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A phenemological study of post-traumatic life experiences of army public school survivors
(UMT Lahore, 2017) AMNA KHALID
This study provides a qualitative analysis of the perception of male survivors derived from the experiences of the Army Public School incident. The primary objective of this study is to explore the subjective experience of the incident by the survivors, its impact on their life, and how they managed to overcome this impact. For this purpose, semi structured interviews were taken from four participants (aged 18-21), contacted using snowball sampling technique. The data is analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) technique. The results based on the interviews were showing a process of the effect of traumatic event to its management and recovery. It included the negative and positive impacts of trauma and the strategies used to overcome the negative impacts. Since this topic has an extremely sensitive nature, ethical considerations were given paramount importance in this study; data confidentiality, interviewee rapport, comfort and anonymity, arrangement of free-of-cost clinical counseling by Dr. Khalid Mufti (with consent and sole willingness of the participant/s). Furthermore, it was found that death of loved ones played an important role to develop negative symptoms.
A qualitative analysis to identify psychosocial factors of suicidal ideation among adolescents in chitral
(UMT.Lahore, 2019) SOBIA GUL
Suicidal ideation reported as self-generated thoughts about committing suicide or any (O’Leary et al. 2006). It could be stated as thoughts, visions, creativity and imaginations regard to suicidal behavior emerges to take one’s own life (Raue et al., 2006). The present study was aimed to identify the psychosocial risk factors of suicidal ideation among adolescents in Chitral. The sample consisted of 7 female adolescents from different district of Chitral with age range of 15 to 20 years. Through purposive sampling the data was collected and the instrument used was semi structured interviews. Nineteen sub themes were emerged that were related to psychosocial risk factors of suicidal ideation. Our result demonstrated that family related problems, family rivalry, relative interference and education related problems were common among them. Furthermore, personal crisis like hopelessness and helplessness were leading thoughts to suicidal ideations whereas anxiety and perceived burdensomeness were novel findings in this research. Moreover, these psychosocial factors like, societal pressure and significance of family and relatives’ interference were negatively affecting the adolescents’ mental as well as social lives. The novel findings were there was an extreme generational gap between parent and children as well as education that children were more educated than the parents. These were the mere apprehensions that were disrupting the wellbeing of the adolescents.
A study of aggressive fantasies among adolescents
(UMT Lahore, 2015) Fatima Qureshi
The focus of the study is to investigate aggressive fantasies among adolescents. Two groups of adolescents were taken with their age range 18 to 23 years. It was hypothesized that boys will have show more aggressive fantasies than girls. The data was collected through 7 items aggressive fantasies scale, which was developed by (Huesman & Eron, 1986). A total of 100 adolescents were taken, half of them were boys and half of them were girls, all belonging to University of Management and Technology Lahore, Pakistan. The results showed that there is a slight difference of aggressive fantasies in boys as compared to girls as boys have more aggressive fantasies than girls, overall age difference with reference to aggressive fantasies among girls and boys were not found.
A study of women empowerment in family settings
(UMT.Lahore, 2013) Ayesha Siddique
Women Empowerment has become a matter of interest for many social scientists recently as it is considered to be a major goal for developing countries in order to pace their development process. Women make up more than more than half of the total population of many developing and under developing countries. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the differences between working and non-working women on Women Empowerment Questionnaire (WEQ) in family settings. Moreover, the relationship of education, family system and years of marriage with empowerment level of women was also explored. The sample of the study (N=100) consisted of married women including 50 working and 50 non-working women. A self-designed questionnaire (Women Empowerment Questionnaire) was used to measure the empowerment level of the women on the subscales of Economic, Social, Interpersonal and Legal Empowerment. The results suggested that that there was no significant difference in the level of empowerment between working and non-working women. Family system (nuclear and joint) also did not appear to have effect on the empowerment level of the women. However, significant differences were found in the empowerment level with reference to the years of marriage of the women, particularly in interpersonal and legal domain of empowerment. Similarly, significant differences were found in the interpersonal and legal empowerment on the basis of education of the women participants.
Academic achievement
(UMT.Lahore, 2023) Wasiq Mustafa Khan; Laiba Imtiaz
This study is aimed at looking into the relationship between academic achievement social support and psychological wellbeing among university students. A correlational cross sectional design was used in this study. The data was collected from students of 7 8 semester (N=120). The scales Multidimensional perceived social support and Flourishing Scale were used as standardized measures; correlation was applied on the variables to find the relationship between these variables. The results showed that social support is positively correlated to the academic achievement and psychological wellbeing is moderately correlated to the academic achievement. The results of this study will shed important light on what influences university students' academic achievement and psychological wellbeing with the goal of guiding treatments and support initiatives that foster both.
