An Empirical Exploration Of Social Media Burnout, Loneliness And Body Dissatisfaction Among University Students In Pakistan

@#To explore the effect of social media burnout on loneliness and body image among university students in Pakistan. Current study was conducted in Riphah International University Islamabad, Pakistan and comprised of 306 university students including 152 male and 154 females with age range from 19-29 years. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 students including 10 male and 10 females to explore the effect of social media usage on body image. Cross sectional research design was used in which quantitative and qualitative analyses were conducted. UCLA loneliness scale by Russell was used to assess loneliness. Multi-dimensional body self-relations scale by Cash was used to measure body image and social media burnout scale developed by Han was used to measure social media burnout. Findings indicate that there is a positive relationship between social media burnout and dissatisfaction with body image (r=0.175, p<0.01) and positive relationship exists between social media burnout and loneliness (r=0.187, p<0.01). There is also a positive relationship between loneliness and dissatisfaction with body image (r=0.314, p<0.01). Female students feel more exhausted by social media than male students (t=4.28, p<0.01). Loneliness and body dissatisfaction are found to be high in social media exhausted university students. Loneliness also leads to dissatisfaction with body image. Female university students got social media burnout more quickly than male students.

Coping Strategies among Adolescent Children of Depressed and Non Depressed Parents

The objective of the present study was to find out differences in coping strategies of adolescents of depressed and non-depressed parents. Comparative cross-sectional study. The study was conducted at Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission [PAEC] Hospital in Islamabad during the period of April 2014 to June 2014. The sample consisted of 130 adolescents including 50 from families of depressed parents and, 80 from non-depressed parents. The data was collected through purposive sampling technique. Brief COPE scale was used to assess coping strategies of the subjects. The results indicate significant difference in coping strategies of adolescents of depressed and non- depressed parents. The adolescents of depressed parents used more dysfunctional coping strategies such as active avoidant coping strategy. The results also highlighted significant gender differences. Results of the study suggest that children of depressed parents use dysfunctional coping strategies as compared to children of non-depressed parents. The findings are important for future research and prevention studies with children of depressed parents to incorporate healthy and functional coping strategies

Comparison of verbal and nonverbal intelligence among hafiz and non-hafiz female adolescents

The present research was conducted to compare verbal and nonverbal intelligence among hafiz-e-Quran [the person who commits the entire Qur'an to memory] and non-hafiz female adolescents. The sample consisted of 200 females including hafiz-e-Quran females [N= 100], and non-hafiz females [N = 100]. The two groups were matched on age, education level, medium of education, and elementary subjects and socioeconomic status. The Haflz female sample was taken from madrasahs [religious institutions] of Islamabad and Karachi. The non hafiz female sample was recruited from Government colleges of the same cities. Two indigenously developed intelligence tests were used. Indigenous non-verbal test of intelligence [INTI] and Sajjad Verbal intelligence test in Urdu [SVITU] were used to assess non-verbal and verbal intelligence respectively. The INTI has five subtests including series, matrices, analogies, odd one out and similarities. SVITU include 4 subtests including words meaning, oral reasoning, numerical reasoning and information, t-test was used to analyse the data. Results indicated significant mean differences between hafiz and non-hafiz female adolescents on total score of INTI [non-verbal intelligence test] and its subscales including series, analogies, and odd one out, whereas non-significant differences were found on subscales of matrices and similarities. On verbal intelligence test, significant differences were found between hafiz and non-hqfiz females adolescents on subscales of words meaning, numerical reasoning and information, while oral reasoning subscale and total score of SVITU showed non-significant difference. It is concluded that Non-hafiz females studying in educational institutions performed better on numerical ability, information, series, analogies and odd one out and also showed significantly better performance on total score of lNTI. However, Hafiz females studying in madrasahs out performed only on vocabulary