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The aim of the present study was to examine relationship between
emotional intelligence and academic achievement of the adolescents as well
as to explore gender differences in emotional intelligence and the academic
scores. It was hypothesized that: 1) there would be a positive relationship
between emotional intelligence and academic scores of adolescents; 2) there
would be gender differences in mean academic scores and emotional
intelligence. Participants included 188 adolescents of secondary school
students recruited from different schools of Karachi, Pakistan. Emotional
Quotient Inventory Youth Version (EQ-i:YV, BarOn & Parker, 2000) was
used to assess EQ and percentages of all subjects of most recent
examination were used for academic performance. Significant positive
correlation was found between emotional intelligence and academic scores
of adolescents for combined sample as well as for separate samples of
males and females. Further analysis revealed significant gender differences
in academic scores, however no significant gender differences were found
in Emotional Intelligence. Thus its implications are that emotional
competence in children should be enhanced which in turn may enhance
their academic performance. |
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emotional intelligence, academic scores, adolescents
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Age and Gender Differences in Parent-Adolescent
Conflict
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By
Farzana Ashraf and Najma Najam © 2011. University of the Punjab
Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 2
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The current study was designed to investigate age and gender
differences in parent adolescent conflict. It was hypothesized that
there will be a significant effect of the parents gender and
adolescents age on perceived conflict with parents. A sample
comprised of 36 adolescents (males = 18, females = 18). Issues
Checklist (Prinz et al., 1979) was used to assess adolescents
perceived conflict with their parent. Analysis of Variance
(ANOVA) revealed significant effect of adolescents gender, age
and parents gender on adolescent perceived reported conflict.
Results indicated that male adolescents reported more conflict with
their parents as compared to female adolescents at early, middle
and late adolescence. Further analysis indicated more prevalence
of conflict at early adolescence among both genders. Female
adolescents reported more conflict with fathers whereas male
adolescents with their mothers. There seems to be a need to
develop mutual understanding, enhancing relationships and
collaborative problem solving for both parents and adolescents. |
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parent-adolescent conflict, gender differences
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The present study examined the significance of personality traits in the
metacognitive listening skills of English as a foreign language. The
Metacognitive Awareness Listening Questionnaire and the NEO Five-Factor Inventory were used to measure listening skills and personality traits
respectively. Ninety-eight adult students enrolled in the functional courses
of English language in public and private language institutions were
employed in the pilot study for exploring the suitability of the instruments.
The main study was carried out with 314 English language students.
Statistical analysis involved Pearson correlations and multiple regression.
Results suggest that personality dispositions have significant impact on
metacognitive listening skills. Openness and Conscientiousness emerged as
highly significant personality correlates of metacognitive listening skills
and accounted for 20 % variance in metacognitive listening skills.
Additionally the influence of the metacognitive skills on actual achievement
in English language was also explored. Metacognitive listening skills
explained 5 % variance in academic achievement in English language.
