Rashmi Gupta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3685261 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rashmi Gupta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rashmi |
| FAMILY NAME | Gupta |
| SIGNATURE | GUPTA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5157-0260 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 25 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Irrelevant angry, but not happy, faces interfere with conscious perception under high perceptual load
(In)Alienable Worth? Cultural Logics of Dignity, Honor, and Face and their Links to Prosociality Across the World
Cultural logic is a set of cultural scripts and patterns organized around a central theme. The cultural logics of dignity, honor, and face describe different ways of evaluating a person’s worth and maintaining cooperation. These cultural logics vary in prevalence across cultures. In this study, we collaboratively develop and validate a measure capturing these cultural logics, which will allow us to map world cultures based on the prevalence of th…
Iaps in India
This article aims to obtain a set of erotic and gory pictures from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) for use in studies across India. Additionally, it compares the ratings of a representative Indian sample with North American norms. Using the Self-assessment Manikin, adult Indian participants rated 72 arousal-matched IAPS pictures on emotional dimensions of arousal, valence and dominance. The ratings of the Indian and North Americ…
Irrelevant angry, but not happy, faces facilitate response inhibition in mindfulness meditators
Implicit angry faces interfere with response inhibition and response adjustment
Cognitive control enables people to adjust their thoughts and actions according to the current task demands. Response inhibition and response adjustment are two key aspects of cognitive control. Here, we examined how the implicit processing of emotional information influences these two functions with the help of the double-step saccade task. Each trial had either a single target or two sequential targets. Upon a single target onset, participants …
Anxiety, concerns and Covid-19
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on the mental health and well-being of children with neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs) and of their families worldwide. However, there is insufficient evidence to understand how different factors (e.g., individual, family, country, children) have impacted on anxiety levels of families and their children with NDCs developed over time. Methods: We used data from a global survey assessing the e…
The relationship between behavioural and mood responses to monetary rewards in a sample of students with and without reported pain
Pain impairs reward processing, and people suffering from physical pain are at high risk of having a persistently low mood. Although individuals with chronic pain have reported reduced reward responsiveness and impaired mood, it is not clear if reward responsiveness and mood are impaired in samples with sub-clinical pain scores otherwise healthy. Investigating a sub-clinical group is essential to disentangle the influence of medication on the beh…
Motivational salience, not valence, modulates time perception
It has been argued that cognitive processes such as attention and memory are influenced by motivational salience (high or low predictability of an outcome) rather than valance or value (gain or loss). However, whether this holds for subjective time perception remains unclear. To investigate this, a two-phase study was conducted. First, in a value learning task, a set of neutral faces was imbued with different levels of motivational salience (high…
Distracted by pleasure
We report 3 experiments examining the effects of positive versus negative valence and perceptual load in determining attention capture by irrelevant emotional distractors. Participants performed a letter search task searching for 1 of 2 target letters (X or N) in conditions of either low perceptual load (circular nontarget letters) or high perceptual load (angular nontarget letters that are similar to the target letters). On 25% of the trials an …
Cross-Cultural Evaluation of the International Affective Picture System on an Indian Sample
Attention and Memory Biases as Stable Abnormalities Among Currently Depressed and Currently Remitted Individuals with Unipolar Depression
Our findings provide evidence for the stable existence of attention and memory bias in currently remitted individuals. This study has implications for the cognitive behavior therapy for depression to include modules to resolve the attention and memory bias toward negative thought and content, and to build strategies to overcome such biases
Reproductive rights approach to reproductive health in developing countries
BACKGROUND: Research on reproductive health in developing countries focuses mostly on the role of economic development on various components of reproductive health. Cross-sectional and empirical research studies in particular on the effects of non-economic factors such as reproductive rights remain few and far between. OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the influence of two components of an empowerment strategy, gender equality, and reproductive …
Death Beliefs and Practices from an Asian Indian American Hindu Perspective
The purpose of this article was to explore Asian Indian American Hindu (AIAH) cultural views related to death and dying. Three focus group interviews were conducted with AIAH persons living in the southern region of United States. The focus group consisted of senior citizens, middle-aged adults, and young adults. Both open-ended and semistructured questions were asked to elicit discussions that would uncover the meanings respondents attribute to …
