- Title
- Visiting Assistant Professor
- Department
- Psychology
- mgarg@collegeofidaho.edu
- (208) 459-5295
Megha Garg
I am a Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at The College of Idaho. I completed my Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware. Before this, I completed a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology. I have also completed several clinical internships under a clinical psychologist, a criminal psychologist, and a psychiatrist.
My research interest lies in understanding family dynamics, including parent-child communication, sibling relationships, and spousal relationships in the psychosocial development of children and adolescents.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Delaware, 2026
M.S., Clinical Psychology, Amity University, 2021
B.S., Clinical Psychology, Amity University, 2019
Select Publications:
Garg, M., Gordon, M. S., & Ohannessian, C. M. (2026). Parent–Adolescent Communication, Siblings and Adolescent Coping Strategies. Behavioral Sciences, 16(7), 1163. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16071163
Garg, M. (2025) Relationship between attachment styles and self-esteem- As mediated by emotion regulation. Indian Journal of Mental Health, 11(4). 262-270.
Garg, M. & Goldstein, S. E. (2025) Does nonresidential fathers’ problem drinking and hostile parenting predict adolescent delinquency? Journal of Family Issues, 46(12). https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X251360727
Garg, M. & Gordon, M. S. & Ohannessian, C., M. (2025). Parent-child communication and early adolescents’ coping strategies: Mediating role of sibling relationship. Journal of Community Psychology, 53(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70026
Gupta, S., Garg, M. & Ahuja, K. (2022). Quality of life as predicted by job satisfaction among employees. Indian Journal of Mental Health, 9(1). 53-57.
Singh, J., Garg, M., & Ahuja, K. (2021). Depression, anxiety, stress and self-esteem among victims of childhood trauma: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, 8(7). 615-619.
Ahuja, K. & Garg, M. (2021). Stress and well-being among first year and last year college students during COVID-19. Indian Journal of Mental Health, 8(1). 65-69.
Garg, M., Ahuja, K., & Shrivastava, P. (2020). Internet addiction and resilience among parents and children during lockdown in the pandemic. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 8(4). 523-529.
Tanwar, K. C., & Garg, M. (2020). Study of self-compassion, depression, anxiety and stress in male and female teachers in government college. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 24(7). 29-43.
Chandra, S., Ahuja K., Garg, M., Dhingra, D. & Dhingra E. (2023). Women in film industry. In Women at Work: A Holistic Approach (82-88). Global Vision Publishing House.
Chandra, S., Vooturi, L., Garg, M. & Ahuja, K. (2021). Mental health in diverse population. In The world in different perspectives: Rebuilding lessons after a crisis, (17-29). Philippines: Institute of Industry and Academic Research Incorporated.
Garg, M., & Nair, A. (2021). Relationship between parenting style, bullying behaviour, and sexual identity among adolescents-An exploration. In Life Skills Education in India, (29-42). Nitya Publications.
Chandra, S., Ahuja, K., & Garg, M. (2021). Technology in psychology. In Technological Advancements in Management, Agriculture, Education and Social Sciences (90-102). New Delhi: Bharti Publications.
Garg, M., Ahuja, K., & Chandra, S. (2020). Surviving the Pandemic: Role of mental health. In S. Z. Zaidi, COVID-19: Biopsychosocial Perspectives e-book. Progressive Publications.
Ahuja, K., Chandra, S., & Garg, M. (2020). Leadership. In Academic Leadership: Essential to Turn Vision into Reality (60-69). Delhi: ABS Books.Invited Magazine Article
Ahuja, K. & Garg, M. (2021). Stress and well-being among first year and last year college students during COVID-19. Indian Journal of Mental Health, 8(1). 65-69.
Garg, M. (August, 2020). Living through a history chapter, Modern Shrines English Monthly Magazine, (12), 24-25.
Goldstein, S.E., Riera, K., Figgs, V., Spencer, G. A., Garg, M., & Wroten, E. (2026, July). Cybervictimization and Online Sexual Victimization among First-Year College Students: Associations with Mental Health. [Poster Session]. Biennial meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression, 2026, St. Catharines, Ontario, CA.
