Well-being and post-traumatic stress disorder due to natural and man-made disasters on adults

Research has shown that man-made disasters effect people more severely than natural disasters. Females are affected more severely as compared to males in disasters. The most prominent effects are low well-being and high post traumatic stress disorder [PTSD]. To compare the differences in well-being and PTSD among adults exposed to natural and man-made disasters. This cross-sectional survey was conducted on 150 young adults exposed to flood in Punjab [50], terrorism in KPK [50] and suicide bombing [terrorism] in Islamabad [50]. Adults exposed to natural disaster like flood scored significantly higher on well-being as compared to adults exposed to man-made disaster like terrorism and suicide bombing. Post-traumatic stress disorder was more in terrorism exposed adults as compared to flood exposed adults. Within gender, females adapted better to man-made disasters. Adults exposed to natural disaster adapt better than those exposed to man-made disaster and females adapt to man-made disasters better than men

Work-family conflict and burnout among lecturers of public sector colleges

The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between work-family conflict and burnout among the lecturers of Govt. Colleges. Work-family Conflict Scale [Carlson, Kacmar, and Williams, 2000] and Maslach Burnout Inventory [Maslach and Jackson, 1986] were administered on the present sample. A purposive sample of lecturers [N = 200] including male [n = 100] and female [n = 100] was selected from different colleges of Faisalabad Division. Age range of the sample was 26-60 years [M = 41.20]. Pearson correlation was applied to study the relationship among study variables. The findings of the study indicate that Work-family conflict has significant positive correlation with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment, and burnout. Time-based conflict, strain-based conflict, and behavior-based conflict exhibited significant positive correlation with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization of' others, reduced personal accomplishment, and overall burnout. Finally, practical implications are discussed