Uzma Zaidi

Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University | PNU · College of Health

The present research was conducted (a) to describe the socio-demographic information of psychotherapist providing therapy to patients of anxiety disorder (b) to examine the therapeutic interaction on various variables of therapeutic participation, resistance and dysphoric concern (related to patient’s responses), and directive support for the patie...

he current study aimed to investigate gender differences in perceived social support and clinical anger among depressed patients. It was hypothesized that there would be significant difference between female and male adult depressed patients in perceived social support and clinical anger. The sample of seventy diagnosed patients was selected from d...

The current study aimed to investigate the relationship of dispositional optimism and treatment compliance in heroin addicts. It was hypothesized that dispositional optimism would be negatively correlated with treatment compliance in them. Seventy Heroin addicts with an age range of 18 to 40 years were selected through purposive sampling from addic...

The current study aimed to investigate the relationship among clinical anger, affective and somatic symptoms in depressed patients. It was hypothesized that there would be significant relationship between clinical anger, affective and somatic symptoms in depressed patients. The sample of Seventy diagnosed patients was selected from different psychi...

The present study aimed to investigate the impact of family support group on co-dependent behaviour of spouse of drug addicts. It was hypothesized there would be significant difference between new and old members of family support group on co-dependent behaviour. It was also hypothesized that new members will score higher on denial, self- esteem, c...

sociodemographic factors, traumatic stress, and psychological well-being. Results A significant inverse relationship between traumatic stress and psychological well-being (r= -0.518, p < 0.05) was reported. Furthermore, multiple regression analysis provided the predictive association of traumatic stress and negative well-being (p<0.05). Additional...

This study examines the moderating effects of various factors on the relationship between physical activity (PA) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among 287 female college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected through an online questionnaire covering health issues, PA, self-esteem, HRQoL, and sociodemographic informati...

Background The attitudes of society and mental health practitioners towards mental illness are subject to multiple dimensions. This may affect the quality of health services and the client’s ability to seek treatment. It was hypothesized that there is a relationship between qualification, self-esteem, and attitudes toward personality disorders amon...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine was broadly adopted for patient care. Considering this experience, it is crucial to understand the perceptions of teleclinic healthcare professionals. In Saudi Arabia, telemedicine literature was restricted to physicians working in government and private hospitals. This study examined perceptions in relati...

Unprecedented quarantine due to COVID-19 exposes individuals to withdraw from face-to-face interactions, which may influence communication and self-esteem (SE). Therefore, the overarching aims of this study are to examine the communication apprehension levels among female college students, and thus to investigate the moderating role of self-esteem...

Background: Positive and professional attitude of health professionals toward the palliative care issues of patients is crucial and challenging for fresh graduates. This study aimed to explore the perspectives of health science graduates about providing care for dying patients and their families. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, graduates...

Abstract: The unprecedented outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a huge global health and economic crisis. The aim of the study was to examine the extent to which the resilience of a person is associated with the quality of life (QoL) of adults amongst Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study was conducted among a sample of adul...

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between learning strategies, self-efficacy, and performance among students of the College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. The main objective of this study was to provide the impact of the learning process (rehearsal, elaboration, organisation and critical thinking) concerning self-efficacy and...

Addiction is a behavioural and psychological disorder that can cause unprecedented social, mental, and physiological effects. A patient’s neighbourhood, peers, family members, and spouse, play crucial roles in relapse prevention. The main disadvantage of traditional addiction treatments includes their lack of focus on how an individual’s environmen...

The objective of this study was to analyse the issues that tourism SMEs face in adopting the right perceived leadership style within the workplace and its impact on the organisational commitment of the employees. The study aimed to understand the problems related to leadership styles for SMEs and determined its impact on organisational commitment....

Heroin addiction may lead to impairment in neuropsychological as well as behavioral functioning such as memory and attention deficits, motor impairments, aggressive behavior, somatic deficits and depressive symptoms. Neurobehavioral Functioning Inventory (NFI, Kreutzer, 1999) was administered on 50 heroin addicts selected from different hospitals o...

