The present study examined life satisfaction, basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence and relatedness) and cognitive emotion regulation strategies among Pakistani orphanages residents (8-17 years). For study, 372 residents comprised the sample of study, from three orphanage types. 123 residents of Pakistan Sweet Home (PSH), 128 residents of children’s village and 121 residents of local orphanages completed the assessment battery consisted to Student Life Satisfaction Scale (SLSS; Huebner, 1991), Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale-Child version (NSF; Van der Kaap-Deeder et al., 2015) and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-Kids (ERQ; Granefski, Rieffe, Jellesma, Terwogt, & Kraaij, 2007). Analysis indicated relationship of study variables: life satisfaction, psychological needs and strategies of cognitive emotion regulation. Life satisfaction was positively predicted by relatedness satisfaction and autonomy satisfaction. However, unfulfilled relatedness need, and catastrophizing were negatively predicting satisfaction with life. Findings may be implicated for provision of better environment in orphanages of Pakistan.
The present study investigated the effect of pet interaction on stress reduction and positive mood enhancement among pet-owners and non-owners. Sample of pet-owners (n = 90) and non-owners (n = 90) was taken from University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore. Both, male and female participants were included in the sample. The instruments used were Short Stress State Questionnaire ( Helton, 2004 ), Brief Mood Introspection Scale ( Mayer & Gaschke, 1988 ) and Pet Interaction Observation Checklist. Data was statistically analyzed by one way Analysis of Variance and Independent Sample t-test. Reduction in stress and increase in positive mood were found for both pet-owners and non-owners for the pet interaction groups as compared to control groups. However, no significant differences were found between the dog interaction group and cat interaction group for both pet owners and non-owners. Moreover, pet-owners had lower scores on stress and higher scores on positive mood after pet interaction as compared to non-owners. Lastly, it was shown that individuals who interacted with pets for more than five minutes had lower scores on stress and higher scores on positive mood as compared to those who interacted for five minutes or less. The findings have implications for Animal Assisted Therapy for psychological well-being.
Objective: To find out the moderating effect of emotion reactivity and several demographic variables following symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder among individuals having undergone an amputation. Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted from March to July 2015 at the Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan, and comprised individuals, enrolled from difference orthopaedic and rehabilitation centres, aged 18-60 years having undergone amputation of upper or lower limb either because of diseases, like diabetes, gangrene, cancer, ulcer etc., or because of traumatic injuries, like road accident, electrical shock, etc.. Assessment of the study variables was done using the Emotion Reactivity Scale and the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-5. Data was analysed using SPSS 21. Results: Of the 160 subjects, 117(72%) were males and 43(28%) were females. The overall mean age was 38.45+/-13.17 years. Upper limb amputation cases were 17(10.6%), lower limb 138(86.2%) and both upper and lower limb amputation 5(3.2%). Amputation due to any disease was the case with 76(47.5%) subjects, while traumatic injury was the cause in 84(52.5%). There was a significant positive association of emotional reactivity with symptoms severity of post-traumatic stress disorder (p<0.05). Conclusion: Post-amputation effects were found to have a significant impact on individual emotions, and traumatic flashbacks had a leading role in the development of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms severity. Continuous....
This study was designed to investigate childhood traumatic experiences, early maladaptive schemas and personality dysfunctions in shelter home residents. The main objective of this study was to explore the phenomenological experience of childhood traumatic experience, early maladaptive schemas and personality dysfunction in shelter home resident. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect the data. Sample comprised of five shelter home residents from Lahore, and Faisalabad. The data were collected using semi-structured interviews. On the bases of data obtained from structured interviews we used Deductive Thematic Analysis (DTA) to assess childhood traumatic experiences, early maladaptive schemas and personality dysfunctions. Total six super-ordinate themes were extracted from the responses of the participants by using DTA analysis. The main themes were abuse, rejection, loss, cognitive distortion, emotional disturbances and behavioral problems. The sub-ordinate themes emerged from abuse is physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and verbal abuse. The sub-ordinate themes emerged from rejection is parental rejection, social rejection, peer rejection, and romantic rejection. The sub-ordinate themes emerged from loss is financial loss, and loss of loved ones. The sub-ordinate themes emerged from distorted cognition is self-blame, suicidal ideation, obsession, infidelity, and paranoia. The sub-ordinate themes emerged from emotional disturbances is low mood, liable mood, fear, irritability, aggression, anxious, and hate. The sub-ordinate themes emerged from behavioral problems is verbal outburst, self-harm, avoidance, submissive behavior, approval seeking behavior and lying.
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