Old age has often been viewed as the problematic phase of an individuals’ life. To some extent, t... more Old age has often been viewed as the problematic phase of an individuals’ life. To some extent, this is correct. Aged people are increasingly more dependent on others in their lives. Their vulnerability also increases due to their physical weakness, decrease in physical mobility, economic dependency, and subsequent decline in their status within the family and in the society as a whole. Older people often feel neglected even by their own children. This study is intended mainly to get insight into the impact of education on the older people’s lives, and to explore the relationship of education with psychosocial well-being of senior citizens in Pukhtoon society. The current study is a cross sectional study, comprised of 150 respondents comprising 75 (50%) literate and 75 (50%) illiterate elderly people carried out in district Kohat. The data was collected through self-administered questionnaire (interview schedule). A relationship between dependent variable i.e. psychosocial problems ...
Dignified and satisfying aging is a growing concern for individuals and policymakers across the w... more Dignified and satisfying aging is a growing concern for individuals and policymakers across the world. The mechanism of aging reflects different psychological and physical changes over time. This research analyzes the implications of multifaceted life predictors for senior citizen’s self-esteem in Pakistan by examining the impact of socioeconomic status, social integration, general activities, and health in relation to the self-esteem of 312 retired senior citizens. Validated measures such as the Rosenberg Self-esteem Questionnaire and Bowling Quality of Life Questionnaire were used for data gathering. The results indicated that social integration was closely related to the self-esteem of the elderly.
International Journal of Virtual and Augmented Reality
Virtual reality games are known for creating the feelings of presence, ethical reasoning and refl... more Virtual reality games are known for creating the feelings of presence, ethical reasoning and reflection in its users. In what ways can we use the design and gameplay of a Virtual reality game to make moral demands of players and encouraging them to reflect on their negative behavior? In this article, we propose an ethically notable game as one that provides sensitization opportunities, through both design and gameplay, for encouraging ethical reasoning and reflection in children. To measure success, we present the results of two participatory design workshops with children and a user study carried out at Japanese elementary schools. The results underline the effectiveness of game-based learning to raise awareness of children on bullying victimization and eventually producing bystander intervention behavior.
Gender stereotypes play an important role in socialization and gender role formation in education... more Gender stereotypes play an important role in socialization and gender role formation in educational spheres. School environment, class room, teachers, class room environment, text books and curriculum present and portray the masculine ideology. School curriculum and text books are perpetuating a masculine and dominant trait which decreases female portrayal that effect their potentialities and capabilities at school level and even their empowerment in the larger social structure. Similarly, teacher’s attitudes and behavior in formation of student’s personality is also playing a pivotal role during the class and curriculum development. The current study thus investigates that how gender stereotypes developed during classroom, teaching of subjects, curriculum and text books. The data has been collected from 100 students of two primary and two middle schools selected through purposive sampling technique and the data was collected through structured interview schedule. The data has been ...
This study was aimed to analyze the Quality of Life of the elderly with regard to socioeconomic c... more This study was aimed to analyze the Quality of Life of the elderly with regard to socioeconomic conditions and psycho-social perspectives in Peshawar, Pakistan. In the present review, the focus has been made to examine the impacts of various predictors on the quality of life. A multiple indicator approach, which was based on PLS-SEM, was used to assess the impact of different psycho-socioeconomic and demographic indicators on the psychological well-being of the elderly. Hypotheses were planned and evaluated for each dimension in the analysis. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Two standard inventories: Scale with Life Satisfaction and Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale were adopted and evaluated as a composite outcome measure "Quality of Life", employing Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling technique. The coefficient in the model showed that Social Circle, Health and General Activity have a significant contribution to the Quality of Life. The findings of the study indicated that the relationship between the explanatory variables and outcome variable was strong in the model. All constructs collectively were accounted for 68% of the amount of variance in the construct of Quality of Life. The result exhibited that the Friends and Family construct was the strongest determinant for Quality of Life and Psychological wellbeing in the retired elderly.
Page 1. European Journal of Social Sciences Volume 20, Number 2 (2011) 314 Regulating the Islam... more Page 1. European Journal of Social Sciences Volume 20, Number 2 (2011) 314 Regulating the Islamic Seminaries in Pakistan under Deeni Madaris Ordinance 2002 Niaz Muhammad Centre of Religious Studies, Kohat University ...
Old age has often been viewed as the problematic phase of an individuals’ life. To some extent, t... more Old age has often been viewed as the problematic phase of an individuals’ life. To some extent, this is correct. Aged people are increasingly more dependent on others in their lives. Their vulnerability also increases due to their physical weakness, decrease in physical mobility, economic dependency, and subsequent decline in their status within the family and in the society as a whole. Older people often feel neglected even by their own children. This study is intended mainly to get insight into the impact of education on the older people’s lives, and to explore the relationship of education with psychosocial well-being of senior citizens in Pukhtoon society. The current study is a cross sectional study, comprised of 150 respondents comprising 75 (50%) literate and 75 (50%) illiterate elderly people carried out in district Kohat. The data was collected through self-administered questionnaire (interview schedule). A relationship between dependent variable i.e. psychosocial problems ...