83 Excessive Mobile Usage, Stress, and Memory among Health Sciences Students at PNU Amani Alsalmia, Lama Abdulkarimb, Beshayer Alzahranic, Dana Abahussaind, Maram Alsaeede, Uzma Zaidif*, a,b,c,d,e,fCollege of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia, Email: f*uazaidi@pnu.edu.sa The young populati...

Background: The study is investigating conventional and behavioral pricing multifactor impact on price fragility from the equity market of Pakistan. The impact of conventional factors is significant on price fragility. The recent research has not covered the desired scope of such relationship due to several issues such as sample size, lack of datab...

In the rapidly changing world of health care, business, organisations and industries focus on maximising the potential benefits of workforce, products and services. The purpose of the study is to explore the concept of organisational citizenship behaviour and the factors that influence on OCB. Various studies found the connection between OCB and ef...

The young population, consisting primarily of students, are found to have a strong association with their mobile phones, and find it challenging to spend a day without them. Despite their advantages, excessive phone usage has been linked with harmful consequences. Previous findings stated that there is a relationship between the usage of mobile pho...

Introduction: The dimensions of wellness and engagement in physical activity both are crucial for a healthy lifestyle, adjustment, and attainment of professional excel among young female health students. Objective: The purpose of the study is to determine adherence to physical activity and dimensions of wellness among students of the College of...

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between learning strategies, self-efficacy, and performance among students of the College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. The main objective of this study was to provide the impact of the learning process (rehearsal, elaboration, organisation and critical thinking) concerning self-efficacy and...

Background/Aims Quality of life has been defined as a measure of a person's physical wellbeing, psychological state, and social relationships. However, comparisons of psychological distress, socioeconomic status, and social support between mothers of children with and without disabilities have been limited, particularly in Saudi Arabia. The aim of...

Abstract The purpose of the research paper is to analyse the impact of some socio-demographic variables on the organisational performance. The influence of these socio-demographic variables was evaluated in the context of sales professionals working in the automobile sector of Pakistan. Conclusive research design has been adopted in the study by u...

Purpose: The high ratio of obesity prevalence was found in Saudi females. On the other hand, medical students have shown diverse patterns of knowledge and practice for their health around the world. This research aimed to measure the effectiveness of medical education for female medical sciences students related to BMI and psychological constructs...

Social media is a powerful channel to impact the perception of young generations throughout the world. Many studies revealed the link of body satisfaction, body image, self-esteem, several eating disorders and patterns influenced by social media among female youth. This study aims to investigate the relationship of social media content with the per...

A child's disability affects not only that child but also their caregivers. This study compares the quality of life (QoL) of Saudi mothers (primary caregivers) of children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) and Down Syndrome (DS) and mothers whose children do not have a disability, and explores its relationship with socioeconomic status. Two hundred mothers...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study is to investigate the relationship between ergonomics, lifestyle and job satisfaction among Sonographers in Riyadh KSA. METHODOLOGY: Predictive Correlational Design study was carried out at Riyadh KSA. Ergonomics were measured by administering subscale of work context derived from the Work Design Questionnaire...

Work context is essential to understand in relation to handle the stress at work that ultimately creates a feeling of satisfaction or dissatisfaction among health professionals. The current study was conducted to investigate the relationship of work context and work stress among sonographers (n=153) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Additionally, the study...

Psychological perspective determines how people will intervene into problems, issue, cases and define their reasoning. It became more essential to study the psychological perspectives of medical students because they have to deal with human beings. In learning process, a teacher takes part in the learning process as a role model and becomes the gre...

Teaching and learning strategies have a strong impact upon the self-efficacy, motivation and performance of the students. Teaching methods can enhance the basic cognitive abilities and achievement of students. Thus, it was found essential to study the impact of problem based learning and traditional teaching methods in relation to self-efficacy and...

