Areas of Research:

• Clinical Psychology: Learning Disability, Sleep Disorders, Cognitive Neuroscience; Neuropsychological aspects of psychological disorders, Learning and Education.
• Adolescent & Youth Mental Health and Resilience
• Psychotherapy: Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness-based Interventions, & Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT)

Research & Projects

• Principal- Investigator of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) funded research project on “Development of learning strategy inventory and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) based stress management intervention for Adolescents”
• Co-Investigator of AIISH (All India Institute of Speech and Hearing) funded research project on “Profiling of anxiety, depression and personality correlates of individual with tinnitus”
• Co-investigator of Deanship of Graduate Studies and Research funded research project on the “Development and Validation of smartphone impact scale among healthcare professionals.

link to personal website - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmanipal/

1. Alex J. Learning Disabilities: Assessment and Intervention, Paripex Indian Journal of Research 2013; 2:2, 175-176.
2. Pothiyil DI, Alex J. Self-Regulation and Set shifting in Alcohol Dependence Syndrome, Indian Journal of Applied Research 2013; 3:3, 347-350.
3. Alex J. Non Verbal Learning Disabilities: Assessment and Intervention, Paripex Indian Journal of Research 2013; 2:7, 262-264
4. Manumohan K, Johnson S, Alex J. Multidisciplinary approach to pulmonary rehabilitation – an overview. Ind J Resp Care 2014; 3(1): 388-95
5. Aithal, Venkataraja U and Mohan, Kishan Madikeri and Alex, J (2013) The relationship of perceived severity of tinnitus with depression, anxiety, hearing status, age and gender in individuals with tinnitus. International Tinnitus Journal, 18 (1). pp. 29-34.
6. Lukas LA &Alex J. The Feasibility of web delivered intervention for suicide prevention in India, International Journal of Psychosocial Research; Special Issue July-2015 ISSN 2320-6381.
7. Mahesh MM & Alex J. The effectiveness of Behavior Therapy in Writer’s Cramp: A case report. The International Journal of Indian Psychology 2016; Vol 3 (2) No. 5: 122-127
8. Roy K, Kamath VG, Kamath A, Alex J, & Hegde A. Prevalence of stress and stress tolerance level among adolescent boys- a district level cross sectional study in South India. International Journal of Adolescent Medical Health 2015 Nov 10. doi:10.1515/ijamh-2015-0054
9. Roy K, Kamath VG, Kamath A, Hegde A, Alex J & Ashok L. Effectiveness of Life Skill Training Program on Stress among Adolescent at School Setting Journal of Indian Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 2016; 12 (4): 309-322.
10. Johnson S, Alex J (2018) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Overlap Syndrome and its Cognitive Impairments.Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis Vol No. 3 Iss No. 1:31.
11. Sinoj TM, Manu MK, Alex J, Mohapatra AK, & Kamath A (2018) Marital Quality and Erectile Dysfunction among COPD: A cross-sectional study.Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research Vol-12 (9) OC01-OC04
12. Agarwal S, Alex J. A comparative study between the parenting style of working and non-working mothers and their childs' temperament on behavioural problems among school going children. Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing. 2017 Nov 1;8(11):1335-9.
13. Al Tamimi T, Alex J, Khan, MM, Binu VS. Development and Validation of Smartphone Impact Scale, Journal of Taiba University of Medical Sciences, In Press.
14. Altamimi T, Alex J, Mattout S, Mitwally N, Alnassar S. Medical students’ perceptions of their educational environment in an integrated curriculum in Saudi Arabia. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2020 Nov 19:1-4.
15. Alex J, Choudhary GN. Psychological impact: Unseen effects of COVID-19.Indian Journal of Respiratory Care. 2021 Apr 1;10(4):50.
16. Ifthikar Z, Fakih SS, Johnson S, Alex J. Post-traumatic stress disorder following COVID-19 pandemic among medical students in Riyadh: a cross-sectional study. Middle East Current Psychiatry. 2021 Dec;28(1):1-7.
17. Nambiar D, Alex J, Pothiyil DI. Development and Validation of Academic Self-regulated Learning Questionnaire (ASLQ). International Journal of Behavioral Sciences. 2022 Aug 1;16(2):89-95.
18. Amani M. AlQarni, Abdulaziz Elfaki , Moataza M. Abdel Wahab, Yasser Aljehani , Auday A. Alkhunaizi , Johnson Alex , Sharifa A. Othman , Fatma H. Amer, Faisal A. Alghamdi , Khalid A. Alissa. Brief tele mindfulness based intervention: A multicenter randomized controlled trial. Journal Family and Community Medicine. 2023 July 30: 180-7