Pedagogical implications of the individual differences and perceived
listening skills have been discussed. |
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personality traits, listening skills, foreign/second language,
metacognition
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Psychometric Properties of Revised Dhat Syndrome
Symptom Checklist
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By
Nashi Khan and Rukhsana Kausar © 2011. University of the Punjab
Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 2
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Dhat Syndrome also known as semen loss concern is commonly reported in
the Indian subcontinent. Researches conducted in India and Sri Lanka have
employed clinical observations and informal assessment procedures but no
formal assessment tool has yet been developed to assess manifestation of
Dhat Syndrome symptoms. The authors of the present research developed
Dhat Syndrome Symptom Checklist (DSSC) in Pakistan. The main
objective of the present research was to revise, modify and to estimate
psychometric properties of the revised DSSC. The DSSC was modified by
excluding modes of semen loss and by including patients presenting
complaints. Psychometric properties of the checklist were estimated using
Inter rater Congruence, Factor Analysis and Internal consistency. The final
DSSC comprises of fifty five symptoms with three major categories of
symptoms i.e. physical, psychological and sexual symptoms. Inter rater
reliability and internal consistency analysis revealed that DSSC has high
reliability. |
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Dhat syndrome, symptoms, semen loss concern
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Effect of Teacher Efficacy Beliefs on Motivation
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By
Iftikhar Ahmad © 2011. University of the Punjab
Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 2
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The purpose of this investigation was to explore meanings of the construct
of teacher efficacy and its effect on teacher motivation. Teacher efficacy
comprises Teaching Efficacy (TE) and Personal Efficacy (PE) as two
constituent dimensions. The two interact in terms of their effect on teacher
motivation. More specifically we sought to find whether teachers would be
more motivated when levels of TE and PE were high than when any one or
both were low. In-service 227 secondary school teachers completed three
quarters of their M.Ed. training at the time of this assessment and had, on
average, 5.3 years of teaching experience. They were administered Teacher
Efficacy Scale along with three measures of motivation namely Task
Motivation, Ability-Effort Attribution and Beliefs about Ability as
Incremental Quality. Across the median split of TE and PE scores four
levels / groups of teachers were created to compare strength as well as
motivation pattern of these groups. One of the findings was that task
motivation and effort-attribution predicted TE strongly but PE was
predicted with ability attribution and incremental ability percept in the
inverse direction. Thus PE dimension was found different or independent
from TE. However, levels of analysis technique indicated that teachers high
on both PE and TE dimensions were motivationally adaptive: They
dominantly attributed effort as cause of success / failure unlike low PE
and high TE groups which displayed a mixed attribution of ability and
effort. Motivation was modest where both the dimensions were weak.
These findings bring out the significance of both competence or teaching
efficacy and confidence or personal efficacy beliefs as reciprocally boosting
teacher motivation. |
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teacher efficacy, teacher motivation, ability as incremental quality, effort-ability attribution
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The current research aimed at adaptation and validation of the Verbal
Comprehension Index (VCI) subtests of WISC-IV (Wechsler, 2004) in
Pakistan. Study-I was concerned with the adaptation of VCI subtests.
Initially problems in the items of original VCI subtests regarding the
difficulty level and cultural relevance were identified. Then five items of
vocabulary and four items of information subtests were replaced.
Afterwards, item functioning and psychometric strength of the adapted
Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI-P) subtests was assessed. Study-II (n =
801) was concerned with the establishment of reliability and validity
evidence for the VCI-P. The stability coefficients ranged from .79 to .98,
while alpha reliability coefficients ranged from .72 to .88. Structural
validity was established through inter-subtests correlations (ranging from
.63 to .78) and subtest-total correlations while factorial validation resulted
in existence of a single factor. |
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adaptation, validation, item functioning, psychometric strength.
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The present study explored the association of caregivers expressed
emotions (EE) and relapse symptoms severity (RSS) in adult schizophrenics
(N = 100). It also examined the association of caregivers common mental
disorders caseness (CMD caseness) with their EE level and patients RSS.
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (Overall & Gorham, 1962), Family Attitude
Scale (Kavanagh et al., 1997), and Self Report Questionnare-20 (Harding et
al., 1980) were used to assess the symptoms severity level of patients,
expressed emotions, and common mental disorders caseness, respectively.
