All Outputs (5)

Learning experience during the pandemic: perspectives of foundation students (2023)
Journal Article
Sim, S., Gan, S., Tang, Y., & Sarma, V. J. (2023). Learning experience during the pandemic: perspectives of foundation students. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 47(10), 1316-1336. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2023.2251914

This study examines the learning experiences including academic performance and assessments of Foundation students at a British University’s campus in Malaysia during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. A focus on foundation students is importan... Read More about Learning experience during the pandemic: perspectives of foundation students.

Confidence in COVID-19 vaccines moderates the association between vaccination status and mental distress (2022)
Journal Article
Tan, C. M., Owuamalam, C., Sarma, . V. J., & Ng, P. K. (2023). Confidence in COVID-19 vaccines moderates the association between vaccination status and mental distress. Stress and Health, 39(4), 744-752. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3216

Previous research has demonstrated that becoming vaccinated with the Coronavirus vaccine may lower mental distress. However, it remains uncertain whether this relationship holds amid concerns of vaccine side effects and doubts of the vaccine's protec... Read More about Confidence in COVID-19 vaccines moderates the association between vaccination status and mental distress.

A Retrospect on Poverty and Inequality Lessons from before the pandemic (2022)
Book
Romeshun, K., Sarma, V., & Samarakoon, I. (2022). A Retrospect on Poverty and Inequality Lessons from before the pandemic. Sri Lanka: Centre for Poverty Analysis

Improving vaccination intent among skeptics through confidence in governments' handling of the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Meng Tan, C., Owuamalam, K., & Sarma, V. (2022). Improving vaccination intent among skeptics through confidence in governments' handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Acta Psychologica, 225, Article 103556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103556

Scientific evidence suggests that individuals vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines are less likely to require hospitalization, possibly lowering the burden on the healthcare system. Despite such benefits, substantial segments of the world's population r... Read More about Improving vaccination intent among skeptics through confidence in governments' handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Does maternal migration affect spousal labour market decisions? Evidence from Sri Lanka (2021)
Journal Article
Sarma, V. J., & Parinduri, R. A. (2021). Does maternal migration affect spousal labour market decisions? Evidence from Sri Lanka. Singapore Economic Review, https://doi.org/10.1142/S021759082150048X

This paper examines Sri Lankan men's labor market outcomes when their wives emigrate to work, leaving the husbands and their children at home in Sri Lanka - the effects of maternal migration on the husbands' labor market decisions. We used nationally... Read More about Does maternal migration affect spousal labour market decisions? Evidence from Sri Lanka.