Academic burnout
(UMT.Lahore, 2022) Muhammad Idress; Ranya Pervez
The Aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship of academic burnout (personal burnout, studies related burnout, classmate related burnout and teachers related burnout), mental health (depression, anxiety and stress) and self-efficacy among university students. It was hypothesized that (a) there is likely to be a negative relationship between academic burnout and mental health (b) there is likely to be a significant relationship between academic burnout and self-efficacy (c) there is likely to be positive relationship between self-efficacy and mental health. Non-probability convenient sampling technique was used to asses this hypothesis from N= 200 with 89 males and 111 female and data was analyzed using SPSS-21 including correlational cross sectional research design to examine the relationship between academic burnout, mental health and self-efficacy. Descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation and regression analysis were run to conclude the data. The results revealed that academic burnout had positive relationship with mental health among university students which means that increased in academic burnout increased in mental health while it’s also revealed that increased in academic burnout decrease in self-efficacy among students as the results also showed that academic burnout found to be negative relationship with self-efficacy. The finding also revealed that self-efficacy had negative relationship with mental health. This research study has implications in the area of literature gap and provided the important aspects for the relationship of academic burnout with mental health and self-efficacy.
Academic procrastination, self-efficacy and academic performance among university students
(UMT Lahore, 2018) Javaria Hanif; Maria Babur; Asad Ashfaq
The present research was aimed to study academic procrastination, self-efficacy and academic performance among University Students. Non probability purposive sampling was used and sample was consisted of (N=200) with the age range of 20-24 years (M=22.97, S.D=1.56) recruited from public (n=99) and private (n=101) universities of Lahore. Demographic variables, Academic Procrastination Scale (Tuckman, 1991), General Self-Efficacy Scale (Schwarzer, 1987), were used for assessment and academic performance was obtained by students CGPA. Results of pearson product movement reveled that academic procrastination had significant positive relationship with gender (men) and self-efficacy found non-significant with study variables and demographic variables. Academic performance found significant positively correlated with the institute (private). Result of independent Sample t-test for private and public university students reveled that academic performance had significant difference among students of public and private universities (public universities) and non-significant differences were found among public and private universities students in term of academic procrastination and self-efficacy. Results of independent sample t-test for gender difference result revealed gender difference were found in academic procrastination (men students). Academic performance and self-efficacy were found no gender difference.
Academic self-concept
(UMT.Lahore, 2021) AQSA NASIR; ALISHBA SALEEM
The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between Academic Self-concept and Career Development Attitude among university students. It was hypothesized that there is likely to be a positive relationship between Academic Self-concept and Career Development Attitude. Personality traits are likely to mediate the relationship between Academic Self concept and Career Development Attitude. The sample of 161 final-year university students (men=82, women=79) were drawn from different universities of Lahore. Assessment measures used in the study for measuring Academic Self-concept, Personality traits and Career Development Attitude are Academic Self-concept scale (Liu et al., 2005), Brief HEXACO Inventory (de Vries, 2013) and Career Development Inventory (Creed & Patton, 2004) respectively. The results of Pearson product moment correlation analysis revealed that Academic Self-concept had a significant positive relationship with Career Development Attitude. Moreover, Academic Self-concept was a significant predictor of Career Development Attitude. Multiple Hierarchical Regression analysis was conducted to determine mediating role of HEXACO Personality traits for the relationship between Academic Self-concept and Career Development Attitude and its results showed that among HEXACO traits, Emotionality and Openness to Experience were significant positive and negative mediators respectively. Sobel test confirmed Openness to Experience as the mediator. The study concluded that Academic Self-concept not only had a positive relationship with Career Development Attitude, but also positively predicted it. Openness to Experience played the role of a positive mediator between the relationship of Academic Self-concept and Career Development Attitude. This study has implications in the field of educational and career counseling as teachers and counselors play a prominent role in polishing personality traits of students, benefitting them in establishing an elevated self-concept in academics, eventually facilitating them to build better careers in future; Interventions at government level in policymaking in this regard are also stressed upon.
