Objectives: To study the prevalence and demographic correlates of depression, anxiety and stress among university students. Study Design: Correlational Research Design Place and Duration of Study: Data was collected from University of Gujrat, Gujrat between 6 February, 2019 to, 5 April 2019. Material and Methods: A sample of 400 students selected by random sampling technique were approached from two departments namely Psychology and Environmental Sciences which were randomly selected from Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Sciences respectively. Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale-42 (DASS-42) along with demographic sheet and informed consent forms were administered. Results: Prevalence of moderate to extremely severe level of depression, anxiety, and stress as 54.8%, 73.5%, and 44.3% respectively was found among university students.  Depression, anxiety, and stress were found to be positively and significantly related, having high Cronbach’s Alpha Reliability coefficients. Among demographic variables, type of study group significantly predicted level of depression, anxiety, and stress among students. Age and income significantly predicted level of depression, while the former also contributed in anxiety. However, gender was significant predictor of stress only among university students. Conclusion: The prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress was high among university students in Gujrat. There is a need for launching of counseling and preventive interventions to halt psychiatric disorders at early stages among university students.

The present study attempted to explore the relationship between the religiosity and ambivalent sexism among University faculty members and how its subtypes contributed to the prediction of the perception regarding ambivalent sexism. A purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from 375 faculty members, selected

The purpose of conducting this study was to validate the Prenatal Obsession Compulsion Scale-Short Form (POCS-SF) of the original 40 items version of Prenatal Obsession Compulsion Scale (POCS). Cross-sectional correlational research design was applied and data was collected between January to May, 2020. The study comprised of two phases. In Phase I, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted on a purposively selected sample of 472 pregnant females (Mage= 28.49 years, SD=6.32) who attended gynecological wards of private and public hospitals at least twice in Gujrat. POCS (Kiran, Shafiq, & Anjum, 2020) with 40 items was administered along with demographic sheet and informed consent form. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed 24 items in POCS-SF with good model fit indices, having significance level p<0.01, CFI=0.93, TLI=0.92, IFI=0.93, and RMSEA= 0.06. In Phase II, 120 pregnant ladies (Mage= 26.48 years, SD=4.31) were approached by purposive sampling technique who have at least two previous visits in the hospitals. Prenatal Obsession Compulsion Scale-Short Form (POCS-SF), Scale for Adjustment Problems of Adults (SAPA, Naz, Bano, & Leghari, 2018) and Obsessive Compulsive Scale (OCS, Prewesh, 2020) were used. Results showed that POCS and OCS have acceptable convergent validity whereas POCS and anxiety, conduct and depression have satisfactory discriminant validity. The Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient is 0.89. POCS-SF with 24 items and three subscales namely obsessions, compulsions, and relational impairments has been found to be a valid and reliable tool which can be applied safely in pregnant women to screen them for Obsessive Compulsive symptoms in gynecological and psychiatric settings of Pakistani hospitals. Keywords: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Pregnancy, Prenatal Care, Prenatal Education.

Several empirical researches imply that cognitive behaviour therapy can be effective in treating psychiatric disorders. In the context of Pakistan, some researches with Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behaviour Therapy were found to be effective for depression, anxiety, bipolar and psychotic disorders. The present study theoretically underpinned the model of Adapted Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (ACBT) based on the inclusion of Tasbeehs (Rosary) derived from the Quran and Sunnah to be fruitful in producing the desirable change in a single case of Dysthymia with anxious distress which was assessed with the help of the Urdu versions of Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) and Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSS). ACBT produced profound differences in pre-test and post-test scores in a patient. The Tasbeeh  or Rosary could provide a therapeutic means for treating psychiatric illnesses irrespective of the religious and cultural differences. Continue..

The objectives of the research are 1) To assess the relationship in emotional distress, social isolation and psychological well-being among care givers of children with cleft lip and cleft palate. 2) To confirm mediating role of social isolation between emotional distress and wellbeing. This cross-sectional correlational research was conducted in Department of Psychology, University of Gujrat after approval from ASRB and data was collected between January to April, 2021. A sample of 200 caregivers visiting cleft hospital in Gujrat with their children who have cleft lip and cleft palate was purposively selected. There were 96 males and 104 females between age range 20 to 75 years old (M=34.71, SD=10.80). Majority was educated, residing in rural areas of Gujrat in joint family system. Urdu versions of three standardized scales were used for data collection, Caregiver Social Isolation Scale (CSIS, Shafiq & Amwar-ul-Mustafa, 2022), Psychological Wellbeing Scale (PWS, Boztepe, Çınar, & Özgür, 2020) and Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21, Lovibond, & Lovibond, 1995) to measure emotional distress. Permissions were taken before using the scales from the test developers and translators. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between emotional distress (Depression, Anxiety and Stress), social isolation and psychological well-being among caregivers of children with cleft lip and cleft palate. Social Isolation has positive significant positive relationship with depression, Anxiety, stress and negative significant relationship with psychological well-being and has mediated either partially or fully among them. Depression has partially strengthened social isolation to mediate with wellbeing of caregivers. However, anxiety and stress has completely enhanced this withdrawal to weaken their sense of wellness. Implications are discussed in the light of the findings. Keywords: Caregivers, Child, Hospitalized, Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate, Congenital Abnormalities, Social Isolation.