Attachment Styles And Death Anxiety Among Pregnant Women In Pakistan

@#The present study was designed to investigate the attachment styles and death anxiety among pregnant women. In order to meet the study objectives sample of (n=62) was recruited from hospitals of Rawalpindi (i.e., Maryam Memorial and Cantonment Hospital) and Islamabad (i.e., Shifa Medicine Hospital and Poly Clinic). Age range of the sample was 18 to 45 years. Attachment styles were assessed by Experience in Close Relationship Revised-Questionnaire (ECR-R) and death anxiety was assessed with Death Anxiety Scale. The findings revealed that there was significant positive correlation between attachment styles and death anxiety (p<0.05) and it was found that pregnant women scored low on secure attachment style. Younger pregnant women were high on preoccupied, fearful and dismissing attachment style as compare to older age pregnant women. Women with first pregnancy scored high on anxious, dismissing, and fearful attachment style as compare to women with second and third pregnancy. Pregnant women had pregnancy loss feel more death anxiety as compare to pregnant women with no history of pregnancy loss. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 22 (2): March 2021: 1-10.

Opinions on age of marriage - perspective from university students in Islamabad and Rawalpindi

Child marriages are more common in developing countries, including Pakistan. This study was conducted to determine the perspective of university students on marriageable age in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Cumulatively, 1039 students participated in this cross-sectional survey based on convenience sampling. There were statistically significant differences between male and female students pertaining to opinions about what should be the legal age for women and men. Male respondents were more likely to accept 16 years of legal age at marriage for both males as well as females. Female respondents rejected 16 years as the legal age of marriage for girls on physical and emotional health grounds as well as on having negative impact on girl's education. Results stress the need for better understanding of socio-cultural norms in the country to more effectively address and discourage the practice of child marriage in the country

Translation and adaptation of Eysenck personality questionnaire [Junior] and its validation with laborer adolescents

The present research aimed at translation, adaptation, and validation of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire [Junior] [Eysenck and Eysenck, 1970] with laborer adolescents. After translation in first phase, sample of 60 adolescent students ranged from 13- 17 years [M-15.7]. was selected from Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The re-test reliability after 15 days determined the significant correlation coefficients for the all subscales of Urdu EPQ-[Junior], showing consistency of responses in the same language. In phase II Urdu EPQ [Junior] was administered on 200 male laborer adolescents with the age ranging 13- 17years [M= 15.39; SD= 1.55] from different areas of Rawalpindi/ Islamabad to establish the psychometric properties of the scale. The findings revealed satisfactory Cronbach 's alpha coefficients for all subscales of EPQ [Junior] Urdu and some significant findings with demographic variables as education