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Emotional Intelligence and Academics of Adolescents: A Correlational and Gender Comparative Study
By Farheen Nasir and Seema Munaf
© 2011. University of the Punjab
Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 2
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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... |
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emotional intelligence, academic scores, adolescents
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Age and Gender Differences in Parent-Adolescent Conflict
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... |
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Keywords
parent-adolescent conflict, gender differences
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Personality Traits and the Metacognitive Listening Skills of English as a Foreign Language in Pakistan
By Waseem Fayyaz and Anila Kamal © 2011. University of the Punjab
Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 2
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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... |
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Keywords
personality traits, listening skills, foreign/second language,
metacognition
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Psychometric Properties of Revised Dhat Syndrome Symptom Checklist
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... |
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Keywords
Dhat syndrome, symptoms, semen loss concern
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Effect of Teacher Efficacy Beliefs on Motivation
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... |
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teacher efficacy, teacher motivation, ability as incremental quality, effort-ability attribution
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Adaptation and Validation of the Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI) Subtests of WISC-IV UK in Pakistan
By Saima Ambreen and Anila Kamal © 2011. University of the Punjab
Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 2
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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... |
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Keywords
adaptation, validation, item functioning, psychometric strength.
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Impact of Caregivers Expressed Emotions on their Mental Health and Relapse Symptoms Severity among Schizophrenics
By Samreen Arshad and Farah Qaider and Adnan Adil © 2011. University of the Punjab
Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 2
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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... |
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Keywords
expressed emotions, relapse symptoms severity, common mental
disorders, schizophrenia
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Impact of Suicide Bombing On the Cognitions of Victims
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... |
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Keywords
suicide bombing, cognition, trauma, victims
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Personality Traits and Learning Styles among Students of Mathematics, Architecture, and Fine Arts
By Rabia Zonash and Irum Naqvi © 2011. University of the Punjab
Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 1
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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... |
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personality traits, learning styles, mathematics, architecture, fine arts students.
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Suicidal Ideation among Chronic Schizophrenic Patients
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... |
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suicidal ideation, chronic schizophrenia
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Household Chaos, Attention and School Problems in Primary School Children
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... |
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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
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... |
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Pakistani and British students, music, health and happiness
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Relationship of Parental and Peer Attachment Bonds with Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy among Adolescents and Post-Adolescents
By Samia Nawaz and Nighat Gilani © 2011. University of the Punjab
Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 1
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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... |
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parental attachment bonds, peer attachment bonds, career decision-making self-efficacy, adolescents, post-adolescents.
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Cultural Perspective on Social Competence in Children: Development and Validation of an Indigenous Scale for Children in Pakistan
By Sultan Shujja and Farah Malik © 2011. University of the Punjab
Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 1
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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... |
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social competence, helping behaviour, self control, indigenous scale
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Parental Warmth and Academic Achievement of Adolescent Children
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... |
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Keywords
parental acceptance, parental warmth, academic achievement
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