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    BURNOUT, PERFECTIONISM AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF PAKISTAN
    (Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2023) RUMAN JAMIL; FA19-BPY-012; DR. MUNEEBA SHAKIL; LHR TP 8371
    The current study was carried out to determine the association between burnout, perfectionism and psychological distress in university students of Pakistan. It was hypothesized that there will be a statistically significant predictive association between burnout, perfectionism and psychological distress, where perfectionism will act as a predictor between burnout and psychological distress. A sample of 500 participants aged 19-25 (Mean age = 22.06) was selected through simple random sampling technique from different government and private universities of Lahore. Participants responded to demographic information sheet, Perfectionism Scale, Depression, Stress and Anxiety Scale (DASS-21) and Burnout Scale. Analysis revealed that Perfectionism, Depression, and Stress are associated with burnout in university students Furthermore, Correlation analysis suggest that perfectionism is weak positive correlated with burnout and anxiety. Depression is strong positively correlated with anxiety and stress. Anxiety is strong positively correlated with stress, and stress is weak positively correlated with burnout. The study showed that burnout leads university students towards perfectionism and burnout, perfectionism and psychological distress are associated with each other. The present research also contributes to relevant empirical information and evidence in Pakistani Literature. Keywords: Perfectionism, Burnout, Stress, Anxiety, Depression
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    Relationship between Executive Functions, Alexithymia and Anxiety Symptoms across Adolescence
    (Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2018) Sadia Jafar; SP14-BPSY-005; Dr. Farzana Ashraf,; LHR TP 5406
    The current study explores the role of executive functioning in the development of alexithymia, and anxiety in adolescents and hypothesized that executive functioning is negatively related and negative predictor of alexithymia and anxiety. Further, there could be significant differences between executive functioning, alexithymia and anxiety across early and middle adolescents and the gender difference between executive functioning, alexithymia and anxiety is also expected. In the cross-sectional study, 185 adolescents selected through simple random sampling from schools of Burewala City. Alexithymia was measured by Toronto Alexithymia scale (Bagby, Parker, & Taylor, 1994) and anxiety was measured by Hamilton Anxiety Scale (Hamilton, 1959). Design Fluency Test and Color-Word Interference Test from Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (Delis, Kaplan, & Kramer, 2001) were used to measure executive functioning. The statistical analysis of Pearson product moment correlation, simple regression analyses and MANOVA were applied for hypotheses testing. The results suggested that executive function is significantly negatively correlated with Alexithymia and Anxiety but not the predictor of alexithymia and anxiety. Further the results explains that there are significant gender differences in executive functioning, Alexithymia and anxiety across early and middle adolescents. The present study concluded that adolescent’s developmental crisis leads to different problems that affect the physical and psychological health of adolescents that demands proper management and suitable interventions.
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    Urdu Translation and Adaptation of Beliefs About Psychological Problems Inventory (BAPPI)
    (Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2025) Aqsa Gulzar; SP23-RCP-004; Dr. Mahira Ahmad; LHR TP 9545
    The purpose of the study was to translate and validate the Beliefs about Psychological Problems Inventory (Moraira, 2021) on a Clinical Population. The correlational research design was conducted and sample was comprised of 615 individuals, aged 24-40 who have been diagnosed with mild anxiety approached from outdoor psychiatric units in Lahore through convenient sampling. The scale was translate through forward translation, back-translation and committee approach. For each step 3 bilingual experts belonging to psychology field having at least 2 years of experience were approached. The sample size was determined as per 10:1 criterion (Nunnally, 1978) . To test how well the measured variables represent the number of constructs of translated Beliefs about Psychological Problems Inventory (BAPPI) Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted as statistical analysis. Cronbach’s alpha was used to assess internal consistency through reliability analysis. For Convergent Validity “Opinion about Mental Illness”(OMI) scale was administered (Struening & Cohen, 1963). In order to established discriminant validity Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) was used. This scale is considered to valid for clinical setting (Tennant et al., 2007). Throughout the study ethical considerations were ensure informed consent, confidentiality, and participant well-being. The finding of this research was to captures the individual's understanding about their beliefs that are related to the psychological problems and gives understanding on the basis 6 main theoretical approaches to mental health problems that includes systemic, psycho dynamic, humanistic, biomedical, cognitive behavioral and Eclectic about beliefs of psychological problems on Pakistani Population.