Results showed that high EE significantly predicted patients RSS and
CMDs caseness of caregivers. Furthermore, RSS explained a unique
variance in caregivers CMDs after controlling for caregivers expressed
emotions. Significant gender differences were found in EE and RSS and
caregivers with education of middle or below scored highest on EE, RSS,
and CMDs. |
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expressed emotions, relapse symptoms severity, common mental
disorders, schizophrenia
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Impact of Suicide Bombing On the Cognitions of
Victims
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By
Mahwish Sabir and Naeem Aslam © 2011. University of the Punjab
Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 1
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The present study aims at investigating the impact of suicide
bombing on cognitions of the victims. The psychological
problems of the individuals who encountered a suicidal attack
were also investigated. Sample of 60 with an equal number of
men and women, was drawn from Shalimar plaza, Parade lane
and International Islamic University using convenient sampling
techniques. The sample was divided into three groups according
to their age. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were
conducted to collect data. A guideline was developed for this
purpose. Data was analyzed qualitatively on the basis of
responses given by the participants. Tally bar method was used
for frequencies of common responses among the victims and their
percentages.The graphic representation of results show responses
in accordance with age and gender groups.The significant
responses were negative idea of crowded places (80%), repetitive
thoughts (70%), and loss of interest in pleasurable activities
(57%), pessimistic thoughts (45%), repression/dont like to talk
about the event (43%) and Suspiciousness (42%). Practical
implications are discussed and suggestions for further research are
made. |
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suicide bombing, cognition, trauma, victims
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Current research was designed to explore the personality traits and the
learning styles among students of mathematic, architecture, and fine-arts. Personality traits were measured with the help of NEO
Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R; Costa & McCrea, 1985)
and learning styles were measured through Learning Preferences
Inventory (LPI; Hanson & Silver, 1978). The 135 students from
universities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi were contacted. The
findings indicated that there was a positive relationship between
mastery learners and conscientiousness, interpersonal learners and
agreeableness, understanding learners and openness and self-expressive learners and extroversion. There was a significant negative
relationship between neuroticism and mastery, interpersonal,
understanding, and self-expressive learners. It was found that girls
scored higher on interpersonal and understanding learners as
compared to boys. It was found that girl scored high on neuroticism
and openness as compared to boys. It has been found the Learning
style has significant impact among students of mathematics,
architecture and fine arts. |
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personality traits, learning styles, mathematics, architecture, fine arts students.
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Suicidal Ideation among Chronic Schizophrenic
Patients
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By
Jay Kumar Ranjan, Masroor Jahan, Amool R. Singh, Dharmendra Kumar Singh and Govinda Majhi © 2011. University of the Punjab
Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 1
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Suicide is one of the leading causes of premature death among
patients with schizophrenia. The objective of this study was to
assess suicidal ideation in people with schizophrenia. A sample of
60 male chronic schizophrenia inpatients from Ranchi Institute of
Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi, India;
were administered Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale
(PANSS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Adult Suicidal
Ideation Questionnaire (ASIQ). Results revealed that 16.6%
chronic schizophrenic patients have significant suicidal ideation.
Suicidal Ideation was significantly correlated with depressive
cognitions of the patient. Most critical thoughts that made suicidal
ideation in people with chronic schizophrenia were: better if not
alive; thought of when I would kill myself; others would be
happier if I am gone; wish I were dead, killing self would solve
problems; thought about killing self but would not; life not worth
living; no one cared if alive; wondered if could kill self and would
kill self if things did not improve. The findings have important
implications for the treatment and rehabilitation of chronic
schizophrenic patients. |
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suicidal ideation, chronic schizophrenia
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Household Chaos, Attention and School Problems in
Primary School Children
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By
Syeda Shamama-tus-Sabah and Nighat Gilani © 2011. University of the Punjab
Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 1
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Considering home chaos as an important aspect of childrens
physical environment, the present research was conducted to
study the attention and school problems among primary school
children belonging to low and high chaotic families. The sample
consisted of 101 children (8-11 years) and their mothers from
Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Teachers were also contacted to provide
their ratings on teachers rating forms. To assess home chaos
Confusion, Hubbub, and Order Scale-Urdu was used. Childrens
attention problems at home and attention and learning problems
at schools were assessed by using the Parent and Teacher ratings
forms of Behavioral Assessment System -2 for children. It was
hypothesized that children from chaotic families will show high
level of attention and school problems as compared to their
counterparts. Results indicated that children from high chaotic
families exhibited significantly more attention and school
problems as compared to the children from low chaotic families
as reported by their parents and teachers. It is concluded that
chaotic conditions adversely affect childrens ability to learn,
concentrate and focus. Implications and suggestion have been
discussed. |
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home chaos, attention problems, school problems, primary school children, Pakistan.
