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Institute of Professional Psychology Karachi Campus2024-03-28T21:24:49ZSpiritually Informed Cognitive Behaviuor Therapy for the Treatment of Depression in Patients with Cardiac Illnesses
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Spiritually Informed Cognitive Behaviuor Therapy for the Treatment of Depression in Patients with Cardiac Illnesses
Erum Kausar, 05-274152-001
The aim of the current research is to see the efficacy of Spiritually Informed Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in reducing depression in patients with cardiac illnesses. For this, it was hypothesized that there will be a significant difference in the level of depression in patients with cardiac illness before and after the treatment of Spiritually Informed Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Another hypothesis stated that there will be a significant difference in the level of depression of patients with cardiac illness in the experimental group (experiencing Spiritually Informed Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) as compared to the waitlist control group. It was also hypothesized that there will be a significant difference in the number of cognitive distortions of patients with cardiac illness in the experimental group as compared to the waitlist control group, and there will be a significant gender difference in the level of depression of patients with cardiac illness after receiving Spiritually Informed Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Two focus groups (respectively 10 and 8 number of participants) were conducted. The purpose of conducting focus groups was to gain an indigenous insight into prevailing cognitive distortions among patients with cardiac illnesses. The results of the focus group after verbatim analysis showed 3 cognitive distortions in the cardiac patients with depression including all-or-nothing thinking, emotional reasoning and mislabeling. The second phase of the research included a pre-post research design, whereby 50 patients with cardiac illness were recruited as participants from a private cardiac hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. These patients with cardiac illnesses also having a moderate or severe level of depression were selected, and divided into experimental and waitlist control groups. Those who gave consent for the intervention were included in an experimental group and those, who were viii not willing for intervention or unable to continue to long therapy procedure due to any of their personal limitations were included in a waitlist control group (25 experimental and 25 waitlist control group). The participants belonged to the age group of 35 – 65 years with a mean age of 53.8 years (experimental group M= 54.84, SD= 7.38; waitlist control group M= 54.92, SD=7.33). Depression in Chronic Illnesses Scale (Yaseen, 2014) was used in pre and post-intervention stages to record the changes in the level of depression and to test the efficacy of the treatment utilized. Paired sample t-test indicated that the intervention is effective for reducing depression in patients with cardiac illness. The results showed verification of the first three hypotheses indicating a significant difference in the level of depression in patients with cardiac illness before and after the treatment of Spiritually Informed Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in the experimental group. The results also showed a significant reduction in the number of cognitive distortions of patients with cardiac illness in the experimental group as compared to the waitlist control group. Independent sample t-test showed no gender difference in the level of depression of patients with cardiac illness after receiving the therapy indicating the effectiveness of the intervention for both genders. Based on the results, it is recommended that in future researches more diverse populations from other religious faiths and cities could be used for analysing the significance of Spiritually Informed Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
Supervised by Dr. Zainab Hussain Bhutto
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZBasic Psychological Needs as Predictors of Individual Differences in Motivation: a comparison and Permanent Employees
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8873
Basic Psychological Needs as Predictors of Individual Differences in Motivation: a comparison and Permanent Employees
Hameed Bhatti, Muhammad Fahad
The present study aims to determine the importance of basic psychological needs
as predictors of individual differences in work motivation. It is a comparative study that
qualitatively established differences in motivation between adhoc and permanent employees in the light of self-determination theory based on basic psychological needs theory, organismic integration theory and causality orientation theory (Deci &Ryan, 1985) using the quantitative
comparative survey design. In the light of these theories the present study highlighted employees differences in motivation orientation and behavioral regulation in work place settings under the three facets of autonomy orientation, control orientation and impersonal motivation orientation. For this purpose a sample of 300 employees, including 150 adhoc employees of which 75 were males and 75 females and 150 permanent employees of which 75 were males and 75 females from various organizations were gathered through convenient sampling by using a consent form, a demographic form, Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Scale (Deci & Ryan 2000), the General Causality Orientations Scale (Deci & Ryan, 1985) and Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivational Scale (Deci & Ryan 2000). The obtained results were analyzed by using statistical package for social sciences. The significant implication of the present study draws attention to the basic psychological needs as the differentiating factor between the adhoc employees and permanent employee’s motivation orientation at workplace. The resourceful knowledge f would aid the human resource executives along the organizational psychologists to gain a deeper insight into the various factors that drive the behaviors of employees during the probation period and after their confirmation in an organization. It would thus focus to bring attention to a grossly ignored capacity of basic psychological needs and motivation orientations . of adhoc employees, who are newly inducted, and compare it with the permanent employees.
