http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/194 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:03:47 GMT 2026-04-04T12:03:47Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/19705 Development of Multidimensional Student Problems Inventory for University Students Abeera Naseem Khan, 01-275222-001 The aim of the present research was to develop a Multidimensional Student Problems Inventory (MDSPI), to evaluate the different difficulties for university students. In this study, 450 students from various government and private universities in Rawalpindi and Islamabad participated, 235 of whom were male and 215 of whom were female. The participants were between the ages of 18 and 29 (M = 23.71, SD = 3.06). The study used a convenience sampling technique to choose participants. The purpose of the study was to evaluate university students' academic difficulties in a number of areas such as financially, time management or teaching effectiveness. To make sure the inventory was reliable and valid, exploratory factor analysis, or EFA, was used. The result of EFA indicated six factors including financial constraints, psychological issues, time management and efficiency issues, health-related issues and teaching effectiveness issues. The inventory was reduced from 30 to 28 items after EFA. The components that were found had variance values of 14.09%, 10.43%, 7.96%, 6.61%, 5.51%, and 4.98%, with reliability coefficients ranging from.542 to.898. These results imply that the developed inventory is a reliable and valid instrument for evaluating the multifaceted academic issues that university students encounter. The study offers insightful information that helps educational institutions recognize and tackle the various issues affecting students' wellbeing and academic achievement. Supervised by Dr. Muhammad Faran Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/19705 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/19710 Childhood Neglect, Light Triad Traits, Prosocial Tendencies And Malevolent Creativity among Emerging Adults Kashaf Amreen, 01-275231-009 This study investigates the relationship between childhood neglect, light triad traits, prosocial tendencies, and malevolent creativity among emerging adults. A correlational research design was conducted, with a sample of N=460 emerging adults (n=142 men and n=313 women) aged 18-25 years (M=20.64, SD=1.83). Participants were selected from public and private institutes in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, and Abbottabad using non-probability purposive sampling. Self-report measures of short form of childhood trauma questionnaire (Bernstein et al., 2003), light triad scale (Kaufman et al., 2019), prosocial tendencies measure (Carlo & Randall‚ 2002), and malevolent creativity behavior scale (Hao et al., 2016) were used in assessing the research variables. The results of the pearson product-moment correlation indicated that childhood neglect negatively correlates with light triad traits and prosocial tendencies, while positively correlating with malevolent creativity. Light triad traits were correlated positively with prosocial tendencies and associated negatively with malevolent creativity. Prosocial tendencies also correlated negatively with malevolent creativity. The Pearson product-moment correlation analysis revealed significant relationships between demographic variables and malevolent creativity (hurting people, lying, and playing tricks). Gender was negatively correlated with malevolent creativity (hurting people, lying, and playing tricks), while participants' years of education negatively and family system and father’s employment status were positively associated with lying, a dimension of malevolent creativity. Additionally, both mother’s and father’s years of education were negatively associated with malevolent creativity, with the mother’s education impacting the dimensions of hurting people, lying, and playing tricks, and the father’s education affecting lying and playing tricks. The results of mediation analysis showed prosocial tendencies significantly mediated the relationship between childhood neglect and malevolent creativity. The results of moderation analysis showed that light triad traits significantly moderated the relationship between childhood neglect and malevolent creativity. One-way ANOVA indicated a significant differences between childhood neglect, light triad traits, prosocial tendencies, malevolent creativity and their subscales across birth order. Independent sample t-test revealed significant differences between childhood neglect, light triad traits, prosocial tendencies, malevolent creativity and their subscales among emerging adults across gender, family system and parental employment status. This study contributes to the expanding psychological literature and offers implications for future research in the field. Supervised by Dr. Afreen Komal Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/19710 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/19707 Young Adulthood in the Digital Age: A Study on the Impact of Social Media Use, Social Comparison and Purpose Commitment on Quarter Life Crisis Atqa Noor, 01-275231-006 This study was carried out for examining the relationship between quarter life crisis, social media use, social comparison and commitment to purpose among young adults. To conduct this study a correlational research design was used. A sample of 450 young adults, including men (N=118) and women (N=332), in the age range from 18 to 35 years were taken using convenient sampling. A questionnaire consisting of Quarter Life Crisis Scale (Afandi et al., 2023), Social Media Use Scale (Tuck & Thompson, 2023), shortened version INCOM Scale (Schneider & Schupp, 2013) and Revised Sense of Purpose Scale (Sharma et al., 2019) was utilized to collect data from young adults for this research. Statistical analyses including Pearson product moment correlation, multiple linear regression, moderation and mediation analysis through process macro were performed to analyze the associations between variables. The results from Pearson product moment correlation showed that quarter life crisis had a significantly positive correlation with three of the subscales of social media use, i.e. comparison based social media use, consumption based social media use, belief based social media use and with social comparison. Quarter life crisis also had a significant negative relationship with awareness of purpose, awakening to purpose and altruistic purpose. The findings of mediation analysis depicted that social comparison acted as significant mediator in the relationship between different subscales of social media use and quarter life crisis. Furthermore, different subscales of commitment to purpose were found as significant moderators in the association between social media use and quarter life crisis. Consequently, this study posits direction for future research and the results may play a part in the advancement of research literature in the field of psychology. Supervised by Dr. Noshi Iram Zaman Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/19707 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/19714 Stigmatic Beliefs About Depression and Attitude Toward Seeking Professional Help Among Doctors:Mediating Role of Depression Rubab Rasheed, 01-275231-016 The demanding nature of the medical profession is well-known, often requiring doctors to navigate high-stress environments while providing optimal care to patients. This study aimed at determining the association between Stigma beliefs and Attitude towards seeking Professional help while keeping Depression as the mediating factor. A total of N = 200 samples were recruited in the study form the targeted population of nine hundred doctors in the public sector hospitals of Rawalpindi. The results indicated that depression, along with self-stigma, showed a significant positive correlation (.242) such that individuals with high depression level tend to experience more self-stigma related to depression. However, the correlation between depression and perceived stigma indicated a weak and statistically insignificant (.078) association of depression with stigma related to the perception from other people. Another important finding was a significant negative correlation between the variables self- stigma and attitude toward seeking help (-.454), implying that those with higher personal stigma were less likely to develop a good attitude toward seeking mental health support. In conclusion, this study revealed significant positive correlations of depression with both self- stigma and a significant negative correlation between depression and attitudes towards help- seeking. These results are consistent with earlier studies documenting stigma on mental health as a barrier to seeking services for mental health issues among different populations. Supervised by Dr. Hina Ghafoor Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/19714 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z