Rathinam College of Arts and Sciences


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Co-presenter


Title:


Date: 2025-01-09


Organising Institution: Rathinam College of Arts and Sciences


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Effectiveness of mindfulness based psycho education on mental health among institutionalized elderly


Date: 2025-01-08


Organising Institution: Rathinam College of Arts and Sciences


Level: National


2024

Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Keynote Speaker


Title: Psychology and its applications in workplace


Date: 2024-10-03


Organising Institution: Rathinam Technical Campus Coimbatore


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: A Study on mental health among employees at workplace


Date: 2024-09-26


Organising Institution: Bangalore University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Happiness and Job satisfaction of nursing professionals


Date: 2024-09-26


Organising Institution: Bangalore university


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Influence of Compulsive buying on personality dimensions among women


Date: 2024-09-26


Organising Institution: Bangalore University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Keynote Speaker


Title: Nurturing Mental Health


Date: 2024-06-24


Organising Institution: Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science Coimbatore


Level: International


Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Keynote Speaker


Title: Women Empowerment and Soft Skills


Date: 2024-06-21


Organising Institution: Government of Tamil Nadu


Level: National


2023

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2023-08-24


Organising Institution: Sree Narayana Guru College


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Impact of Social Media Addiction Among Adolescents


Date: 2023-04-05


Organising Institution: Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Influence of Self Control on Personal Dimensions Among Young Adults


Date: 2023-02-21


Organising Institution: Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Sensation Seeking, Risk Taking Behaviour and Self Efficacy Among Young Adults


Date: 2023-02-21


Organising Institution: Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women


Level: National


2020

Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Presenter


Title: Child Development in Psychological perspective


Date: 2020-12-02


Organising Institution: Government Arts College Coimbatore


Level: National


Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Keynote Speaker


Title: stress management


Date: 2020-11-19


Organising Institution: Government of Tamilnadu, Department of Social Defence


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Emotional Competence and Life satisfaction Among Working and Non Working Women


Date: 2020-01-23


Organising Institution: Manonmaniam Sundaranar University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2020-01-11


Organising Institution: Shalom Institute of Mental Health and & Research


Level: National


2019

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Influence of Self control on Personality Dimensions


Date: 2019-03-05


Organising Institution: SNMV College of Arts and Science


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Health Status of Women Quality of Life and Resilience of Institutionalized Women senior Citizen


Date: 2019-03-05


Organising Institution: SNMV College of Arts and Science


Level: International


2018

Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2018-12-15


Organising Institution: Indian Council of social Welfare and The Madras school of social Work


Level: National


2017

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2017-08-25


Organising Institution: Rajagiri College of Social Sciences


Level: National


2016

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: A Study on Depression, Anxiety and Adjustment among Institutionalised Old age People


Date: 2016-12-16


Organising Institution: Gautam Buddha University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: A Study on Happiness and Optimism Among Institutionalized Senior Citizens


Date: 2016-12-16


Organising Institution: Gautam Buddha University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: A Study on Happiness and Stress among Institutionalized and Home care Senior Citizens, A Comparative study


Date: 2016-12-16


Organising Institution: Gautam Buddha University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: A Study on Wellbeing and Marital Adjustment of Working and Non Working Women


Date: 2016-05-06


Organising Institution: Bangalore University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Emotional Intelligence & Self esteem of young adults


Date: 2016-02-04


Organising Institution: Periyar University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: A Study on Happiness, Self Esteem and Wellbeing among Married Couples


Date: 2016-02-03


Organising Institution: SNMV College of Arts and Science


Level: National


2015

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Educational Psychology Emotional Maturity and Educational adjustment of the 11th standard Students


Date: 2015-02-20


Organising Institution: Periyar University


Level: National


2014

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2014-09-25


Organising Institution: Amity University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Study on Stress and Self Esteem among Orphans and Non Orphans


Date: 2014-02-20


Organising Institution: Bharathiar University


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2014-01-21


Organising Institution: PSG College of Nursing


Level: International


2013

Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2013-03-22


Organising Institution: University of Madras


Level: National


Own MPhil / PhD Thesis

1970

Guide Name: Dr.B.Selvaraj Ph.D

Institution: Government Arts College Coimbatore

Month Year: January 1970

Guide Name: Dr.B.Selvaraj Ph.D

Institution: Government Arts College Coimbatore

Month Year: January 1970

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