Kanwar Hamza Shuja

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  •   Department of Applied Psychology
  •   +92-345-5113762
  •   kanwar.hamza@numl.edu.pk

Kanwar Hamza Shuja

Lecturer
Education

M.phil. | 2018 - 2020 | National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pk

  • Major: Psychology
  • Thesis Topic: The Labeling Theory of Terrorism: Exploration of the Contributory Factors and Consequences among Youth in Pakistan

MSc | 2016 - 2018 | Foundation University, Rawalpindi, Pk

  • Major: Psychology
  • Thesis Topic: Criminal Breeding: An Explorative Study on Causes of Recidivism in Ex-Convicts

Graduation | 2014 - 2016 | Sargodha University, Sargodha, Pk

  • Major: Psychology

Hssc | 2005 - 2007 | Punjab College of I.T, Rawalpindi, Pk

  • Major: Pre-Engineering

SSC | 2003 - 2005 | Saint Mary Cambridge School, Rawalpindi, Pk

  • Major: Computer Science
Disctinctions and Achievements

Achievements

  • MSc Gold Medalist.

Distincition

  • MSc (APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY).
  • LECTURER (CONTRACTUAL) | NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MODERN LANGUAGES, ISLAMABAD | FEBRUARY 10TH (2023) - CURRENT
  • VISITING LECTURER | NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MODERN LANGUAGES, ISLAMABAD | FEBRUARY 14TH (2022) - FEBRUARY 10TH (2023)
  • CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST | SMALL STEPS LEARNING CENTER, ISLAMABAD | SEPTEMBER 1ST  (2021) - JANURARY 31ST (2023)
  • VISITING LECTURER | CAPITAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ISLAMABAD | OCTOBER 1ST (2021) - MARCH 4TH (2022)
  • LAB INSTRUCTOR | CAPITAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ISLAMABAD | MARCH 5TH (2021) - MARCH 4TH (2022)
  • VISITING LECTURER | QUAID-E-AZAM UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD | FEBRUARY 15TH - AUGUST 31ST  (2021)
  • FREELANCER | ONLINE | JANUARY 2019 - CURRENT
  • CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (INTERNSHIP) | FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RAWALPINDI | JANUARY - AUGUST 2018
  • CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (INTERNSHIP) | WAPSI DRUG TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION CENTER, RAWALPINDI | AUGUST - DECEMBER 2017
  • TEACHER | SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS, RAWALPINDI | NOVEMBER 2007 - NOVEMBER 2010
  • FIELD OPERATIVE | GLOBAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION (N.G.O), RAWALPINDI | NOVEMBER 2008 - NOVEMBER 2010
 Public Funded Articles
  1. The state of health in Pakistan and its provinces and territories, 1990-2019: A systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2019.
  2. Tracking development assistance for health and for Covid-19: A review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 204 countries and territories, 1990-2050.
Published Articles
  1. Criminal recidivism in Pakistan: A grounded theory of social & environmental causes and psychological consequences.
  2. A web-based cross-sectional survey of coping mechanisms, psychological symptoms, and mental health in Pakistan during the covid-19 outbreak.
  3. Comparison of students' mental wellbeing, anxiety, depression, and quality of life during Covid-19's full and partial (smart) lockdowns: A follow-up study at a 5-month interval.
  4. Immediate calamity-based distress: Psychometric development and validation of fear of affliction scale.
  5. Validity and reliability of the Urdu version of the McLean screening instrument for borderline personality disorder (MSI-BPD).
  6. Psychometric development and validation of victim gaslighting questionnaire (VGQ): Across female sample from Pakistan.
  7. The moderating role of emotional intelligence between inter-parental conflicts and loneliness in male and female adolescents.  
  8. Attachment styles, Facebook addiction, dissociation and alexithymia in university students; a mediational model.
  9. A complex model of differences on gender and institution type in academic achievement, happiness and self-esteem among orphan and nonorphan children from Pakistan.
  10. Suicidal behavior sociocultural factors in developing countries during Covid-19.
  11. The influence of illness perception, anxiety and depression disorders on student’s mental health during covid-19 outbreak in Pakistan: A web-based cross-sectional survey.  
  12. A hindrance to proper health care: Psychometric development and validation of opiophobia questionnaire among doctors in Pakistan.  
  13. The role of interventions to manage and reduce Covid-19 mortality rate of the Covid-19 patients worldwide.
  14. Letter to highlight the effects of isolation on elderly during Covid19 outbreak.
  15. Psychometric development and validation of attitude rating scale towards women empowerment: Across male and female university population in Pakistan.
  16. Chronic pain management a fundamental human right: Adaptation and examination of psychometric properties of pain anxiety symptoms scale among osteoporosis sample from Pakistan.
  17. A narrative review of the risks of covid-19 vertical transmission during pregnancy.
  18. Association between unemployment and suicide during Covid-19.
  19. Principal ethical issues for research with vulnerable population during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  20. Covid-19 pandemic and impending global mental health implications.
  21. Linking social support, social anxiety and maladaptive daydreaming.
Accepted For Publication
  1. Can intervention strategies help in managing and reducing the mortality of Coronavirus (Covid-19) disease? A perspective of global health emergency.
  2. Role of social media in tackling covid-19! A novel contagious disease leads to the crisis of public mental health.
  3. Mental health repercussions and challenges in Covid-19 pandemic: experiences admits conflicting states.  
Book Chapters Published
  1.  A ray of hope: Resilience amidst uncertainty and other psycho-social issues during Covid-19 pandemic.
  2. A way forward: Psychological adaptation and transformation of life post Covid-19.
Workshops and Seminars