This study was carried out to measure the Non-Governmental Organizations intervention in health n... more This study was carried out to measure the Non-Governmental Organizations intervention in health nutrition and people's level of satisfaction. A sample size of 230 out of 450 populations was selected through a simple random sampling procedure. The study revealed the children and women (lactating) benefitted through nutrition food, provision of purification tablets for safe drinking water, provision of food baskets to people. Children were benefited through the provision of vitamin, and de-warming medication, treatment of pregnant and lactating women and children suffering from malnutrition were significantly associated with people's level of satisfaction. This study recommended that government, along with NGOs, must take measures for healthy nutrition irrespective of class, caste, and occupation, etc.
Disabled people are also a part of our society. They have the same rights which are given to norm... more Disabled people are also a part of our society. They have the same rights which are given to normal people. They also have the right to live with grace, honour and dignity. However, it is a fact that disabled people are useless until and unless their transformation happens through special education. It is the special education which recognizes immobilized as the special ones in the mainstream society. The study was an attempt to know the role of special education in the personality development of disabled people. The study was conducted through senses method and 35 respondents were taken in written observations through a specific questionnaire. The main hypothesis of the study was how special education becomes disabled as special and how special education develops the personality of the disabled member. After data analysis the fact was discovered that special education totally changed the personality and behavior of the disabled member. It helps the disabled people to polish not only their personality but also give them some specific skills and expertise in various fields by means of which they can enjoy a prosperous, useful and honorable life. 83 pp 239-245) According to 'Sheldon J Korchin', Member of human society who needs others support and extra attentions for functioning in performing life activities are known as special people (Abnormal psychology-1986 pp 48-79) Special education play important role in the development of the personality of special people. By personality we mean the phenomena of growth. It falls into two patterns enlargement and change. The leaf expends is it grows but it does not alter its essential form. The butterfly on the other hand passes through dramatically different stages of change enroot to adult hood. Man illustrates both kinds of development. Bone, muscle and fat become larger and heavier but like the leaf they retain essentially the same structure throughout the whole life. Man's psychological and overt actions bear a closer can ship to the butterfly, for they undergo major changes during the first dozen years of life. The development of an individual's personality furnishes a classic example of how changes in organization characterize the growth process.
Old age has often been viewed as the problematic phase of an individuals’ life. To some extent, t... more Old age has often been viewed as the problematic phase of an individuals’ life. To some extent, this is correct. Aged people are increasingly more dependent on others in their lives. Their vulnerability also increases due to their physical weakness, decrease in physical mobility, economic dependency, and subsequent decline in their status within the family and in the society as a whole. Older people often feel neglected even by their own children. This study is intended mainly to get insight into the impact of education on the older people’s lives, and to explore the relationship of education with psychosocial well-being of senior citizens in Pukhtoon society. The current study is a cross sectional study, comprised of 150 respondents comprising 75 (50%) literate and 75 (50%) illiterate elderly people carried out in district Kohat. The data was collected through self-administered questionnaire (interview schedule). A relationship between dependent variable i.e. psychosocial problems ...
Dignified and satisfying aging is a growing concern for individuals and policymakers across the w... more Dignified and satisfying aging is a growing concern for individuals and policymakers across the world. The mechanism of aging reflects different psychological and physical changes over time. This research analyzes the implications of multifaceted life predictors for senior citizen’s self-esteem in Pakistan by examining the impact of socioeconomic status, social integration, general activities, and health in relation to the self-esteem of 312 retired senior citizens. Validated measures such as the Rosenberg Self-esteem Questionnaire and Bowling Quality of Life Questionnaire were used for data gathering. The results indicated that social integration was closely related to the self-esteem of the elderly.
International Journal of Virtual and Augmented Reality
Virtual reality games are known for creating the feelings of presence, ethical reasoning and refl... more Virtual reality games are known for creating the feelings of presence, ethical reasoning and reflection in its users. In what ways can we use the design and gameplay of a Virtual reality game to make moral demands of players and encouraging them to reflect on their negative behavior? In this article, we propose an ethically notable game as one that provides sensitization opportunities, through both design and gameplay, for encouraging ethical reasoning and reflection in children. To measure success, we present the results of two participatory design workshops with children and a user study carried out at Japanese elementary schools. The results underline the effectiveness of game-based learning to raise awareness of children on bullying victimization and eventually producing bystander intervention behavior.
