Baljinder K. Sahdra

Baljinder K. Sahdra is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education within the Faculty of Education and Arts. Her research focuses on mindfulness, well-being science, and applied positive psychology. She explores topics such as compassion dynamics, meditation effects, and cross-cultural psychological interventions. Sahdra has published extensively on topics including ACT implementation, idionomic statistics for personalized interventions, and the interplay between self-compassion and other-compassion. Her work bridges clinical, educational, and developmental psychology, emphasizing methodological innovation and global research relevance.

Key research areas include longitudinal studies on meditation's enduring psychological impacts, peer victimization interventions, and the role of mindfulness in reducing intergroup biases. She collaborates internationally, contributing to frameworks for evaluating well-being determinants and therapeutic processes. Sahdra's contributions highlight the importance of culturally sensitive approaches in psychological research and practice.