Academic self-efficacy, academic motivation and academic procrastination among university students
(UMT.Lahore, 2023) AROOBA ABDULLAH; SYEDA AREEJ ZAHRA
The goal of this is research was to look into the relationship between Academic Self-efficacy, Academic Motivation and Academic Procrastination among university students. A survey method was conducted on 250 participants. For data collection procrastination scale from Lay, academic self-efficacy scale by Ghafoor and motivation scale also called student opinion scale (SOS) by Sundre was used. The findings suggested that academic self-efficacy academic motivation among university students is likely to predict academic procrastination. Furthermore, the findings revealed that CGPA is negatively correlated to academic self-efficacy and academic procrastination but positively correlated with academic motivation, and that CGPA has a significant relationship with all three of these variables. Correlation analysis results also showed that academic procrastination has a negative relationship with academic self-efficacy and academic motivation, but has a non-significant relationship with academic self-efficacy. Academic motivation and academic self-efficacy have a non-significant negative relationship with each other. Limitations and recommendations for future research were discussed further.
Academic stress
(UMT.Lahore, 2021) ZAINAB RAZA; REHANA KAUSAR; ISTERZA JAZBEEN
The present study investigated the academic stress, sleep irregularities and academic performance in university students during COVID-19. Correlation (cross sectional) research design has been used in this research. The sample size was made up of 158 students from university including both man and woman with age range of 18-30. Three variables were assessed using assessment measures, Perceived academic stress scale (PAS), Sleep Irregularities Scale (GSDS) and CGPA calculator for measuring the academic performance in percentage. Overall, there is a weak negative relationship between Academic stress and academic performance in university students during COVID 19. Sleep irregularities have no correlation with academic performance. Academic stress was found to be the predictor of academic performance whereas, sleep irregularities were not found to be the predictor of academic performance. Self-perception (sub-scale of academic stress) has a weak positive correlation with academic performance. There are no significant gender differences in academic stress, sleep irregularities and Academic performance in university students during COVID 19.
Adult content consumption, body image, sexual self-esteem & psychological well-being in young men
(UMT Lahore, 2020) Tehmina Akmal
The present study examined the relationship between adult content consumption (pornography), body image, sexual self-esteem and psychological well-being in young men. It was hypothesized there is likely to be relationship between pornography consumption, sexual self-esteem and body image among young men and there is likely to be negative relationship between pornography consumption and psychological wellbeing. Pornography consumption will negatively predict psychological wellbeing. Body image will mediate the relationship between pornography consumption and psychological wellbeing and sexual self-esteem will moderate the relationship between pornography consumption and psychological wellbeing. It was a correlational (cross section) research. Purposive sample of 250 males age range from 18 to 35 (M = 22.9, SD = 3.9) was collected. Measure included problematic pornography consumption scale (PPCS), male body attitudes scale (MBAS), Ryff‟s psychological well-being scales (PWB) and sexual self-esteem scale (SSE). The result revaled that problematic pornography consumption had significant correlation within and with male body attitude furthermore problematic pornography consumption was negatively significantly correlated with psychological wellbeing moreover problematic pornography consumption had significant positive correlation within and with sexual self-esteem. Furthermore hierarchical regression analysis predicting psychological wellbeing was found to be significant negative predictor of problematic pornography consumption. Body image was found significant mediator between pornography consumption and psychological wellbeing. Sexual self esteem was found to be significant moderator between pornography consumption and psychological wellbeing. This study helps us understand the problems young men face due to problematic pornography consumption and contributed in endeavor of health psychology.
Adversarial advocacy, responsibility, morality and ethical considerations in lawyers
(UMT.Lahore, 2025) Hafiza Rafia tun Nisa; Tahira Noor
The present research aimed to explain the relationship and prediction between adversarial advocacy, responsibility, morality and ethical considerations in lawyers. It was hypothesized that there will be a significant relationship between adversarial advocacy, responsibility, morality and ethical considerations in lawyers. It was also hypothesized that adversarial advocacy, responsibility, and morality will likely to predict ethical considerations in lawyers. A correlational research design and purposive sampling technique was used to assess the relationship between study variables. The data was collected from 79 lawyers who are currently in practice. Adversarial Advocacy Scale, Responsibility Questionnaire, Moral Foundation Questionnaire, The Santa Clara Ethics Scale were used as assessment measures. Findings of the study describes that there is no association and correlation found between age and adversarial advocacy, responsibility, morality and ethical considerations. But there is a negative correlation found in adversarial advocacy and responsibility and there is a highly significance level in positive correlation found between responsibility, sub scales of morality and ethical considerations. By regression analysis the study says that responsibility was a good predictor of ethical consideration and also the overall analyses were significant with 50% of variance. The study concluded that the lawyers in Pakistan have huge adversarial advocacy may have very less responsibility, but the moral decision making and ethical consideration doesn’t have any effect on the lawyers with either high or low adversarial advocacy.