Emotion-attention interactions in recognition memory for distractor faces
Effective filtering of distractor information has been shown to be dependent on perceptual load. Given the salience of emotional information and the presence of emotion-attention interactions, we wanted to explore the recognition memory for emotional distractors especially as a function of focused attention and distributed attention by manipulating load and the spatial spread of attention. We performed two experiments to study emotion-attention i…
Systems Perspective
In this article I propose a systems model of elder care giver burden among Indian care givers. The systems model specifies the effects of elder characteristics, family structure, and personal characteristics of the care giver on care giver burden. Sampling was conducted using a multistage probability method to generate a sample of 259 care givers. The care giver burden questionnaire was translated from English to Hindi and then back into English …
Perceived Caregiver Burden in India
The study presented here explores the influences of selected social and social psychological factors that are associated with perceived caregiver burden in a sample of 263 primary caregivers of the elderly in Allahabad City in northern India. The results indicate that although male caregivers' perceived burden depends only on the size of the role overload, female caregivers' perceived burden depends on the interrelationship between the size of th…
Cross-national analysis of a model of reproductive health in developing countries
The Greying of India
Predictors of health promotion behavours among Asian Indian immigrants
The purpose of this study was to examine the health promotion behaviours of Gujarati Asian Indian immigrants in the United States. Although there is an abundance of literature on health promotion behaviours, research on Asian Indian immigrant’s health promotion behaviour remains unexplored. The research was conducted on a national sample of 261 Gujurati immigrants via survey questionnaire. Apath model was utilised to test predictors of health pro…
Consideration of Nursing Home Care Placement for the Elderly in South Asian Families
Aids Prevention in Zambia
Elder Care Giving in South Asian Families
The objective of this study is to examine the effect of cultural beliefs about elder care giving on the amount of burden experienced by those who provide primary care to an elderly person within a family setting. These care givers belong to first generation South Asian immigrant households in the Dallas - Fort Worth Metropolitan area. The sample consists of 118 respondents who are primary care givers. The independent effects of cultural beliefs w…
Caregiver Burden in South Asian Families
Systems theory has been extensively used by social work practitioners to conceptualize an array of social and psychological problems at the level of clinical practice. Systems theory is complex and this complexity is believed to be advantageous for investigating the roots of social and familial problems. This paper presents results from a study of caregiver burden among a sample of 118 Indian/Pakistani caregivers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropol…
Modeling Sexual Activity Among Schoolgirls in Zambia
This article proposes a model of sexual activity among secondary school-going Zambian girls. The model is tested for two age categories of adolescents using Covariance Structure Analysis. A sample of teenage girls was selected randomly from seven secondary schools that were selected randomly from schools located in the urban provinces of Copperbelt and Lusaka-Central in Zambia. The article identifies the role of dating as an intervening variable …
The Revised Caregiver Burden Scale
Objective: The purpose of the study is to empirically determine the factor structure of the original Stommel, Given, and Given (1990) 31-item Perceived Caregiver Burden Scale (PCB). Method: By telephone, 150 caregivers of the elderly were interviewed, and the data were subjected to confirmatory factor analysis. Results: Results did not support all the 31 items in the five-factor theoretical structure but did suggest a 13-item three-factor model. …
Perceived Caregiver Burden in India
The study presented here explores the influences of selected social and social psychological factors that are associated with perceived caregiver burden in a sample of 263 primary caregivers of the elderly in Allahabad City in northern India. The results indicate that although male caregivers' perceived burden depends only on the size of the role overload, female caregivers' perceived burden depends on the interrelationship between the size of th…
Cross-national analysis of a model of reproductive health in developing countries
Elder Care Giving in South Asian Families
The objective of this study is to examine the effect of cultural beliefs about elder care giving on the amount of burden experienced by those who provide primary care to an elderly person within a family setting. These care givers belong to first generation South Asian immigrant households in the Dallas - Fort Worth Metropolitan area. The sample consists of 118 respondents who are primary care givers. The independent effects of cultural beliefs w…
Aids Prevention in Zambia
Death Beliefs and Practices from an Asian Indian American Hindu Perspective
