Seema Gul

• phD
• Professor (Assistant) at Prince Sultan University

Background With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world witnessed an unprecedented surge in the adoption of digital platforms across various sectors, including mental health care. In countries such as Pakistan, where traditional face-to-face therapy practices hold social and cultural significance, transitioning to digital therapeutic methods...

In the evolving landscape of education, college teachers often find themselves at the crossroads of myriad stressors, ranging from institutional demands to personal challenges. Understanding the factors that influence their stress perceptions and coping mechanisms is pivotal, not just for their well-being, but also for the overall quality of educat...

Rescue workers, who often find themselves on the frontlines of traumatic events, face an increased risk of experiencing secondary traumatic stress (STS) and psychological distress (PD). The nature of their work, alongside professional factors, can influence the way these psychological aspects manifest and their level of severity. This study aimed t...

This qualitative study explores the intricate relationship between social stigma and mental health among the transgender community in Lahore, Pakistan, and Delhi, India. Through 16 in-depth interviews, the research employs thematic analysis to uncover the core themes that emerge from the personal narratives of transgender individuals in these cultu...

Background: A disaster is a traumatic event that many people may have witnessed and had various implications on their mental and physical wellbeing. Psychologists have confirmed the fact that the traumatic event contributes not just to stress but also to posttraumatic growth (PTG), which evolves through the attempt to reunify after trauma or accid...

ABSTRACT: In the present study gender differences in psychological adjustment of Spinal Cord Injured (SCI) patients was studied. The sample of 70 SCI patients (35 male and 35 female) was selected from the National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (NIRM) Islamabad, Bagh and Muzafrabad, (Azad & Jammu Kashmir AJK). Purposive sampling technique was...

Despite promoting positive employee outcomes, servant leaders may become the victim of manipulation by followers. The current study investigates this underexplored side of servant leadership by examining the employee-related outcomes of the interaction between servant leadership and follower Machiavellianism through mediating mechanism of exploitat...

Objectives: The present study examined experiences of self-stigma in individuals of substance use disorders (SUDs) after detoxification. The objective of the present study was to explore the differences between hash and heroin addicts about the experiences of self-stigma. Design of Study: Cross sectional study Place and Duration of Study: Internati...

To investigate role of belief salience, participation in religious activities, religious offering preference and prayer offering positively predicts mental health among university students. It is a cross-sectional research design carried out in International Islamic University Islamabad, February 2018 to August 2018. Demographic variables were asse...

The facet of trauma as a constructive means is recent area of study in the field of Positive Psychology i.e, Posttraumatic growth. The present qualitative study is aimed to explore the process of PTG in the trauma victims of Pakistan. Total sample (N=40) having an equal number of participants i.e, manmade disaster (n=20, Male=10 & female=10) and na...

Background: Within a few months during COVID-19 pandemic, more than a thousand studies on this topic have been published in scientific journals. Hence, the aim of the present study was to review and analyze the publishing trends on mental health literature including top-cited documents, productive countries, institutions, journals, authorship and c...

This study aims to investigate the effect of servant leadership on organizational citizenship behavior and knowledge-sharing behavior. It further explores servant leadership for its potential mediation of work engagement and moderation of self-efficacy in organizational citizenship behavior and knowledge-sharing behavior. Time-lagged data was colle...

Classroom instruction, as a key feature of formal education, primarily provided in the National Curriculum that aimed to materialize the curricular targets. This study was conducted with the objective to analyze the provisions for classroom instruction in the National Curriculum at secondary level that affects self-efficacy of the students in Khybe...

The role of parents, especially father has been considered very important for children’s grooming, development and learning. Father warmth refers to the degree in which fathers display involvements, responsiveness and support to the child. Father involvement is associated with positive child outcomes in different aspects of life. But to some extent...

Family is an exclusive institution for the development of healthy or unhealthy emotion management skills of its members. The present study aimed to compare emotion regulation strategies used by the adolescents from nuclear and joint family systems. For this cross-sectional study 400 adolescents, 12–18 years of age were involved through purposive sa...

This study aims to investigate the quality of life of individuals having obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) as their principal diagnosis with co morbid psychiatric disorders. It was hypothesized that individuals having obsessive compulsive disorder with co morbid psychiatric disorders have poor quality of life as compare to individuals having OCD...

Perfectionism is a multidimensional construct, with adaptive and maladaptive dimensions. Various studies have been conducted to explore the phenomenon of perfectionism. Perfectionism has been allied to achieve impossibly high standards, illogical significance on the achievement of these standards and overgeneralize failures. Researchers focused on...

There is a gigantic interest in present era regarding career decision making, career selection and satisfaction that can be traced since the educational period when students are required to make choices for their career. The job market has experienced marked transformations, unpredictability in career trajectories and employment opportunities. Ther...

The present study aimed to examine the effect of PsyCap (psychological capital) on Psychological Adjustment between parents of intellectually disabled (ID) children. Purposive sampling technique was employed based on cross-sectional design. The data was gatheredthrough questionnaires for measuring PsyCap (Generalized Self-Efficacy, Adult Hope Scale...

The present study aimed to examine the impact of coping strategies and psychological adjustment across male and female Spinal Cord Injured (SCI) patients. Purposive sampling technique was employed based on cross-sectional design. The data was collected through two questionnaires. The result revealed that psychological adjustment was significant cor...

Background: Family has a significant role to play in the social development of children. Family problems hamper the development of healthy and socially competent behaviors among children and adolescents. The objective of the current study was to compare family dysfunctioning and social competence between joint and nuclear family structures. Methods...

The present study aimed to examine the impact of coping strategies and psychological adjustment across male and female Spinal Cord Injured (SCI) patients. Purposive sampling technique was employed based on cross-sectional design. The data was collected through two questionnaires. The result revealed that psychological adjustment was significant cor...

ABSTRACT… Patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) have the symptoms of anxiety in common that may result in adverse outcomes. Objectives: Due to the significant association of anxiety and CVD, scheduled screening of all cardiac patients has been recommended by the medical authorities like the American Heart Association. But in Pakistan it is not...

ABSTRACT… Patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) have the symptoms of anxiety in common that may result in adverse outcomes. Objectives: Due to the significant association of anxiety and CVD, scheduled screening of all cardiac patients has been recommended by the medical authorities like the American Heart Association. But in Pakistan it is...

Objective: The basic objective of present study was to explore the role of emotional self regulation as a predictor of self esteem and life satisfaction among university students. Research Design: Survey research design Place of Study: Islamabad Sample and Method: Sample consisted of 160 students (80 males, 80 females) of age ranging between 18 to...

Objective: The basic objective of present study was to explore the role of emotional self regulation as a predictor of self esteem and life satisfaction among university students. Research Design: Survey research design Place of Study: Islamabad Sample and Method: Sample consisted of 160 students (80 males, 80 females) of age ranging between 18 to...

The study was designed to examine the relationship of Pay Satisfaction, organizational commitment and perceived employment opportunities with Turnover intention and pay satisfaction with organization commitment. The instruments used to measure the variables of the study were Demographic Data Sheet and Pay Satisfaction scale, Organizational commitme...

This study aimed to explore the prevalence of obsessions and compulsions in Pakistani community. 80 Patients (40 Males and 40 Females) who satisfied DSM-IV T R criteria for obsessive compulsive disorder were included in the study. Prevalence of different types and forms of obsessions and compulsions was assessed using the literature review, DSM IV...