This study was conducted to explore the prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries (MSI) among Sonographers in Riyadh. The main objective of the study was to investigate the relationship of ergonomics and sociodemographic correlates with musculoskeletal injuries (MSI) among Sonographers. The sample of this study comprised of (n=153) sonographers of Riy...

The internet is used extensively by many young adults, especially students in daily life. Researchers looked into issues with Internet addiction in the Middle East. However, there have been no studies about it in Saudi Arabia. The purpose is to explore the prevalence of Internet addiction among female medical students in Saudi Arabia. Furthermore,...

The main objective of this study is to provide the relationship of Body Mass Index and the weight specific quality of life with psychological factors (i.e., self-esteem, and psychological well-being) among university students of Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University (PNU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Body mass Index (BMI) was calculated...

Purpose: Usually any research survey can produce better results if it is utilized in local language. The study aimed to measure the inter-consistency, reliability and validity of three measures in Arabic language. Current study is phase I of research project to validate the measures in Arabic language.Material and Method: These three valuable and m...

Purpose: Youth is considered a crucial period for launching positive health and social behaviours. It is a life stage when young people are experiencing rapid emotional, physical and intellectual changes, and when they begin the transition from childhood to adolescence to independent adulthood. The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity wo...

The study aimed to implement action research method in educational institution for the sake of positive reforms and to initiate process of progress by using combination of Organizational Psychology and Administration. It is observed that those educational institutions who do not meet the needs of advanced technology and serve with limited capacity...

atients having Conversion disorder receives and reinforced by attention and social support thus they assume sick role unintentionally. Present study aims to examine the characteristics and symptoms of patients with conversion disorder while find out the relationship of perceived social support and readiness for treatment. This study was conducted i...

The study aimed to investigate the role of aggression and impulsivity in smoking among male adult students. It was hypothesized that there would be significant difference between smokers and non- smokers on the traits of aggression and impulsivity. The sample of two hundred male adult students was selected from different universities of Islamabad....

the present study aimed to investigate the relationship of co-dependency and relationship satisfaction among spouse of alcohol abusers. It was hypothesized that there is significant relationship between co-dependency ad interpersonal satisfaction among spouse of alcohol abuser. It was also hypothesized that higher the denial, self-esteem, control a...

The purpose of present research is to investigate relationship and between time management and professional stress among bank managers. Moreover, it investigates gender difference on the variables of time management and professional stress. The sample consisted on hundred subjects, was taken from various bank of Government sector. How organize are...

Heroin addiction may lead impairment in neuropsychological as well as behavioral functioning such as memory and attention deficits, motor impairments, aggressive behavior, somatic deficits and depressive symptoms. Neurobehavioral Functioning Inventory (NFI, Kreutzer, 1999) was administered on 50 heroin addicts selected from different hospitals of L...

Current descriptive study on heroin addiction in Karachi, Pakistan is conducted to explore the patterns and socio-demographic characteristics of male addicts who belong to lower socioeconomic status. The sample of 100 heroin addicts was taken from two treatment centers of Karachi who are providing free of cost treatments. Detailed interviews were c...

Present study aims to determine the working memory deficits in the patients with schizophrenia. For the purpose, the capacity for working memory was estimated by using the digit span subtest of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R), for a sample of 35 individuals including 25 schizophrenics and their 10 normal counterparts. The age ran...

Objective: The present research was conducted in order to assess the gender difference on the variable of self-esteem. Research Design: A comparative study. Place and duration of study: Different educational Institutions of Karachi during the year 2006. Subjects and Method: After detailed literature review it was hypothesized that males would hav...

Difference between man and woman are clear, both physiologically and psychologically. Personality differences between Men and Women are not as obvious as biological differences because psychological differences in men and women are probably due to physiological make up as well as due to environment. To fulfill different biological roles, it is obvi...