Spencer, G.A., Garg. M., Goldstein, S.E., Riera, K., Figgs, V., Wroten, E., Crawford-Hymon, S., & Belgrave, K. (2026, June). Midlife Parenting and Mental Health: First-Generation and Continuing-Generation Parents’ Adjustment During Their Children’s Transition to College. [Poster Session]. Cross University Collaborative Mentoring National Conference 2026, Newark, DE.
Garg, M., Fleury-Steiner, R. (2025, November 19). Adolescents witnessing intimate partner violence: A systematic review. [Poster session]. NCFR, 2025, Baltimore, MD.
Garg, M., Mousavi, M. & Nia, F. V. (2025, November 19). Association between teen dating violence and depression among adolescents: Moderating role of parental involvement.[Poster session] NCFR, 2025, Baltimore, MD.
Riera, K., Goldstein, S. E., Wroten, E., Figgs, V., Miller, M., Spencer, G. A., Garg, M., Pelletier, S., Heischober, A., Fitzgerald, E. (2025, November 21). Examining parent-child relational change during the transition to college: A qualitative analysis. [Conference presentation] NCFR, 2025, Baltimore, MD.
Wroten, E., Garg, M., Goldstein, S. E., Riera, K., Figgs, V., Miller, M., Spencer, G. A., Pelletier, S., Heischober, A., Fitzgerald, E. (2025, November 20). Parents’ Articulations of Ambiguous Loss in their Adult Children’s Transition to College. [Poster session] NCFR, 2025 Baltimore, MD.
Goldstein, S. E., Riera, K., Wroten, E., Figgs, V., Miller, M., Spencer, G.A., Garg, M., Pelletier, S., Heischober, A., Fitzgerald, E. (2025, June). I always call them man-boys”: A mixed-method investigation of parents’ perceptions of their emerging adult children’s autonomy development. [Poster session]. SSEA 2025 Biennial meeting, Charleston, SC.
Goldstein, S.E., Riera, K., Wroten, E., Figgs, V., Miller, M., Spencer, G.A., Garg, M., Pelletier, S., Heischober, A., Fitzgerald, E. (2025, May 3). My mom cries sometimes – she’s like, ‘I just miss you’”: Parent-youth relationships during college. [Poster session]. SRCD 2025 Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Garg, M. & Goldstein, S. (2025, May 1). Does nonresidential fathers’ problem drinking and hostile parenting predict adolescent delinquency? SRCD 2025 Biennial Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.
Garg, M., Gordon, M. S. & Ohannessian, C. M. (2024, November 22). Relationship between family conflict and mental health of adolescents: Role of protective factors. [Conference presentation] NCFR 2024. Seattle, WA.
Garg, M. & Goldstein, S. E. (2024, November 15). Does nonresidential fathers’ problem drinking and hostile parenting predict adolescent delinquency?. [Poster session]. ASC 79th Annual Meeting 2024. San Francisco, CA.
Garg, M., Mykyta-Chomsky, R., & Gordon, M. S. (2023, November 10). Moderating role of sibling relationship quality in the association between parental differential treatment and early delinquency among adolescents. [Poster session]. NCFR 2023. Orlando, FL.
Gordon, M. S., Ohannessian, C., & Garg, M. (2023, November 8). Social media use, internalizing symptoms and externalizing problems: A conditional process analysis. [Poster session]. NCFR 2023. Orlando, FL.
Garg, M., Gordon, M. S., & Ohannessian, C. (2023, March, 24). Parent-child communication and early adolescents’ coping strategies: The mediating role of sibling relationship. [Poster session]. SRCD 2023 Biennial Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT.
Tanwar, K. C., & Garg, M. (2019, September 19). Study of self-compassion, depression, anxiety and stress in male and female teachers in government college. [Conference Presentation]. International Conference of Arts and Humanities. Noida, India.