Adverse childhood experience, self-blaming and criminogenic cognitions in university
(UMT.Lahore, 2024) Maira Tariq
The current study aimed at exploring the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, selfblaming and criminogenic cognitions in university students. For this purpose, a cross sectional research strategy was used to assess the prevalence of adverse childhood experience, self-blaming and criminogenic cognitions in university students. Data was collected from 200 university students using convenient sampling. Descriptive statistics were used for demographic findings and linear regression analyses were performed to determine the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACE), self-blaming and criminogenic cognition. The findings show that there is a negative correlation among the variables that are adverse childhood experience (ACEs), SelfBlaming (SB) and Criminogenic Cognitions Scale (CCS). It means that there is less likelihood that adverse childhood experience and self-blaming can cause criminogenic cognitions in students. However, there was a significance that was found with a subscale failure to accept responsibility (FAR) of Criminogenic Cognitions Scale (CCS) with regard to independent variables.
Adverse childhood experience, self-blaming and parent child conflicts in university students
(UMT.Lahore, 2024) Inza Waheed
This study aimed to find out the association between adverse childhood experiences, self blaming and parent child conflicts in adults. It was hypothesized that there will be a relationship between adverse childhood experiences, self-blaming and parent child conflict in students. It was also hypothesized that adverse childhood experiences and self-blaming will likely to predict parent child conflict in students. A correlational research design has been used to collect data from (N = 200) students by using convenient sampling technique. Adverse childhood experiences questionnaire, self-blaming scale and parent child conflict scale were used as assessment measures. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used to analyze the data, including correlation and regression analysis. Findings of this study illustrated a negative relationship between adverse childhood experience with self-blaming and parent child conflict. Also, both adverse childhood experiences and self-blaming predicted parent child conflict, while adverse childhood experiences have stronger negative relationship with parent child conflict. Parent child conflict shown to be positively increased with increasing self-blaming. The results are discussed in the light of the previous literature. The findings can be used for the family counselling.
Aggression and general health problems among undergraduate university students
(UMT Lahore, 2014) NEELAM TAHIR
This study attempts to see the relationship between aggression and general health problems among undergraduate university students. The findings reveal that aggression and general health problems have direct relationship (r= .17, p<0.05). In addition general health is positively correlated with covert aggression (r=.24, p<0.01).Covert and overt aggression was measured through Buss Perry Aggression questionnaire (Buss & Perry, 1992) which measures physical and verbal aggression (overt aggression), anger and hostility (covert aggression). Reliability of Buss Perry Questionnaire is .81.General health problems were measured by the general health questionnaire-30 (Goldberg, 1978). Hence it is concluded that the students having more aggression have high risk of developing general health problems. Moreover students having covert aggression have more tendencies to develop general health problems as compared to students having overt aggression.
Alexithymia predicts addiction proneness in undergraduate students: does impulsivity mediate the association?
(UMT Lahore, 2016) Farva Fatima
Alexithymia is the inability to differentiate and describe one’s feelings. It is a feature that is present in non-clinical population but at higher levels, alexithymia may be seen as a psychopathological feature. Research on alexithymia in general, is scarce in Pakistan. We aim to investigate the relationship of alexithymia with addiction proneness among undergraduate students and to assess the mediating effect of impulsivity that how it leads the person towards the risk of drug abuse. We hypothesized that alexithymia will positively predict addiction proneness as well as impulsivity among undergraduate students and their relationship will be mediated by impulsivity. For this correlational study, self-report data from 200 participants (n=110 men, n=90 women) were collected. Participants were conveniently sampled undergraduate students (aged 18-26) enrolled at the University of Management & Technology. Online Alexithymia Questionnaire (OAQ: Thompson, 2005) was used to measure the intensity of alexithymic features, and the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS, Woicik et al, 2009) was used to measure the proneness of addiction, and impulsivity was assessed using the Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS-11; Barratt, 1995). Results of the present study indicated a significant positive relationship of alexithymia with addiction proneness (r=.29, p<.001) and with impulsivity (r=.32, p<.001). Relationship between alexithymia and addiction proneness was mediated by impulsivity (β=.151, p<.001). Future researches should examine the association using larger, more diverse sample. Comparison should be made between clinical and non-clinical samples.
