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Relationship of Percieved Parental Psychological Inflexibility of Adolescents

2019-07-24T05:21:26Z

Relationship of Percieved Parental Psychological Inflexibility of Adolescents Pervaiz, Huma The present research aimed to investigate the relationship of perceived psychological control of parents that is the characteristic of parents who pressure their children to behave and think in a certain way through internally controlling and the parental involvement frequently used in the literature to describe a number of different parenting activities or parenting practices such as guilt induction, conditional approval and shaming into the child’s life with the psychological inflexibility of the individual. The students of grade 9, 10, 11 and 12 were targeted. It was hypothesized that there would be a significant relationship of Perceived Parental Psychological Control and Perceived Parental Psychological Involvement with Psychological Inflexibility in Adolescents and there would be a significant gender difference in Perceived Parental Psychological Control and Perceived Parental Psychological Involvement with Psychological Inflexibility in Adolescents. A Survey research design quantitative correlation was used to collect data from students of schools and colleges of age 12 to 18 which were taken as subjects and the data was collected from different schools and colleges of Karachi City. The sample size was of A=250 individuals, both (males and females) of different schools and colleges of Karachi. Three questionnaires were used, The Parental Psychological Scale by (Bireda, 2013) to assess adolescents’ perception of their parent’s level of psychological control including separate questions for mother and father , Parental School Involvement by (Bireda, 2013) to assess mother’s and father’s different ways of involvement into the adolescent’s life and Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQII) by (Hayes and Bond - (2011) to assess acceptance, experiential avoidance , and over all psychological inflexibility in individuals. The result was analyzed by using Pearson Correlational Statistics. The results showed that Perceived Parental Psychological Control and Involvement has no significant correlation with Psychological Inflexibility in Adolescents. Also, there was no significant gender difference in Perceived Parental Psychological Control and Perceived Parental Psychological Involvement with Psychological Inflexibility in Adolescents. However, it can be seen through researches discussed in this study that parenting style may induce symptoms of depression, anxiety, problems in adjustment and emotional regulation in later years of life. Supervised by Dr. Tahira yousuf

Coping strategies as a Predictor of Psychological well-Being of Convicted and Unconvicted Female Prisoners

2019-07-24T04:58:27Z

Coping strategies as a Predictor of Psychological well-Being of Convicted and Unconvicted Female Prisoners Akram Qazi, Saba The present research aimed to investigate the coping strategies as a predictor of psychological well-being between convicted and unconvicted female prisoners. For this study three hypotheses were tested. First hypothesis stated that coping strategies would significantly predict psychological well-being of convicted and unconvicted female prisoners. Second hypothesis stated that, there would be a significant difference between psychological well-being of convicted and unconvicted female prisoners and lastly, there would be a significant difference between coping strategies of convicted and unconvicted female prisoners. For this study, purposive sampling was employed to gather data of 48 female prisoners from two different women prisons in Sindh, Pakistan. Age range of participants in the sample varied from 20 — 55 Participants responded to coping strategy inventory and scale of psychological well being which includes Urdu translated versions of Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Scale (Riaz & Agha, 2012) and Ryff s Scale of Psychological well-being (Aslam & Kausar, 2010). Results partially verified first and third hypotheses and showed active coping, positive reframing, acceptance, substance use, venting, religion and behavioral disengagement coping strategies as a predictor of psychological well-being of female prisoners. Furthermore, results showed significant difference between convicted and unconvicted female prisoners on the emotional support coping strategy. However, outcomes did not verify second hypothesis. Furthermore, limitation of present study includes small sample size. Therefore, it is recommended to increase sample size and collect data from more women jails in Pakistan, to make results generalizable. Supervised by Dr. Zainab Hussain Bhutto

Impact of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on the Hope of Patients with Breast Cancer

2019-07-24T05:33:34Z

Impact of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on the Hope of Patients with Breast Cancer Najam, Lamia The aim of this research was to increase hope of patients with breast cancer. It was hypothesized that there would be significant effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on the hope of patients with breast cancer. The research was conducted on the sample size of diagnosed with breast cancer. The sample was selected through purposive sampling and design of the research study was an interrupted series quasi experimental design. The data was collected using Herth Hope Scale (Herth, 1992). The data was analyzed using SPSS version 20, descriptive statistics, Paired samples t-test and Independent sample t-test was used. The levels of hope among seven women participants increased and were analyzed and the effect of treatment pre and post intervention using ACT was evaluated. The results of the study indicated that there is significant effective on hope of patients with breast cancer. (p<.05). Supervised by Dr. Kiran Bashir

Facebook Photo Activity Associated with Body Image Disturbances in Young Adult

2019-07-24T05:28:40Z

Facebook Photo Activity Associated with Body Image Disturbances in Young Adult Tabassum Shaikh, Ayesha Abstract available in pdf file. Supervised by Dr. Tahira Yousuf