The purpose of this article was to explore Asian Indian American Hindu (AIAH) cultural views related to death and dying. Three focus group interviews were conducted with AIAH persons living in the southern region of United States. The focus group consisted of senior citizens, middle-aged adults, and young adults. Both open-ended and semistructured questions were asked to elicit discussions that would uncover the meanings respondents attribute to …
Predictors of health promotion behavours among Asian Indian immigrants
The purpose of this study was to examine the health promotion behaviours of Gujarati Asian Indian immigrants in the United States. Although there is an abundance of literature on health promotion behaviours, research on Asian Indian immigrant’s health promotion behaviour remains unexplored. The research was conducted on a national sample of 261 Gujurati immigrants via survey questionnaire. Apath model was utilised to test predictors of health pro…
Caregiver Burden in South Asian Families
Systems theory has been extensively used by social work practitioners to conceptualize an array of social and psychological problems at the level of clinical practice. Systems theory is complex and this complexity is believed to be advantageous for investigating the roots of social and familial problems. This paper presents results from a study of caregiver burden among a sample of 118 Indian/Pakistani caregivers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropol…
The Revised Caregiver Burden Scale
Objective: The purpose of the study is to empirically determine the factor structure of the original Stommel, Given, and Given (1990) 31-item Perceived Caregiver Burden Scale (PCB). Method: By telephone, 150 caregivers of the elderly were interviewed, and the data were subjected to confirmatory factor analysis. Results: Results did not support all the 31 items in the five-factor theoretical structure but did suggest a 13-item three-factor model. …
The Revised Caregiver Burden Scale
Objective: The purpose of the study is to empirically determine the factor structure of the original Stommel, Given, and Given (1990) 31-item Perceived Caregiver Burden Scale (PCB). Method: By telephone, 150 caregivers of the elderly were interviewed, and the data were subjected to confirmatory factor analysis. Results: Results did not support all the 31 items in the five-factor theoretical structure but did suggest a 13-item three-factor model. …
Caregiver Burden in South Asian Families
Systems theory has been extensively used by social work practitioners to conceptualize an array of social and psychological problems at the level of clinical practice. Systems theory is complex and this complexity is believed to be advantageous for investigating the roots of social and familial problems. This paper presents results from a study of caregiver burden among a sample of 118 Indian/Pakistani caregivers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropol…
Modeling Sexual Activity Among Schoolgirls in Zambia
This article proposes a model of sexual activity among secondary school-going Zambian girls. The model is tested for two age categories of adolescents using Covariance Structure Analysis. A sample of teenage girls was selected randomly from seven secondary schools that were selected randomly from schools located in the urban provinces of Copperbelt and Lusaka-Central in Zambia. The article identifies the role of dating as an intervening variable …
Consideration of Nursing Home Care Placement for the Elderly in South Asian Families
Aids Prevention in Zambia
Elder Care Giving in South Asian Families
The objective of this study is to examine the effect of cultural beliefs about elder care giving on the amount of burden experienced by those who provide primary care to an elderly person within a family setting. These care givers belong to first generation South Asian immigrant households in the Dallas - Fort Worth Metropolitan area. The sample consists of 118 respondents who are primary care givers. The independent effects of cultural beliefs w…
Predictors of health promotion behavours among Asian Indian immigrants
The purpose of this study was to examine the health promotion behaviours of Gujarati Asian Indian immigrants in the United States. Although there is an abundance of literature on health promotion behaviours, research on Asian Indian immigrant’s health promotion behaviour remains unexplored. The research was conducted on a national sample of 261 Gujurati immigrants via survey questionnaire. Apath model was utilised to test predictors of health pro…
The Greying of India
Cross-national analysis of a model of reproductive health in developing countries
Perceived Caregiver Burden in India
The study presented here explores the influences of selected social and social psychological factors that are associated with perceived caregiver burden in a sample of 263 primary caregivers of the elderly in Allahabad City in northern India. The results indicate that although male caregivers' perceived burden depends only on the size of the role overload, female caregivers' perceived burden depends on the interrelationship between the size of th…
Systems Perspective
In this article I propose a systems model of elder care giver burden among Indian care givers. The systems model specifies the effects of elder characteristics, family structure, and personal characteristics of the care giver on care giver burden. Sampling was conducted using a multistage probability method to generate a sample of 259 care givers. The care giver burden questionnaire was translated from English to Hindi and then back into English …
Emotion-attention interactions in recognition memory for distractor faces
Effective filtering of distractor information has been shown to be dependent on perceptual load. Given the salience of emotional information and the presence of emotion-attention interactions, we wanted to explore the recognition memory for emotional distractors especially as a function of focused attention and distributed attention by manipulating load and the spatial spread of attention. We performed two experiments to study emotion-attention i…
