Dr. Padiri Ruth Angiel, joined the Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN) in 2019 as Assistant Professor, in the department of Applied Psychology. Dr. Ruth has pursued her doctorate under the guidance of Dr. Meera Padhy at Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad. Her doctoral research work was in the area of Health Psychology. She has done her Masters of Science in Psychology from the Sampurna Montfort College, Bangalore, specializing in Clinical Psychology.

With an exposure to both Clinical and Health Psychology, her research interests include children’s holistic development, adolescent’s wellbeing and challenges faced by young adults, women’s mental health and developing interventions for diabetes management. She has published her research work in various reputed journals over the years and has also presented papers in national and international conferences. 

Eslavath, R., Kruthika, G. T., Padiri, R. A., Lakshmi, R., Daniel, M., John, R., & Abraham, J. (2022). Factors Influencing Optimal Glucose Control among Type II Diabetes Patients: From the Health Behaviour Models Perspective. The Open Public Health Journal. Bentham Open. doi: 10.2174/18749445-v15-e2209020, 2022, 15, e187494452209020 

Eslavath, R., Kruthika, G. T., Padiri, R. A., Lakshmi, R., Daniel, M., John, R., & Abraham, J. (2022). Understanding Self-care Behaviours among Type II Diabetes Patients: A Behaviour Change Models Perspective. Current Diabetes Reviews, Bentham Science Publishers. doi: 10.2174/1573399818666220519142118 

Padhy, M., Hariharan, M., Monterio, S. R., Chelli, K., & Padiri, R. A. (2022). The Psycho-Social Support Scale (Psychoss-22): Development and Validation. The Indian Journal of Social Work, TISS Journals., 83 (1), 95-114. doi: 10.32444/IJSW.2022.83.1.95-114    

Padhy, M., Hariharan, M., Padiri, R. A., Chelli, K., & Monterio, S. R. (2022). Role of mindfulness in well-being: Mediating effect of emotion regulation. International Journal of Happiness and Development.,Inderscience Publishers., 7(4): 354-366.   

Padhy, M., Ralte, L., Padiri, R. A., & Chelli, K. (2022). Well-being of Police Personnel: Role of Perceived Social Support and Perceived Control of Internal States. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, SAGE Journals. doi:10.1177/0032258X221085689  

Padhy, M., & Padiri, R. A. (2021). Social Support and Emotion Regulation as Predictors of Well-Being. In “Emotion, Well-Being and Resilience: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Applications”. Eds. Rabindra Kumar Pradhan and Updesh Kumar. Apple Academic Press- Taylor & Francis Group. 

Padhy, M., Padiri, R. A., Hariharan, M., & Rana, S. (2018). Diabetes Mellitus Knowledge Test: Development, Psychometric Evaluation, and Establishing Norms for Indian Population. International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13410-018-0644-z     

Padhy, M., Valli, S. K., Pienyu, R., Padiri, R. A., & Chelli, K. (2015). Leisure motivation and well-being among adolescents and young adults. Psychological Studies, 60(3), 314-320. doi: 10.1007/s12646-015-0327-5
 

Padhy, M., Chelli, K., & Padiri, R. A. (2015). Optimism and psychological well-being of police officers with different work experiences. SAGE Open, April-June; 1-7.  doi:10.1177/2158244015580852