Papers by Sriya Bhattacharyya
Genetic counselors' utilization of <scp>ChatGPT</scp> in professional practice: A <scp>cross‐sectional</scp> study
American Journal of Medical Genetics - Part A, Dec 7, 2023
Barriers to Equality: Exploring University-Based Experiences with India's Affirmative Action Policy
PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2014
The crane project: Mixed-methods analysis of an expressive art therapy intervention to promote collective healing during the COVID-19 pandemic
Traumatology
‘Echo images’: An arts-based feedback tool for qualitative research interviews
QMiP Bulletin
Researcher reflexivity and checking researcher interpretations with participants, important proce... more Researcher reflexivity and checking researcher interpretations with participants, important processes that contribute to the rigour of qualitative research, are primarily engaged through verbal and text-based methods of reflection and communication. Introducing art into these processes can deepen their quality by accessing emotional information in non-verbal processing centres in the brain. This paper introduces ‘echo images’ – a tool for researchers seeking to engage in reflexivity, participatory knowledge construction, and dialogic relationships with interviewees. A case study examining the use of ‘echo images’ with Muslim women activists is shared. A framework is proposed for the use of ‘echo images’ in arts-based and qualitative research study designs. Offering participants a concrete, physical image of what a researcher has witnessed during their time together may be one way to honour interviewees’ sharing. Further research is necessary to confirm the contributions of ‘echo ima...
Thesis advisor: M. Brinton LykesEvery day Muslim women in the United States wake up to a harsh po... more Thesis advisor: M. Brinton LykesEvery day Muslim women in the United States wake up to a harsh political world that attacks their identities, communities, and freedom. In this context, Muslim women endure immense psychological tolls on their sense of identity, safety, and relationships. For many of them, walking out the door and claiming their Muslim identity is an act of political resistance. Despite the disempowerment they may experience, many engage in social actions to resist these oppressive forces. Yet, Muslim women activists have received strikingly little attention in the psychological literature. To date, no research has explored the psychosocial experiences of Muslim women who engage in activism, nor the meanings they make of these engagements or their trajectories of resistance. Using a participatory research approach informed by art-based inquiry techniques, this inductive qualitative study explored 10 Muslim women activists’ trajectories into and experiences of engaging...
We Were Silent and Now Have Voices": Qualitative Analysis of Low Income Women's Experiences Healing and Thriving Through a Community Arts Group
Group
“Mending Broken Pieces”: A Group Healing Arts Psychotherapy Model
Group, 2022
Abstract:Marginalized communities often lack access to therapy, and traditional psychotherapy doe... more Abstract:Marginalized communities often lack access to therapy, and traditional psychotherapy does not always meet their needs. Alternative therapies, including somatic and therapeutic arts, are often available only to the elite few with financial access. This article outlines a healing arts group model created by a psychologist and an artist for a grassroots community organization serving women who live at the intersection of gender- and class-based discrimination in the greater Boston area. The group model blends techniques from interpersonal and group-based arts therapy traditions. The article includes insights from women in the group about the healing power of art and reflections for practice.
This research engaged a grounded theory process to explore whether or not and, if so, in what way... more This research engaged a grounded theory process to explore whether or not and, if so, in what ways, an affirmative action quota policy disrupted historical power structures towards generating change in one university community in rural India. This rural university community has implemented an affirmative action quota system for three decades. Participants' embrace of and resistance to diversity and caste-based social transformations were identified through an analysis of in-depth interviews with 6 upper caste faculty and staff, 3 Dalit students, and 7 upper caste students. Strategies of embracing and resisting diversity and broader pushes for social transformation to create a more inclusive community included participants positioning themselves in favor of or opposed to the affirmative action quota policy. Implications for change at individual, community, institutional, and national levels are discussed.
Themes in Heterosexuals’ Responses When Challenging LGBT Prejudice
Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 2013
ABSTRACT The purposes of this study were (a) to examine themes in heterosexuals’ responses when r... more ABSTRACT The purposes of this study were (a) to examine themes in heterosexuals’ responses when responding to LGBT prejudice, and (b) to explore the potential influence of educational information about LGBT topics on these themes of responses. Heterosexual undergraduate students (N = 225) were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: participants received information about LGBT topics, or they did not. Then participants were asked to speak out in a written format against LGBT prejudicial statements they read in a blog taken directly from the Internet. Using content analysis, 16 codes were generated from the literature on the confrontation of prejudice and from participants’ responses. The 16 codes were then grouped conceptually into four themes with the following percent representations in participants’ responses: values (38.9 %), knowledge promotion (36.2 %), attack (16.7 %), and personal participation (8.4 %). No differences between conditions emerged in the prevalence of these themes. Implications for ally interventions, multicultural education, and future research are discussed.
Creating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Allies: Testing a Model of Privilege Investment
Journal of Counseling & Development, 2014
ABSTRACT Participants were assigned to 1 of 4 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ally-develo... more ABSTRACT Participants were assigned to 1 of 4 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ally-development conditions; then, they completed measures of prejudice and propensity for social justice behavior. A structural equation model uncovered that propensity for social justice behavior was negatively related to prejudice and positively related to the emotional impact of experiences with discrimination in other domains of identity. Women, people of color, and individuals of lower social classes had the highest propensity for social justice behavior and the lowest prejudice.
