Research Bulletin
Vol.3 Issue 12 | December 2024
Interdisciplinary Insights into Mental Health: The Role of Biological and Psychological Factors
The Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS) research bulletin presents an overview of recent research published by the faculty and research scholars at JIBS organised under different themes
Associate Professor
Soroka, I., Balode, N, & Kutas, M. (2024). Colours in clothes and psychological functioning: the impact on emotions and self-esteem. Sapienza: International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 5(4), e24071. https://doi.org/10.51798/sijis.v5i4.850
Colours are the object of study in various areas of humanitarian sciences, such as linguistics, cultural studies, and art. In psychology, the effects of colour on behaviour and emotional states are analyzed. The purpose of this research is to explore the preference for colours in clothes Indian students wear and report the results of the “Colour Challenge Week” project. Simultaneous mixed methods were used in this study. The article introduces the survey results among 246 university students aged 18-22 from different states of India. It shows the colours black, white, and blue in clothes are of preference.
Assistant Professor
Cao, Y., Lizano, P., Li, M., Chand, T., Sun, H., Zhou, X., … & Jia, Z. (2024). White matter microstructural and inflammation-based subgroups in bipolar disorder II depression differentiate in depressive and psychotic symptoms. Journal of Affective Disorders..
Elevated inflammation and impaired white matter (WM) microstructure have been observed in bipolar disorder (BD). The link between inflammation, WM integrity, and psychiatric symptoms in BD-II depression (BDII-D) remains unknown. The authots aimed to define BDII-D subgroups through the interplay of inflammation and WM microstructure, and to explore differences in psychiatric symptoms between subgroups, thus offering insight into elucidating the explanatory measures linked to BDII-D. WM differences were compared between 146 BDII-D individuals and 151 health controls (HCs) by Tract-Based Spatial Statistics. Compared with HCs, BDII-D showed significant WM alterations in the anterior thalamic radiation (ATR), cingulum, forceps, and inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus.
Faculty Coordinator: Ms. Bhavya Tandon Assistant Professor, JIBS