A brief description of the activities
of NIP faculty and students during the festival is as follows:
Information Desk
The information desk of NIP comprised brochures of
the academic programs (offered at NIP) and Services
• M.Sc Program at NIP highlighting the vision of NIP
M.Sc Program is to provide a forum for intellectual Growth
and stimulation for youth.
• M.Phil Program at NIP highlighting the basic consideration
in launching the M.Phil Program is to train competent students
in diverse areas of psychology.
• Ph. D Program at NIP highlighting the Sixteen years
of schooling or 4 year education after F.A/F.Sc (130 credit
hours) will be compulsory for admission in M.Phil/MS Programme
leading to PhD The minimum period for completion of Ph.D.
requirements shall be three years from the date of registration,
and maximum period shall be seven years.
• Counseling Centre at NIP focuses on helping the
individuals in crises and supports them to think clearly and
resolve their problem in a productive manner.
• Testing Resource Centre (TRC) at NIP highlighting
the collection of TRC contains tests related to categories
of Clinical and screening tests, Educational tests, Intelligence
tests, Aptitudes tests, Personality Inventories, and Vocational
tests.
• Library at NIP highlighting the fact that NIP Library
is the best National library offering variety of services
to social scientists in general and psychologists in particular.
• Publications of National Institute of Psychology
• Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research: Pakistan
Journal of Psychological Research (PJPR) is published biannually
by the National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University,
Pakistan.
• News Letter: Since 1982 the Institute has been publishing
a quarterly Newsletter reporting the research work and other
academic activities and extracurricular activities of the
Institute.
• Psychological Abstracts: Pakistan Psychological
Abstracts is a serial publication of the National Institute
of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. It is meant
to provide non-evaluative summaries of articles, research
monographs (published or unpublished), books, and theses related
to psychology.
• NIP Scan: National Institute of Psychology Library
publishes NIPSCAN yearly. NIPSCAN lists articles appearing
in journals received by NIP Library. It includes Titles and
Authors data, which facilitate researchers to locate relevant
material.
• Research Monographs: It include the published researches
done at NIP included funded project and Ph. D level of research.
• Proceedings of International Conferences: Proceedings
of two international conferences held at NIP highlighting
the objectives and the papers presented in those conferences. |
Psychological Assessment Service for
Youth at Pakistan Knowledge Festival
A team of NIP’s psychologist from NIP was available
for the psychological assessment services at a minimal cost.
The following psychological domains were assessed such as
intelligence, personality, aptitude, career guidance, anxiety,
and stress etc. People visiting the stall were genuinely interested
in finding about their own personalities and knowing their
IQ. Furthermore, young attendees of the festival were also
interested in finding about their aptitudes and they were
provided guidance regarding their careers and vocational aspirations.
Seminar on Psychological Effects of
Terrorism on Youth
The seminar titled “Psychological Effects of Terrorism
on Youth” delivered by Dr. Rubina Hanif (Assistant Professor,
NIP) on January 21st, 2011 at 4:30 to 5: 30 P.M in Room No.
006. Some of the points that were highlighted in seminar are
as follows:
Terrorism can be defined as the act of violence
intentionally perpetrated on civilian non combatants with
the goal of furthering some ideological, religious or political
objectives. The illegal use or threatened use of force or
violence. The fact of the matter is that the more we try to
define it, more complex and obscure it becomes because the
roots of terrorism are complex and multifaceted.
Different approaches to understand terrorism
were discussed and it was emphasized that it usually results
from multi causal factors…..not only psychological but
also economic, political, religious, and social factors, among
others. i.e., ethnic conflicts, religious and ideological
conflicts, poverty, modernization stresses, political inequalities,
lack of peaceful communication channels, traditions of violence,
the existence of a revolutionary group, governmental weakness
and ineptness, erosions of confidence in a regime, and deep
divisions within government elites and leadership groups.
The vulnerable population of terrorism are
children/adolescents, racial, and ethnic minorities, and those
with an existing psychiatric illness. Individual effects of
terrorism includes mental health, psychological and emotional
well being, problematic behaviors such as rigidity and intolerance
that lead to increase in anger/ aggression that may be exhibited
in violent behaviors. Negative beliefs and schemas lead to
anti social behaviors. Poor concentration that decreases performance
at schools/ colleges. Psychosomatic complaints due to frustration,
restlessness, fatigued, excessive manifestation of anxiety,
post traumatic symptoms, sleep disturbances. The level of
effect may vary from individual to broader level.
To encounter terrorism some of the following
points were highlighted at the end of the lecture
• Role of education and media in counter
terrorism were highlighted including curriculum, teaching
strategies, different system of education (i.e., English medium/
private, government/ English- urdu medium, and madrassas,
teachers training programs, and capacity building
• Teaching through media and educational
institutes focused on development of strength and new abilities,
altruism or unselfish concerns for the welfare of others,
sharing emotions with others, positive emotions
• Psycho education and emotional support,
crises management, stress management, crises counseling, management
of psychological consequences of the event and the responses,
and grief counseling.
The organization of 1st Pakistan Knowledge
Festival was a great effort by ministry of education to provide
opportunity to the academic institutions from all over Pakistan
to present their programs and services at a national forum
for the better awareness of the youth. |
