Department of Applied Psychology

Saima Ahmad

Saima Ahmad
Saima Ahmad

Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Pshycology
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Experience

  • Feb 2009-  july 2020 lecturer, dept of Applied Psychology, Lahore College for Women University.

  • Aug 2020- till date; assistant professor; dept of Applied Psychology, Lahore College for Women University.

Memberships

Member Pakistan Psychological association

Graduate Students/Postdocs/Undergraduate Students/ Supervised

MS thesis supervised
  1. Relationship between Work Family Conflict, Stress and Workplace Deviance among University Teachers.
  2. Marital adjustment, Aggression and Quality of Life in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
  3. Perception of Romantic love, Quality of life and Happiness among young adults.
  4. Self-silencing, self-esteem and Marital Satisfaction among Working and Non-working women.
  5. Verbal Aggression, Tolerance for Disagreement and Satisfaction with Life in Adolescents
  1. Shame, Guilt and Marital Adjustment among Obese Working and Non- Working Women.
  2. Verbal aggression, Peer victimization and Family environment among Adolescents
  3. Trust, Perceived Social Support and Marital Satisfaction among Working women and House wives.
  4. Determinants of Compassionate love for humanity in young adults
  5. Predictors of Marital Satisfaction in House wives.
  6. Public Transport Harassment, Resilience, and Perceived Safety among students.
  7. Physical Inactivity, Sleep Disturbance, and Aggression among Adolescents using Social Media.
  8. Psychological Distress, General Health and Life Satisfaction among Children with Thalassemia and Children undergoing Haemodialysis.
  9. Effect of Health Literacy, Self -Care and Social Support among patients with hypertension.
  10. Coping strategies, Meaning in life and Health-Related quality of life among Haemophilia adults.
  11. Health Anxiety, Personality Traits, Emotional Regulation & Cyberchondria among Young Adults
  12. Psychological Distress, shame, guilt and self- esteem in women with miscarriage.
  13. Psychosocial problems hopelessness and mental health among adult with physical disability.
  14. Socio-Cultural Factors of Obesity Among young Adults. 
BS thesis supervised
  1. Verbal aggression, subjective happiness and personality traits among university students.
  2. Adjustment problems, social anxiety and coping strategies among college students.
  3. Materialism, Life Satisfaction and Religious Orientation among College Students
  4. Predictors of death anxiety among older Adults.
  5. Psychosocial Correlates of Obesity among students with Obesity.

Conference Attended  

Sr . No

Date

Title

Venue

1.       

6-8 February, 2019

3 day International Conference of Applied Psychology: Practices & Interventions.

University of the Punjab, Lahore.

2.       

17th March, 2018

National Conference on Promoting Mental Health in Schools: A Way Forward

The Institute of Clinical Psychology, UMT, Lahore. 

3.       

11-13 December, 2017

International conference on Health and Well being

LCWU, Lahore.

4.       

26-28 April,

2017

3 Day International Conference on Health Psychology: Issues and Challenges

GCU, Lahore.

5.       

9-10 march , 2017

Ist international conference, Clinical Psychology and the Developing World: Issues, Challenges and Solutions

The Institute of Clinical Psychology, UMT Lahore. 

6.       

1-2 December 2016

6th international Conference                                                                

NIP, Islamabad.

7.       

2-4 November 2016

1st International Education Conference

LCWU, Lahore.

8.       

19-21st March, 2015

14th international Conference of Psychology

Quaid e Azam Campus , University of Punjab, Lahore

9.       

31 October 2013

International Conference of Pakistan Psychological Association , Lahore

Al Hamra Hall, Lahore.

10.   

11th -12 Jan 2013

International Conference on Language Sciences and the Developing World

LCWU, Lahore.

11.   

7th -10th November 2009

12th Asian Pacific Regional Conference of Alzeimer’s Disease International

GCU, Lahore.

Trainings Attended 

Date

Title

Venue

10-10-2015

Training of presiding and assistant presiding officer , local govt Elections  , Punjab 2015

 

2-5 September, 2014

Active Citizens Training of Facilitators

LCWU, Lahore

17th-19th march 2014

Data, Data everywhere staying calm and methodologically analysing the qualitative data

LCWU, Lahore

March, 2013

Research Methods &How to win research Grant?

LCWU, Lahore

22july- 19 August, 2009

Professional Competency Enhancement Programme for Teachers

LCWU, Lahore

28-29 April 2006

Counselling skills

PU, Lahore

Workshops Attended

Date

Title

Venue

8th January

Introduction to Statistical Software R Language

LCWU, Lahore

25th-26

June 2013

Application of Advance Statistical Analysis for Behavioral Sciences

LCWU, Lahore

25th-26 June, 2013

Qualitative Research Methods in Social Sciences ; IPA & Content Analysis

LCWU, Lahore

18th March, 2013

Academic Research Writing

LCWU, Lahore

1st June 2009

Creating Awareness  against drug addiction

LCWU, Lahore

28th January 2017

One day workshop on Mediation & Moderation Analysis using SPSS, AMOS 24 with process Macros 

LMDA, Lahore

1 st December 2023

Management of Panic Disorder via Eclectic Approach

University of Punjab , Lahore

2nd December 2023

Unrevealing the Threads of Anxiety and Discovering Effective Management Strategies

University of Punjab , Lahore

21 November 2023

How to Effectively use Mendeley in Research Cycle

Higher Education Commission, Lahore

29th November 2023

Study Design and Sample Size Calculation

LISA, Lahore

Brief Statement of Research Interest

My primary area of research interest is health psychology. Other areas of interest includes Psychometrics, Social Problems, psychopathology, gender related issues, marital issues, Islamic psychology, death, and issues of old age. 

Publications 

  • Khalid, F., Ahmad, S., & Kazmi, R. (2017). Relationship between Work Family conflict, Stress and Workplace Deviance among University Teachers. International Journal of Educational Enquiry and Reflection, 2(1), 37-59.
  • Ahmad S., & Kazmi R. (2018). Development and validation of verbal aggression scale for college students. International Journal of Educational Enquiry and Reflection, 3 (1), 39-55.
  • Ahmad, S., Muazzam, A., & Anjum, A. (2019). Factors of Obesity and Personality Traits in Middle aged Women of Lahore. Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 70(4), 1153-1157.
  • Development and Psychometric Properties of Overeating Situations Scale (OSS). Ahmad, S., & Muazzam, A. (2020). Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Vol. 30, No. 2, 80-97
  • Kazmi, R., Ahmad,S., Zeeshan, F., & Ghalib,S.(2021).Attachment Styles, Emotion Regulation and Resilience in University Students. International Review of Basic and Applied Sciences, 9(4),98-105. 
  • Din, S. A., and A. Muazzam.(2022) “OBESITY AND MARITAL RELATIONSHIP: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF COPING”. KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL,14(3), 163-8, doi:10.35845/kmuj.2022.21713.