Final Year Project Report (IPP)

ACCEPTANCE OF RAPE MYTHS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS

2018-08-02T06:38:09Z

ACCEPTANCE OF RAPE MYTHS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS Aamara Deedai Ali, Komal Hayat ,Amna Farooq Arubah Malik The main purpose of this study was to find the difference female students regarding the acceptance of female rape myths that victim blaming or excusing the perpetrator. Specifically, myths that involved victim’s fabrication of the rape and substituting circumstances of non consensualm is communication on victim s part. A sample of 300 undergraduate students with an equal number of male and female, enrolled in 4-5 years undergraduate program from private universities were targeted. Only single students lying in the age range of 17-25 years were included. Participants filled survey questionnaire of the Updated Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale (U1RMA) 2011. Independent sample t-test was done to find the difference among undergraduate male and were associated with sex to between genders. The findings refuted three assumptions of study as there was no significant difference between both genders (p>.05) in the acceptance of female rape myths, victim excuse victim blaming and perpetrator’s excuses. One sample t-test to compare perpetrator blaming with test values (22) and findings show that undergraduate scored significantly high blamed victims (M=33.75) more slightly proved one hypothesis. While and Perpetrator’s Excuses more in for these results may be than average (p<.05) • However, undergraduate students than accepting excuses (M=31.17) of perpetrators female undergraduate students rejected Rape Myths students. The probable reasons comparison to male undergraduate that Pakistan like most Asian countries has a religious ideology and distorted media portrayal °wn fault to suffer assault and excusing males urges. Our study had limitations patriarchal society that is supported by vague Creating a prejudice that it is rape victim’s actions by suggesting uncontrolled sexual scenarios that are less! items had rape because survey items had rape scenarios that are less prevalent locally. Supervised by Dr Zainab Zadeh

Effect of psychology education on prosocial behavior among undergraduate and postgraduate psychology students.

2018-08-02T07:33:43Z

Effect of psychology education on prosocial behavior among undergraduate and postgraduate psychology students. Ayusha Malik, Ayusha Malik, Romaisa Ashraf GhauriSaliza Muhammad Ashraf The present research aimed to find the effect of psychology education on prosocial behavior among undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate psychology students. Purposive sampling as used to select participants who were enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and post graduate psychology programs. 102 participants were selected from private and government universities in Karachi city. Prosocial behavior was measured using the Prosocial Personality Battery (Penner, Fritzsche, Craiger & Freifeld, 1995). ANOVA was applied to test the hypothesis and results demonstrated significant differences in some traits of the prosocial behaviors i.e. social responsibility, personal distress and self-reported altruism among undergraduates, graduates and post-graduates. Helpfulness was found to be higher in both undergraduate and graduate psychology students than post-graduate psychology students whereas other-oriented empathy was found to be the highest in post-graduate psychology students. Limitations and recommendations of the study were discussed and more research onthe topic was emphasized. Supervised by Zainab Bhutto

The Relationship between Physical exercises and Psychological Well-Being in University Students

2018-08-02T07:41:53Z

The Relationship between Physical exercises and Psychological Well-Being in University Students Azka Shahbaz, Namra Javed, Tahira Fatima , Sarah Iftikhar Syeda Batool Zaidi, The present study is aimed to explore the relationship between physical exercise and the psychological well-being in University students. 200 participants in the age range of 18-25 selected from two private Universities in the Karachi city. The effects of sports on personality traits were measured through Sports Personality Questionnaire developed by Fisher Craig (1975) measured through Warwick Edinburgh mental well were whereas; psychological well-being being scale developed by Warwick and Edinburgh (2006). The selected 200 participants conveniently divided in to two groups, one group consisting of students involved in physical exercise and second group involved students not involved in physical exercise a correlation analysis shows that there is a negative relationship (p = - .309) between physical exercise and psychological well-being. Limitations and recommendations are also included in the study. Supervised by Tahira Yousuf

The Relationship Between Physical Excercises and Phsychological Well-Being in University Students

2018-07-12T08:59:33Z

The Relationship Between Physical Excercises and Phsychological Well-Being in University Students Azka Shahbaz, Sarah Iftikhar, Syeda Batool Zaidi, Tahira Fatima Namra Javed, The present study is aimed to explore the relationship between physical exercise and the psychological well-being in University students. 200 participants in the age range of 18-25 were selected from two private Universities in the Karachi city. The effects of sports on personality traits were measured through Sports Personality Questionnaire developed by Fisher Craig (1975) whereas; psychological well-being was measured through Warwick Edinburgh mental well being scale developed by Warwick and Edinburgh (2006). The selected 200 participants were conveniently divided in to two groups, one group consisting of students involved in physical exercise and second group involved students not involved in physical exercise a correlation analysis shows that there is a negative relationship (p = - .309) between physical exercise and psychological well-being. Limitations and recommendations are also included in the study. Supervised by Dr Tahira Yousuf