Reproductive rights approach to reproductive health in developing countries
BACKGROUND: Research on reproductive health in developing countries focuses mostly on the role of economic development on various components of reproductive health. Cross-sectional and empirical research studies in particular on the effects of non-economic factors such as reproductive rights remain few and far between. OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the influence of two components of an empowerment strategy, gender equality, and reproductive …
Death Beliefs and Practices from an Asian Indian American Hindu Perspective
The purpose of this article was to explore Asian Indian American Hindu (AIAH) cultural views related to death and dying. Three focus group interviews were conducted with AIAH persons living in the southern region of United States. The focus group consisted of senior citizens, middle-aged adults, and young adults. Both open-ended and semistructured questions were asked to elicit discussions that would uncover the meanings respondents attribute to …
Attention and Memory Biases as Stable Abnormalities Among Currently Depressed and Currently Remitted Individuals with Unipolar Depression
Our findings provide evidence for the stable existence of attention and memory bias in currently remitted individuals. This study has implications for the cognitive behavior therapy for depression to include modules to resolve the attention and memory bias toward negative thought and content, and to build strategies to overcome such biases
Cross-Cultural Evaluation of the International Affective Picture System on an Indian Sample
Distracted by pleasure
We report 3 experiments examining the effects of positive versus negative valence and perceptual load in determining attention capture by irrelevant emotional distractors. Participants performed a letter search task searching for 1 of 2 target letters (X or N) in conditions of either low perceptual load (circular nontarget letters) or high perceptual load (angular nontarget letters that are similar to the target letters). On 25% of the trials an …
The relationship between behavioural and mood responses to monetary rewards in a sample of students with and without reported pain
Pain impairs reward processing, and people suffering from physical pain are at high risk of having a persistently low mood. Although individuals with chronic pain have reported reduced reward responsiveness and impaired mood, it is not clear if reward responsiveness and mood are impaired in samples with sub-clinical pain scores otherwise healthy. Investigating a sub-clinical group is essential to disentangle the influence of medication on the beh…
Motivational salience, not valence, modulates time perception
It has been argued that cognitive processes such as attention and memory are influenced by motivational salience (high or low predictability of an outcome) rather than valance or value (gain or loss). However, whether this holds for subjective time perception remains unclear. To investigate this, a two-phase study was conducted. First, in a value learning task, a set of neutral faces was imbued with different levels of motivational salience (high…
Irrelevant angry, but not happy, faces facilitate response inhibition in mindfulness meditators
Implicit angry faces interfere with response inhibition and response adjustment
Cognitive control enables people to adjust their thoughts and actions according to the current task demands. Response inhibition and response adjustment are two key aspects of cognitive control. Here, we examined how the implicit processing of emotional information influences these two functions with the help of the double-step saccade task. Each trial had either a single target or two sequential targets. Upon a single target onset, participants …
Anxiety, concerns and Covid-19
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on the mental health and well-being of children with neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs) and of their families worldwide. However, there is insufficient evidence to understand how different factors (e.g., individual, family, country, children) have impacted on anxiety levels of families and their children with NDCs developed over time. Methods: We used data from a global survey assessing the e…
Irrelevant angry, but not happy, faces interfere with conscious perception under high perceptual load
(In)Alienable Worth? Cultural Logics of Dignity, Honor, and Face and their Links to Prosociality Across the World
Cultural logic is a set of cultural scripts and patterns organized around a central theme. The cultural logics of dignity, honor, and face describe different ways of evaluating a person’s worth and maintaining cooperation. These cultural logics vary in prevalence across cultures. In this study, we collaboratively develop and validate a measure capturing these cultural logics, which will allow us to map world cultures based on the prevalence of th…
Iaps in India
This article aims to obtain a set of erotic and gory pictures from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) for use in studies across India. Additionally, it compares the ratings of a representative Indian sample with North American norms. Using the Self-assessment Manikin, adult Indian participants rated 72 arousal-matched IAPS pictures on emotional dimensions of arousal, valence and dominance. The ratings of the Indian and North Americ…
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