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Indian Psychology – Perceptions and Perspectives of Psychologists

Author(s) Dr. Vibhasri R Gurjal, Dr. Sindhuja C V
Country India
Abstract Indian psychology is the system of psychology rooted in the Indian indigenous tradition of thought. Indian indigenous psychology is a contemporary phenomenon. However, psychology as a discipline in India is not a recent field and has a long history. Psychology has recently gained significant popularity as both an academic discipline and a profession. However, from its inception in India as an academic discipline in the early 20th century until now; psychological theories and practices has seen a predominance of the western theories and conceptualizations. Added to this, Indian psychology has several connotations attached to it such as – being philosophical or highly abstract, dominance of yoga, scope of Indian psychology being restricted to a certain sub-community – and so on. Hence, in this paper, an attempt is made to understand through research the different perceptions of psychologists about Indian psychology. An online semi-structured questionnaire was administered to 113 psychologists across India. The obtained results are analysed and discussed thematically
Published In Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2025
Published On 2025-08-06
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i04.52936
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9wjcq

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