Alexithymia, academic achievement, and life satisfaction in university students
(UMT Lahore, 2020) Saqlain Anwar; Kainat Imtiaz; Fatima Imran
The present study aimed to examine the relationship between alexithymia, academic achievement and life satisfaction in university students. It was hypothesized that there is likely to be a relationship between alexithymia, academic achievement and life satisfaction in university students. It was also hypothesized that alexithymia, and academic achievement likely to predict and life satisfaction in university students. Correlational research design and convenient sampling technique was used to collect data from university students (N=150). Age range was 18 to 30 (M=24.54; SD=1.21). Alexithymia Scale (Taylor, 1984) and Life satisfaction Scale (Huebner, 2001) was used to study the variables. Data was analyzed by using correlation, and regression analysis. Results revealed significant relationship between alexithymia, academic achievement and life satisfaction and alexithymia and academic achievement also predicted life satisfaction in university students. The results are discussed with reference to the relevant literature. The findings can be used for the purpose of counseling of those students who have problem of alexithymia.
Alexithymia, academic achievement, and life satisfaction in university students
(UMT Lahore, 2020) Saqlain Anwar; Kainat Imtiaz; Fatima Imran
The present study aimed to examine the relationship between alexithymia, academic achievement and life satisfaction in university students. It was hypothesized that there is likely to be a relationship between alexithymia, academic achievement and life satisfaction in university students. It was also hypothesized that alexithymia, and academic achievement likely to predict and life satisfaction in university students. Correlational research design and convenient sampling technique was used to collect data from university students (N=150). Age range was 18 to 30 (M=24.54; SD=1.21). Alexithymia Scale (Taylor, 1984) and Life satisfaction Scale (Huebner, 2001) was used to study the variables. Data was analyzed by using correlation, and regression analysis. Results revealed significant relationship between alexithymia, academic achievement and life satisfaction and alexithymia and academic achievement also predicted life satisfaction in university students. The results are discussed with reference to the relevant literature. The findings can be used for the purpose of counseling of those students who have problem of alexithymia.
Alexithymia, social competence and interpersonal difficulties in young adults
(UMT Lahore, 2020) NAYILA AMJAD; RUBINA RAMZAN
The aim of the current research was to determine the relationship between alexithymia, social competence and interpersonal difficulties in young adults. It was hypothesized that there is likely to be relationship between alexithymia, social competence and interpersonal difficulties in adults. Additionally, it was hypothesized that social competence will mediate the relationship between the relationships of alexithymia and interpersonal difficulties in adults. It was correlational research. Where a sample of 150 university students (men = 75 and women = 75) with the age range of 18 to 25 years (M=21.23, SD=2.15) were recruited by using nonprobability convenient sampling technique. Measure including Toronto Alexithymia scale (TAS-20), Social competence scale, Interpersonal difficulties scale were used. The findings of Pearson product moment correlation analysis showed that alexithymia was found to significantly negatively correlate with social competence and significantly positively correlated with interpersonal difficulties. Whereas social competence was found to be significantly negatively associated with interpersonal difficulties. While mediation analysis showed that increase in alexithymia tend to decrease social competence. While decrease in social competence in turn increase interpersonal difficulties. The study will contribute in the domain of interpersonal psychology by focusing the alexithymic symptoms in relationship with social competence.z
Alexithymia, social competence and interpersonal difficulties in young adults
(UMT Lahore, 2020) NAYILA AMJAD; RUBINA RAMZAN
The aim of the current research was to determine the relationship between alexithymia, social competence and interpersonal difficulties in young adults. It was hypothesized that there is likely to be relationship between alexithymia, social competence and interpersonal difficulties in adults. Additionally, it was hypothesized that social competence will mediate the relationship between the relationships of alexithymia and interpersonal difficulties in adults. It was correlational research. Where a sample of 150 university students (men = 75 and women = 75) with the age range of 18 to 25 years (M=21.23, SD=2.15) were recruited by using nonprobability convenient sampling technique. Measure including Toronto Alexithymia scale (TAS-20), Social competence scale, Interpersonal difficulties scale were used. The findings of Pearson product moment correlation analysis showed that alexithymia was found to significantly negatively correlate with social competence and significantly positively correlated with interpersonal difficulties. Whereas social competence was found to be significantly negatively associated with interpersonal difficulties. While mediation analysis showed that increase in alexithymia tend to decrease social competence. While decrease in social competence in turn increase interpersonal difficulties. The study will contribute in the domain of interpersonal psychology by focusing the alexithymic symptoms in relationship with social competence.

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