Personal statement

Dr Veni Roshith is a Teaching Fellow in Psychology at 黑料正能量, having joined the University in January 2024. She has extensive experience teaching psychology across a range of educational contexts, including secondary, undergraduate, and postgraduate education. Throughout her career, she has worked with diverse groups of learners, delivering teaching across a broad range of psychology subjects and supporting students in their academic and professional development.

Prior to joining 黑料正能量, Veni served as an Assistant Professor in India from 2017 to 2023. During this time, she taught on undergraduate and postgraduate psychology programmes and coordinated an Integrated BSc–MSc Clinical Psychology programme. Alongside her teaching responsibilities, she contributed to curriculum development, student mentoring, academic administration, and research supervision. Her varied teaching experience has enabled her to develop an inclusive and student-centred approach to learning, with a strong emphasis on critical thinking, engagement, and personal growth.

Veni's research interests include short-form video use and addiction, social media use, mental health and well-being, positive psychology, and cross-cultural psychology. She is particularly interested in exploring how people's engagement with digital media relates to their well-being and psychological experiences, and how these experiences may differ across cultural contexts.

Academic qualifications

  • PhD in Psychology, University of Kerala, India, 2018
  • M.Phil. in Psychology (Specialized in Learning disabilities), University of Kerala, India, 2010
  • MA Psychology (Specialized in Clinical Psychology), University of Kerala, India, 2007
  • BA Psychology, University of Kerala, India, 2005

Professional memberships

  • Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol)
  • The British Psychological Society (BPS)

Other external roles

  • Ad-hoc Peer Reviewer – BMC Psychology
  • Ad-hoc Peer Reviewer – Mental Health, Religion & Culture
  • Ad-hoc Peer Reviewer – The Open Psychology Journal

Veni has reviewed manuscripts in the areas of culture, mental health and well-being, social media addiction, and short-form video addiction.

Teaching subjects and areas of expertise

  • Introduction to Psychology (BPS) (Level 4)
  • Individual Differences – Personality and Intelligence (BPS) (Level 4)
  • Debates in Psychological and Critical Thinking (Level 4)
  • Cognitive and Developmental Psychology (Level 5)

Faculty development programmes

  • Empowering Teachers for Smart Learning, Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (5–11 May 2020) 
  • E-Content: Teaching and Learning, Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (9–13 June 2020) 
  • Reconfiguring the Mind: Post-COVID Consciousness, Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (23–27 June 2020) 
  • Pedagogy and Learning: Mapping New Approaches, Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (3–9 January 2022) 

Professional training and workshops

  • Webinar on Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, Department of Psychology, Lissah College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India (21 July 2020) 
  • National-level webinar on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Therapies, St. Francis College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (29 June 2020) 
  • National webinar on Psychology of Music, Department of Psychology, Yuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies, Mundur, Palakkad, Kerala, India (6 October 2020) 
  • One-day workshop on Hypnotherapy: Basics & Beyond, Department of Psychology BVoc, Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Organised and participated; 14 January 2020) 
  • One-day workshop on Nonviolent Communication, Department of Psychology BVoc, Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Organised and participated; 3 July 2018) 
  • National Workshop on Enhancing Counselling Skills (NWECS), Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India (10–11 March 2016) 
  • Two-Day Skill Training Programme on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India (Coordinated and participated; 21–22 February 2015) 
  • Workshop on Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India (13 March 2014) 
  • National Workshop on Statistics for Psychological Research (NWSPR), Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India (4–5 January 2013) 

Research outputs

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Roshith, V, Florence Gomes, R, Mahesh, D, Roy, P, Lawrence, S, Mona, A.E and Yusaira, F (2026) 'NSS volunteers' growth through service: self-efficacy, mattering and well-being.' International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 31 (1). e2726665. ISSN 0267-3843

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Roshith, V, Peter, R, Mona, A.E, Lawrence, S, Narayanan, K and Yusaira, F (2026) 'Privacy perceptions of urban and educated Indian Gen Z consumers in Gen AI-driven hyper-personalized advertising.' Frontiers in Communication, 11. ISSN 2297-900X

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Mona, A.E, Roshith, V, Peter, R, Roy, P, Hassan, A, Devika, M and Trishala, M (2026) 'Short video addiction and its impact on cognitive functioning in adolescents and youth: a systematic review.' International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 31 (1). e2623337. ISSN 2164-4527

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Peter, R, Roshith, V, Lawrence, S, Mona, A.E, Narayanan, K and Fathima, Y (2025) 'Gen AI 鈥� Gen Z: understanding Gen Z鈥檚 emotional responses and brand experiences with Gen AI-driven, hyper-personalized advertising.' Frontiers in Communication, 10. e155455. ISSN 2297-900X

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Roshith, V and Merlene, A.M (2022) 'Self-perception and psychological well-being as determinants of classroom behavior of students with and without learning disability.' Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 18 (2). pp. 158-166. ISSN 2754-6349

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Roshith, V and Merlene, A.M (2017) 'Gender differences in self-esteem and quality of life among the elderly.' Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, 8 (8). pp. 885-887. ISSN 2229-5356