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Item Parenting Styles, Childhood Abuse, Bullying, Digital Media Exposure and Gender Dysphoria in Young University Students(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2025) Ayesha Ahsan; CIIT/FA23-RCP-004/LHR; Dr. Mahira Ahmad; LHR TP 9714This study aimed to examine the relationship among parental bonding, childhood abuse, bullying, digital media exposure and gender dysphoria in young university students. Correlational research design was used in this research, 357 Participants (174 women and 183 men) were selected through convenient sampling from one government and five private universities of Lahore, age ranged 19-30 years. Measures were included the demographic questionnaire, Utrecht Gender Dysphoria Scale, Parental Bonding Instrument, Adverse childhood experiences Scale, Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ) and the Content-based Media Exposure Scale (C-ME). Descriptive statistics were applied to determine categorical variables such as frequencies and percentages. To find out relationship between variables, spearman correlation analysis was done and regression analysis was used to find out the prediction among variables. According to results, it was revealed that there is a significant association between parental bonding along with maternal care, paternal care, maternal overprotection, paternal overprotection and childhood abuse. Moreover, results also demonstrated that parental bonding along with low maternal care, maternal overprotection, paternal overprotection and childhood abuse strongly predict gender dysphoria in young university students. The findings validate psychological frameworks including attachment theory, trauma theory and family systems theory which highlight early caregiving and negative experiences as fundamental determinants for self-concept and identity formation.Item Social Support, Religious Coping, and Psychological Trauma in Flood Victims of Southern Punjab, Pakistan(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2023) Ayesha Ahsan; FA19-BPY-037; Dr. Muneeba Shakil; LHR TP 8387The present study focused on the association between social support, religious coping, and psychological trauma in flood victims of southern Punjab, Pakistan. In this co- relational study, the sample consisted of 150 (83 men & 67 women) flood victims with ages 29-50 (M=36.79, SD=5.851), selected through a convenient sampling technique. These participants were selected from Rajanpur and DG Khan by directly visiting them. Measures included the demographic questionnaire, the Multidimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS; Zimet et al., 1988), Brief RCOPE (Pargament, 1998), and the Impact of an Event Scale-Revised (IES-R; Wiess & Marmar, 1997). Correlation analysis demonstrated that psychological trauma had a strong negative correlation with social support and increased psychological trauma was associated with decreased social support. Moreover, negative religious coping had a moderate positive correlation with psychological trauma. Stepwise regression analysis also indicated that social support emerged as a strong predictor, demonstrating a negative association with psychological trauma. In addition, positive religious coping also had a significant negative association with psychological trauma, albeit weaker than social support, and negative religious coping was found to have a significant positive association with psychological trauma. The current study suggested that in light of the findings and the importance of social support and religious coping for this population's rehabilitation, mental health practitioners should better target their therapies to meet flood victims’ unique requirement