The Counseling Psychologist, 2014
Counseling psychology doctoral programs across the country are working to develop new approaches ... more Counseling psychology doctoral programs across the country are working to develop new approaches to bring social justice to the curriculum. Boston College has done so, in part, through a course titled Counseling in Context. The three core emphases are (a) ongoing self-examination of power and privilege, (b) applying traditional counseling skills to community-level problems, and (c) building from a clear intellectual and values framework. Building on an ally development conceptual frame, we illustrate how these principles were used to develop an intervention to combat Islamophobia on campus in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. The Don’t Meet Hurt With Hate. Love Islam Campaign served to support Muslims and engage non-Muslims in ally behavior, engaging more than 400 students on campus and 10,000 people virtually. In demonstrating how students can act with and for oppressed communities, we hope to provide a template for similar actions on other campuses.
AMA journal of ethics, 2021
This article contextualizes and challenges race, class, and gender inequity in psychiatric use of... more This article contextualizes and challenges race, class, and gender inequity in psychiatric use of force. In particular, this article examines (1) how uses of force-seclusion, restraint, compulsion-have been codified in policy and law, (2) inequity in force utilization, and (3) connections between systemic oppression and individuals' responses-including fear and retraumatization-to feeling threatened by force in clinical settings. This article proposes multilevel strategies to abolish inequity in uses of force in clinical settings and questions whether it is ever possible to use force compassionately where inequity persists.
This research engaged a grounded theory process to explore whether or not and, if so, in what way... more This research engaged a grounded theory process to explore whether or not and, if so, in what ways, an affirmative action quota policy disrupted historical power structures towards generating change in one university community in rural India. This rural university community has implemented an affirmative action quota system for three decades. Participants’ embrace of and resistance to diversity and caste-based social transformations were identified through an analysis of in-depth interviews with 6 Upper caste faculty and staff, 3 Dalit students, and 7 and Upper caste students. Strategies of embracing and resisting diversity and broader pushes for social transformation to create a more inclusive community included participants positioning themselves in favor of or opposed to the affirmative action quota policy. Implications for change at individual, community, institutional, and national levels are discussed.
Beyond the Nurses and Doctors: Structural Racism and the Unseen Frontline Service Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Psychiatric services, 2021
During the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline workers have faced unparalleled levels of distress, and h... more During the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline workers have faced unparalleled levels of distress, and hospitals have used many interventions to improve workers' mental health. However, service workers-including water, sanitation, and hygiene staff; food service workers; and countless others-are not being appropriately supported for their heroic efforts. This Open Forum describes the demographic characteristics of this neglected population, explores the role of structural racism in the lack of support interventions, examines the relationship between social determinants of health and COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality within this population, and petitions institutions to more deeply consider how they support their service workers.
Staff Emotional Support at Montefiore Medical Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology
Despite a continuing need for clinicians to engage in socially-‐just practice that addresses sys... more Despite a continuing need for clinicians to engage in socially-‐just practice that addresses systemic factors impacting the mental health of clients through advocacy, there are often limited formalized opportunities for doctoral counseling psychology students to be exposed to and to engage in community or public arena advocacy. Two counseling psychology faculty members initiated and supervised a Participatory Action Research (PAR) team comprised of six advanced counseling psychology doctoral students and three early career counseling psychologists with experience conducting community and public arena advocacy. The nine PAR team members explored the doctoral students’ experiences conducting advocacy during their doctoral training and the resulting qualitative data was analyzed using a content analysis methodology. The study results highlight the challenges inherent in facilitating and conducting these types of advocacy training activities, discuss essential supports provided by thei...
Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology
This study aimed to investigate how socioeconomically privileged students at a private school in ... more This study aimed to investigate how socioeconomically privileged students at a private school in India understood social issues in their communities, and it explored whether their understanding of and discourse about working against social and economic oppression changed after they took a field trip to a nearby under-resourced village. The sample included 75 youth from high-income backgrounds in Bhubaneswar, India, most of whom reported never having spent time in a poverty-stricken village. Students responded in writing to reflection prompts before and after the field trip. Participants’ responses were thematically coded to capture their perspectives of social injustice and ideas of change. A codebook of participants’ reflections was then developed, consisting of thirty-five themes and seven overarching domains: (1) positionality; (2) discrimination; (3) structural issues; (4) village-level issues; (5) strategies for problem solving; (6) experiences of helping; and (7) reasons for o...
STARS experiential group intervention: a complex trauma treatment approach for survivors of human trafficking
Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work
LEARNing Landscapes
This article presents the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Know Your Rights Tool Ki... more This article presents the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Know Your Rights Tool Kit, a popular education resource developed collaboratively by action researchers, ESOL instructors, and undocumented migrant adults. The tool kit draws on migrant learners’ commitments to learning English while facilitating their developing knowledge of human and legal rights literacy information. The article situates resources engaged in ESOL classrooms within a psychopolitical educational framework (Prilleltensky, 2008) and discusses the tool kit’s contributions towards bolstering these resources. It concludes with next steps for the tool kit, focusing upon its potential to foster action and advocacy within migrant communities.
This article presents the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Know Your Rights Tool Ki... more This article presents the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Know Your Rights Tool Kit, a popular education resource developed collaboratively by action researchers, ESOL instructors, and undocumented migrant adults. The tool kit draws on migrant learners' commitments to learning English while facilitating their developing knowledge of human and legal rights literacy information. The article situates resources engaged in ESOL classrooms within a psychopolitical educational framework (Prilleltensky, 2008) and discusses the tool kit's contributions towards bolstering these resources. It concludes with next steps for the tool kit, focusing upon its potential to foster action and advocacy within migrant communities.
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