Maryam Khurshid

The purpose of the current study was to look at teenage fashion preferences. Additionally, the relationship between teenage social anxiety and fashion choices would be examined, with a focus on the mediating role of self-esteem. A cross-sectional study approach was employed. Using the simple sample technique, adolescents (n=215) of both sexes participated. The main associations were examined using the Social Anxiety Scale, the Self-Esteem Scale, and the Clothing Preference Scale (FCPS). The results of the study showed that people's clothing preferences and social anxiety are fully mediated by their sense of self-worth. The current study emphasized how Pakistani teenagers' fashion preferences, social anxiety, and self-esteem relate to one other.

When parents learn they are pregnant, they typically envision a healthy, fully grown child with a promising future. However, all the joy and satisfaction of having a kid turns into despair and sorrow when the parents are informed later in the pregnancy that the child is abnormal. The birth of a child with physical and mental disabilities is extremely difficult and interferes with the family's regular activities. Boys who are physically disabled from birth or due to a family injury face significant obstacles for their parents and siblings. The primary goal of the study was to examine the connection between life satisfaction and anxiety among parents of boys with physical disabilities. Sixty parents of male children with physical disabilities from the Nishtar Hospital in Multan made up the sample. Data was gathered using the snowball sampling approach. Mothers and dads of children with physical disabilities were also compared. Study factors are measured using the Anxiety and Satisfaction with Life Scale. The results of the study show that anxiety and life satisfaction are significantly correlated negatively. Furthermore, among parents of boys with physical disabilities, there is a notable gender difference in worry and life satisfaction.

One's social circle and positive psychological well-being are greatly influenced by their siblings' relationships with their offspring. The current study looked at how aggressive adolescent offenders in Pakistan were related to their siblings. Easily chosen from four different Pakistani cities—Multan (n = 80), Faisalabad (n = 130), Rawalpindi (n = 140), and Bahawalpur (n = 150)—the sample of 500 juvenile offenders (age range: 13–18 years) had varying educational backgrounds. The primary goal of the study was to investigate how sibling relationships affect young offenders. Further goals included examining the influence of siblings' relationship on juvenile violence in addition to the juveniles' educational attainment. The study variables were measured using the Index of Siblings Relations (ISR), Aggression Questionnaires (AQ), and Self-control. The relationship between siblings has a significant impact on aggression and its subscales among juvenile offenders, according to the results of a co-relational analysis. The study also discovered that the sample's aggression and sibling relationships are significantly impacted by poor educational attainment.

Doctoral programs demand rigorous intellectual commitment and an unrelenting pursuit of knowledge, often at the cost of scholars’ mental health. Mental health and Positive Psychological Functioning (PPF) are crucial components of the overall well-being of individuals. Pakistani Ph.D. scholars, like any other students, face a range of challenges and stressors during their academic journey. The present study evaluated the current mental health and PPF of Pakistani scholars by utilizing a cross-sectional research design. In order to carry out this investigation, 240 participants (male = 111 & female = 129) were selected using a snowball sampling technique. To assess the mental health and PPF of study participants, DASS-21 and the Positive Psychological Functioning Scale (PPFS) were used to collect data. Results of two-way ANOVA illustrated that there is a significant main effect of PPFS and DASS-21 across gender, socioeconomic status (SES), and employment status. Further results of two-way and three-way mixed factorial ANCOVA revealed significant main effect of PPFS with (F(2,147) = [29.137], p < .001) , and DASS-21 (Depression (F(2,147) = [17.736], p < .001) , Anxiety (F(2,147) = [7.578], p = .001) , and stress (F(2,147) = [10.066], p < .001) across Social sciences, Computer science and Engineering majors. The study concludes that mental health and PPF are important areas to consider when supporting the well-being of Pakistani PhD students.

The primary objective of this study was to explore relationship between students’ perseverance and self-compassion among adolescents; moderating role of motivation. Bojectives of the present research were there will be positive correlation between perseverance and self-compassion among adolescents, there will be a difference between girls and boys on motivation, perseverance, and self-compassion, and motivation will play moderating role between perseverance and self-compassion. The sample for this research was 300 secondary school students enrolled in both public and private schools. The age range of participants was 13-18 years. The participants were divided into the two gender groups i.e. male n=145, 48.3% and female n=155, 51.7% were part of the study. Three scales Students’ motivation scale (Bin Dayel et al.2024), 12 Item Grit Scale (For Measuring Perseverance) (Duckworth (2007), and Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form (SCS-SF) (Raes, Pommier, Neff and Van, 2011) were used to measure the responses. Result were showed the relationship between study variables. The results indicated that both age demographics among adolescents were significantly and positively correlated with the Students’ Motivation Scale, while they showed a significant positive correlation with perseverance. Results illustrated that girls are more motivated as compared to boys. Results also indicated that perseverance is higher among boys as compared to girls and Self-Compassion is significantly higher among girls. Results illustrate that those having low socio-economic status are more motivated as compared to middle and high socio-economic status. Results also illustrated that Perseverance is higher among children with high economic status. There is a non-significant interaction between perseverance and Motivation, this indicated that relationship between perseverance and self-compassion is non-conditional upon Motivation.

The primary objective of this study was to explore self-efficacy and neuroticism within a population of depressed female university students. This research encompassed two distinct phases. In Phase-I, the focus was on the recruitment and selection of the sample, involving the administration of the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, et al., 1961) to a group of 500 female university students. Out of this initial pool, 300 female university students were identified as exhibiting high scores on the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, et al., 1961). Subsequently, Phase-II, which constituted the main part of the study, was carried out. To assess self-efficacy and neuroticism, the researchers employed the General Self-Efficacy Scale (Tabassum, Rehman, Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 2003) and the Adjective Checklist (Sechrest, Fay & Zaidi, 1972). These instruments were administered to the sample previously selected during Phase-I, consisting of 150 students from the Social Sciences field and another 150 from the Natural Sciences, all falling within the age range of 20 to 25 years. The correlation coefficient elucidates that there exists an inverse correlation between self-efficacy and neuroticism within the cohort of female university students grappling with depression. Moreover, it appears that students pursuing social sciences exhibit notably diminished levels of self-efficacy in comparison to their counterparts studying natural sciences. Conversely, students in the natural sciences seem to manifest elevated levels of neuroticism relative to their peers enrolled in social sciences.

Objectives: The present study investigated the relationship between death anxiety and coping strategies among the patients with hepatitis C. The study has looked into investigating the gender differences in death anxiety and coping strategies. Material and Methods: The present study used two standardized scales; the death anxiety scale and brief cope scale were used to collect information from the participants. The snowball sampling technique was used to collect data of clinical groups from different hospitals in Punjab. The present study used a cross-sectional design. A sample of n = 200 patients of hepatitis C, n = 100 males and n = 100 females, were approached from the different hospitals of Rawalpindi, Islamabad, and Gujar Khan. The duration of the study was 10 months that were March 2017–January 2018. Results: Findings indicated that the death anxiety was high among the patients of hepatitis C, while female hepatitis C patients have a high level of death anxiety than male hepatitis C patients. Moreover, findings suggested that male hepatitis C patients used problem-focused coping strategies more as compared to females; however, female hepatitis C patients use emotion-focused coping strategies as compared to males. Conclusion: The findings of the study would be helpful for the patients, their caregivers and families, and their doctors and psychologists to better understand the hepatitis C patients’ psychological problems caused by their medical illness. These findings would also prove helpful for society on the whole to have awareness about hepatitis C and to learn the ways to better treat the patients of hepatitis C.