Objective: The global outbreak of COVID-19 has greatly affected individual's lives around the world and resulted in various negative psychological consequences. During the pandemic, reflection on and attention to COVID-19 may help in dealing with its symptomology but frequent and persistent thoughts about the situation can be unhealthy. The present study examined the direct and indirect associations between obsession concerning COVID-19, psychological distress, life satisfaction, and meaning in life.Design: This mediation study presents a primary analysis of normative data collected after the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in Pakistan. Parametric bootstrapping was used to test the mediation models of subjective well-being, the extent of the effect, and meaning in life as parallel and serial mediators concerning the associations between COVID-19 obsession and psychological distress measures.Setting: A sample of 1,002 adults (45% men and 55% women) were recruited utilizing an online survey between April to May 2020. They were aged between 19 and 45 years (M = 24.30, SD = 7.29) and normalized on population characteristics.Results: Two out of three mediators in parallel mediation fully mediated the relationship between obsession and psychological distress (total effect = 0.443, SE = 0.050, p < 0.0001) illustrating that high-level obsessions were associated with low levels of satisfaction with life and presence of meaning in life and search for meaning in life. Psychological distress is likely to decrease in the presence of a high level of satisfaction with life and meaning. Moreover, satisfaction with life and search for meaning in life significantly mediated the association between COVID-19 obsession (z=-3.507, p < 0.0001 and z = −2.632, p < 0.001 respectively).Conclusion: The present study showed that life satisfaction and search for meaning in life may play a significant role in decreasing psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The aim of this study was to determine if suicidal and non-suicidal self-injury can be predicted by the symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and if non-suicidal self-injury predicts suicidality in young adult females. In this cross-sectional study, 150 undergraduate females (mean age 20.47±3.17) were conveniently sampled and assessed on McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder, Suicidal Behaviour Questionnaire-Revised, and the Inventory of Statements about Self-injury. Borderline Personality features significantly predicted suicidal ideation and behaviour (?=.383, p<.001) and non-suicidal self-injury (?.282, p<.01). Likewise, non-suicidal self-injury was positively associated with suicidality (r =.330, p<.01). Even sub-threshold BPD features in a non-clinical population may be predictive of suicidal and non-suicidal self-injury. Future research should be based on the management and interventional strategies for tested constructs. Further, screening measures need to be introduced to better detect population at risk of subclinical BPD, suicidal ideation and self-injury. Keywords: Suicidal, Self-injury, Continuous...
Background: In the era of globalization and industrialization, socioeconomic challenges are increasing day by day. In developing countries including Pakistan, such challenges are of high magnitude which is not only responsible for the financial crisis but also linked with psychosocial and mental health issues. In Pakistan, the area of clinical including neuropsychology is being neglected which has resulted in lethal consequences on psychosocial and mental health. Purpose: The current study was aimed to explore challenges associated with clinical and neuropsychology practice in Pakistan and propose a strategic vision to enhance the scope of clinical psychology in Pakistan. Methods: For this, an in-depth literature review was conducted to explore the challenges and issues linked with the clinical psychology practice. The literature was searched using Google scholar, Pubmed, and Sciences Direct. Result and Conclusion: The article reviewed the past, current situation with futuristic aspects of clinical psychology practice in Pakistan concerning history, higher education content, legislation, training, and credential required for practice. The paper also reflects the status of psychology in Pakistan in comparison to other countries of the world. The stigma that is related to seeking help from clinical psychologists, awareness-related campaigns, and policies for the betterment of society is discussed. Future strategies for the developments and the areas that need to amend have also been recommended in the light of arguments and analysis presented in the paper.
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