Gender stereotypes play an important role in socialization and gender role formation in education... more Gender stereotypes play an important role in socialization and gender role formation in educational spheres. School environment, class room, teachers, class room environment, text books and curriculum present and portray the masculine ideology. School curriculum and text books are perpetuating a masculine and dominant trait which decreases female portrayal that effect their potentialities and capabilities at school level and even their empowerment in the larger social structure. Similarly, teacher’s attitudes and behavior in formation of student’s personality is also playing a pivotal role during the class and curriculum development. The current study thus investigates that how gender stereotypes developed during classroom, teaching of subjects, curriculum and text books. The data has been collected from 100 students of two primary and two middle schools selected through purposive sampling technique and the data was collected through structured interview schedule. The data has been ...
This study was aimed to analyze the Quality of Life of the elderly with regard to socioeconomic c... more This study was aimed to analyze the Quality of Life of the elderly with regard to socioeconomic conditions and psycho-social perspectives in Peshawar, Pakistan. In the present review, the focus has been made to examine the impacts of various predictors on the quality of life. A multiple indicator approach, which was based on PLS-SEM, was used to assess the impact of different psycho-socioeconomic and demographic indicators on the psychological well-being of the elderly. Hypotheses were planned and evaluated for each dimension in the analysis. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Two standard inventories: Scale with Life Satisfaction and Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale were adopted and evaluated as a composite outcome measure "Quality of Life", employing Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling technique. The coefficient in the model showed that Social Circle, Health and General Activity have a significant contribution to the Quality of Life. The findings of the study indicated that the relationship between the explanatory variables and outcome variable was strong in the model. All constructs collectively were accounted for 68% of the amount of variance in the construct of Quality of Life. The result exhibited that the Friends and Family construct was the strongest determinant for Quality of Life and Psychological wellbeing in the retired elderly.
Page 1. European Journal of Social Sciences Volume 20, Number 2 (2011) 314 Regulating the Islam... more Page 1. European Journal of Social Sciences Volume 20, Number 2 (2011) 314 Regulating the Islamic Seminaries in Pakistan under Deeni Madaris Ordinance 2002 Niaz Muhammad Centre of Religious Studies, Kohat University ...
Old age has often been viewed as the problematic phase of an individuals’ life. To some extent, t... more Old age has often been viewed as the problematic phase of an individuals’ life. To some extent, this is correct. Aged people are increasingly more dependent on others in their lives. Their vulnerability also increases due to their physical weakness, decrease in physical mobility, economic dependency, and subsequent decline in their status within the family and in the society as a whole. Older people often feel neglected even by their own children. This study is intended mainly to get insight into the impact of education on the older people’s lives, and to explore the relationship of education with psychosocial well-being of senior citizens in Pukhtoon society. The current study is a cross sectional study, comprised of 150 respondents comprising 75 (50%) literate and 75 (50%) illiterate elderly people carried out in district Kohat. The data was collected through self-administered questionnaire (interview schedule). A relationship between dependent variable i.e. psychosocial problems ...
This study was carried out to measure the Non-Governmental Organizations intervention in health n... more This study was carried out to measure the Non-Governmental Organizations intervention in health nutrition and people's level of satisfaction. A sample size of 230 out of 450 populations was selected through a simple random sampling procedure. The study revealed the children and women (lactating) benefitted through nutrition food, provision of purification tablets for safe drinking water, provision of food baskets to people. Children were benefited through the provision of vitamin, and de-warming medication, treatment of pregnant and lactating women and children suffering from malnutrition were significantly associated with people's level of satisfaction. This study recommended that government, along with NGOs, must take measures for healthy nutrition irrespective of class, caste, and occupation, etc.
Disabled people are also a part of our society. They have the same rights which are given to norm... more Disabled people are also a part of our society. They have the same rights which are given to normal people. They also have the right to live with grace, honour and dignity. However, it is a fact that disabled people are useless until and unless their transformation happens through special education. It is the special education which recognizes immobilized as the special ones in the mainstream society. The study was an attempt to know the role of special education in the personality development of disabled people. The study was conducted through senses method and 35 respondents were taken in written observations through a specific questionnaire. The main hypothesis of the study was how special education becomes disabled as special and how special education develops the personality of the disabled member. After data analysis the fact was discovered that special education totally changed the personality and behavior of the disabled member. It helps the disabled people to polish not only their personality but also give them some specific skills and expertise in various fields by means of which they can enjoy a prosperous, useful and honorable life. 83 pp 239-245) According to 'Sheldon J Korchin', Member of human society who needs others support and extra attentions for functioning in performing life activities are known as special people (Abnormal psychology-1986 pp 48-79) Special education play important role in the development of the personality of special people. By personality we mean the phenomena of growth. It falls into two patterns enlargement and change. The leaf expends is it grows but it does not alter its essential form. The butterfly on the other hand passes through dramatically different stages of change enroot to adult hood. Man illustrates both kinds of development. Bone, muscle and fat become larger and heavier but like the leaf they retain essentially the same structure throughout the whole life. Man's psychological and overt actions bear a closer can ship to the butterfly, for they undergo major changes during the first dozen years of life. The development of an individual's personality furnishes a classic example of how changes in organization characterize the growth process.
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