Supervised by Dr. Tahira Yousuf
2019-01-01T00:00:00ZRelationship of Percieved Parental Psychological Inflexibility of Adolescents
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8818
Relationship of Percieved Parental Psychological Inflexibility of Adolescents
Pervaiz, Huma
The present research aimed to investigate the relationship of perceived psychological control of parents that is the characteristic of parents who pressure their children to behave and think in a certain way through internally controlling and the parental involvement frequently used in the literature to describe a number of different parenting activities or parenting practices such as guilt induction, conditional approval and shaming into the child’s life with the psychological inflexibility of the individual. The students of grade 9, 10, 11 and 12 were targeted. It was hypothesized that there would be a significant relationship of Perceived Parental Psychological Control and Perceived Parental Psychological Involvement with Psychological Inflexibility in Adolescents and there would be a significant gender difference in Perceived Parental Psychological Control and Perceived Parental Psychological Involvement with Psychological Inflexibility in Adolescents. A Survey research design quantitative correlation was used to collect data from students of schools and colleges of age 12 to 18 which were taken as subjects and the data was collected from different schools and colleges of Karachi City. The sample size was of A=250 individuals, both (males and females) of different schools and colleges of Karachi. Three questionnaires were used, The Parental Psychological Scale by (Bireda, 2013) to assess adolescents’ perception of their parent’s level of psychological control including separate questions for mother and father , Parental School Involvement by (Bireda, 2013) to assess mother’s and father’s different ways of involvement into the adolescent’s life and Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQII) by (Hayes and Bond - (2011) to assess acceptance, experiential avoidance , and over all psychological inflexibility in individuals. The result was analyzed by using Pearson Correlational Statistics. The results showed that Perceived Parental Psychological Control and Involvement has no significant correlation with Psychological Inflexibility in Adolescents. Also, there was no significant gender difference in Perceived Parental Psychological Control and Perceived Parental Psychological Involvement with Psychological Inflexibility in Adolescents. However, it can be seen through researches discussed in this study that parenting style may induce symptoms of depression, anxiety, problems in adjustment and emotional regulation in later years of life.
Supervised by Dr. Tahira yousuf
2019-01-01T00:00:00ZCoping strategies as a Predictor of Psychological well-Being of Convicted and Unconvicted Female Prisoners
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8814
Coping strategies as a Predictor of Psychological well-Being of Convicted and Unconvicted Female Prisoners
Akram Qazi, Saba
The present research aimed to investigate the coping strategies as a predictor of psychological well-being between convicted and unconvicted female prisoners. For this study three hypotheses were tested. First hypothesis stated that coping strategies would significantly predict psychological well-being of convicted and unconvicted female prisoners. Second hypothesis stated that, there would be a significant difference between psychological well-being of convicted and unconvicted female prisoners and lastly, there would be a significant difference between coping strategies of convicted and unconvicted female prisoners. For this study, purposive sampling was employed to gather data of 48 female prisoners from two different women prisons in Sindh, Pakistan. Age range of participants in the sample varied from 20 — 55 Participants responded to coping strategy inventory and scale of psychological well being which includes Urdu translated versions of Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Scale (Riaz & Agha, 2012) and Ryff s Scale of Psychological well-being (Aslam & Kausar,
2010). Results partially verified first and third hypotheses and showed active coping, positive reframing, acceptance, substance use, venting, religion and behavioral disengagement coping strategies as a predictor of psychological well-being of female prisoners. Furthermore, results showed significant difference between convicted and unconvicted female prisoners on the
emotional support coping strategy. However, outcomes did not verify second hypothesis.
Furthermore, limitation of present study includes small sample size. Therefore, it is
recommended to increase sample size and collect data from more women jails in Pakistan, to make results generalizable.
Supervised by Dr. Zainab Hussain Bhutto
2019-01-01T00:00:00Z