Research

Publications

Patwardhan, N., & Kulkarni, M. (2025). Remembering life events during 1992–1993 in Mumbai, India: A narrative identity perspective. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 31(1), 73–81. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000780

Bhandarkar, R., & Kulkarni, M. (2024). Mothers in Urban India: Exploring Identity. Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 32(1), 71-93. https://doi.org/10.1177/09715215241301481

Kharsati. N & Kulkarni, M. (2024). Living with diabetes in Northeast India: An exploration of psychosocial factors in management. Dialogues Health 8;4: 100180. doi: 10.1016/j.dialog.2024.100180.

Mrinmoyi Kulkarni. (2024). Social Class, Gender and Psychological Distress in Mumbai: Risk and Protective Factors. Qeios. doi:10.32388/HUMAM7.

Patwardhan, N., Kulkarni, M. (2023) Life’s Ups and Downs: Expressive Writing and Health Outcomes. Psychological Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-022-00701-7

   Rathi, N., Bhandarkar, R., & Kulkarni, M. (2022). Recreational Physical Activity in Urban India: Perceptions and a Pilot Intervention. Behaviour Change, 1-21. doi: 10.1017/bec.2022.9

     Mohan, R. &, Kulkarni, M. (2022). Stress and Adaptation Among Mumbai Local Train Commuters. Psychological Studies, 67, 43–52 (2022). doi.org/10.1007/s12646-022-00639-w

     Kumar, G. S., Kulkarni, M., & Rathi, N. (2022). Evolving Food Choices Among the Urban Indian Middle-Class: A Qualitative Study. Frontiers in nutrition, 9, 844413. doi.org/10.3389/ fnut.2022.844413

Kulkarni, M. (2020). The case of the middle class: Social determinants of health in Mumbai. Journal of Health Psychology, 25 (13-14):2200 -2100.doi: 10.1177/1359105318788690.                                                                                                         

      Patwardhan, N., & Kulkarni, M. (2020). Exploring self through memory: Narratives of Punjabi and Sindhi Partition survivors. Memory Studies, 13(4), 617-623. doi: 10.1177/1750698017750001

Mohan, R. & Kulkarni, M. (2018). Resilience in Parents of Children with Intellectual Disabilities. Psychology and Developing Societies, 30 (1), 19-43. doi.org/10.1177/0971333617747321

Ganguly, S., Kulkarni, M. & Gupta, M. (2017) A Self-Efficacy Intervention for Poorly Performing Students. Indian Journal of Psychology and Education, 7(2),65-68.

Ganguly, S., Kulkarni, M. & Gupta, M. (2017). Predictors of academic performance among Indian students. Social Psychology of Education. 20 (1) 139-157. doi:10.1007/s11218-016-9345-y.

Ganguly,S., Kulkarni,M., & Gupta,M.(2013). The Engineering Undergraduate Experience: A Qualitative Perspective. Psychological Studies, 58(3), 248-258.

Kulkarni, M (2013). Social determinants of health: The role of neighbourhoods, psychological factors and health behaviors in predicting health outcomes for the urban poor in India.  Journal of Health Psychology, 18(1), 96-109.

Akhukly, A., & Kulkarni, M (2010). Public Mental Health Services in Mumbai. International Psychiatry, 7, 97-99.

Hartlaub, M., & Kulkarni, M. (2009). Adolescence illustrated: The best coming of age novels and short stories. English in Texas, 39, 63-65

Kulkarni, M. (2007). Predicting Contraceptive Behavior in India. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37(11), 2475-2495.  doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00205.x

Keenan, J., Gallup, G., Goulet, N., & Kulkarni, M. (1997).  Attribution of Deception in Human Mating Strategies.  Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 12, 45-52.

Parikh, R., Jain, R., Kulkarni, M., Sonawalla, S., & Vas, S., (1994).  Mechanisms of Coping and Psychopathology following the Latur Earthquake.  Archives of Indian Psychiatry, 1, 97-101.

Book Chapters

Kharsati, N., Kulkarni, M. (2025). Determinants of Health-Risk