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Relationship between Interest in Music, Health and
Happiness
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By
Shabbir Ahmad Rana, Nasreen Akhtar and Adrian Charles North © 2011. University of the Punjab
Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 1
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Several researchers have studied the effect of music independently
on both health and happiness, although no research has considered
the relationship between music and the other two (i.e. health and
happiness) within a single design. Data was collected from 895
participants among which 301 were White British students and 594
were Pakistani students whose age ranged from 18-24 years.
Analysis revealed that there were significant positive relationships
between interest in listening to music and time spent listening to
music and measures of both health and happiness. There were no
significant effects of preferred musical style on either health or
happiness scores. However, there was a significant effect of
nationality on happiness scores, indicating that British participants
were happier than the Pakistanis. |
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Pakistani and British students, music, health and happiness
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The relationship of parental and peer attachment bonds with career
decision making self-efficacy among adolescents and post-adolescents
was studied with a sample of 300 males and 250 females recruited
from different government colleges and universities of Rawalpindi and
Islamabad, Pakistan. The Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment-R
(IPPA-R) was used to measure the level of parental and peer
attachment bonds, and the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy
Scale-Short Form (CDMSE-SF) to measure career decision making
self efficacy. Significant positive relationship was found between
parental as well as peer attachment bonds with career decision-making
self-efficacy. When the relationship of parental and peer attachment
bonds and career decision making self-efficacy was investigated
separately for males and females, no difference was found. Study
concluded that both parental and peer attachment bonds contribute in
predicting career decision making self-efficacy, although parental
influence seems stronger than the peer influence. |
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parental attachment bonds, peer attachment bonds, career decision-making self-efficacy, adolescents, post-adolescents.
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An indigenous measure namely Social Competence Scale for
Children (SCSC) was developed for children with age range of 9-13
years. Specific constructs of social competence were identified with
relation to the Pakistani cultural context while using both theoretical
and empirical methods. Initially, a pool of 103 items was generated
with the help of preexisting literature, experts, university students,
parents, teachers and children. Two hundred children; 100 boys and
100 girls were taken from 8 private and government schools in
Lahore and Sargodha. Principle component factor analysis provided
six factors comprising of 40 items; selection criterion was factor
loadings of .35 and above. Factors were listed as Self-control,
Empathy and Helping Behavior, Social Skills and Obedience, Anti-social behavior, Assertiveness and Communication. Item analysis
and Cronbachs alpha revealed significantly high internal
consistency for SCSC and its 6 subscales. Final SCSC comprised of
40 items; 24 positive and 16 negative statements encompassing
social competence. Scoring procedure was devised by analyzing
percentile scores, three categories were identified in terms of low,
moderate and high social competence to differentiate among groups.
The results are discussed in particular to Pakistani socio-cultural
context. |
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social competence, helping behaviour, self control, indigenous scale
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Parental Warmth and Academic Achievement of
Adolescent Children
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By
Muhammad Kamal Uddin © 2011. University of the Punjab
Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 1
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The present study explored the possible relation between parental
acceptance and academic achievement of adolescent children.
Both mother and father versions of original Parental Acceptance-Rejection/Control Questionnaires were adapted to the Bangla
language. The questionnaires along with a Personal Information
Form were administered on 300 students of 7, 8, and 9 grades,
selected from four schools of the capital city Dhaka. The data were
analyzed by computing Pearson product moment correlations. The
results revealed that both maternal and paternal warmth were
positively related to academic achievement of children. The results
have been interpreted in the light of past studies. |
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parental acceptance, parental warmth, academic achievement
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