Conducted

  • 1-day workshop on Mediation and Moderation analysis using Haye’s Process Macro inbuilt models and customs models | National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad | 2023
  • 1-day workshop on Existential Psychotherapy: Techniques & application for anxiety disorder | National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad | 2021

Organized

  • Seminar on Psychology in Context of Law and Crime | Capital University of Science and Technology, ISLAMABAD | 2021
  • Seminar on Need of Psychology in Juvenile Delinquency | Capital University of Science and Technology | 2021

Attended

  • 1-week workshop on Psychological Assessment Tools and Testing | WAPSI DRug Rehab Center, Rawalpindi | 2018

 

  1. Forensic Psychology.

  2. Criminal Psychology.

  3. Scale development and testing.

Education

Education

M.phil. | 2018 - 2020 | National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pk

  • Major: Psychology
  • Thesis Topic: The Labeling Theory of Terrorism: Exploration of the Contributory Factors and Consequences among Youth in Pakistan

MSc | 2016 - 2018 | Foundation University, Rawalpindi, Pk

  • Major: Psychology
  • Thesis Topic: Criminal Breeding: An Explorative Study on Causes of Recidivism in Ex-Convicts

Graduation | 2014 - 2016 | Sargodha University, Sargodha, Pk

  • Major: Psychology

Hssc | 2005 - 2007 | Punjab College of I.T, Rawalpindi, Pk

  • Major: Pre-Engineering

SSC | 2003 - 2005 | Saint Mary Cambridge School, Rawalpindi, Pk

  • Major: Computer Science
Disctinctions and Achievements

Achievements

  • MSc Gold Medalist.

Distincition

  • MSc (APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY).

Experience

  • LECTURER (CONTRACTUAL) | NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MODERN LANGUAGES, ISLAMABAD | FEBRUARY 10TH (2023) - CURRENT
  • VISITING LECTURER | NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MODERN LANGUAGES, ISLAMABAD | FEBRUARY 14TH (2022) - FEBRUARY 10TH (2023)
  • CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST | SMALL STEPS LEARNING CENTER, ISLAMABAD | SEPTEMBER 1ST  (2021) - JANURARY 31ST (2023)
  • VISITING LECTURER | CAPITAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ISLAMABAD | OCTOBER 1ST (2021) - MARCH 4TH (2022)
  • LAB INSTRUCTOR | CAPITAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ISLAMABAD | MARCH 5TH (2021) - MARCH 4TH (2022)
  • VISITING LECTURER | QUAID-E-AZAM UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD | FEBRUARY 15TH - AUGUST 31ST  (2021)
  • FREELANCER | ONLINE | JANUARY 2019 - CURRENT
  • CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (INTERNSHIP) | FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RAWALPINDI | JANUARY - AUGUST 2018
  • CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (INTERNSHIP) | WAPSI DRUG TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION CENTER, RAWALPINDI | AUGUST - DECEMBER 2017
  • TEACHER | SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS, RAWALPINDI | NOVEMBER 2007 - NOVEMBER 2010
  • FIELD OPERATIVE | GLOBAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION (N.G.O), RAWALPINDI | NOVEMBER 2008 - NOVEMBER 2010

Publications

 Public Funded Articles
  1. The state of health in Pakistan and its provinces and territories, 1990-2019: A systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2019.
  2. Tracking development assistance for health and for Covid-19: A review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 204 countries and territories, 1990-2050.
Published Articles
  1. Criminal recidivism in Pakistan: A grounded theory of social & environmental causes and psychological consequences.
  2. A web-based cross-sectional survey of coping mechanisms, psychological symptoms, and mental health in Pakistan during the covid-19 outbreak.
  3. Comparison of students' mental wellbeing, anxiety, depression, and quality of life during Covid-19's full and partial (smart) lockdowns: A follow-up study at a 5-month interval.
  4. Immediate calamity-based distress: Psychometric development and validation of fear of affliction scale.
  5. Validity and reliability of the Urdu version of the McLean screening instrument for borderline personality disorder (MSI-BPD).
  6. Psychometric development and validation of victim gaslighting questionnaire (VGQ): Across female sample from Pakistan.
  7. The moderating role of emotional intelligence between inter-parental conflicts and loneliness in male and female adolescents.  
  8. Attachment styles, Facebook addiction, dissociation and alexithymia in university students; a mediational model.
  9. A complex model of differences on gender and institution type in academic achievement, happiness and self-esteem among orphan and nonorphan children from Pakistan.
  10. Suicidal behavior sociocultural factors in developing countries during Covid-19.
  11. The influence of illness perception, anxiety and depression disorders on student’s mental health during covid-19 outbreak in Pakistan: A web-based cross-sectional survey.  
  12. A hindrance to proper health care: Psychometric development and validation of opiophobia questionnaire among doctors in Pakistan.  
  13. The role of interventions to manage and reduce Covid-19 mortality rate of the Covid-19 patients worldwide.
  14. Letter to highlight the effects of isolation on elderly during Covid19 outbreak.
  15. Psychometric development and validation of attitude rating scale towards women empowerment: Across male and female university population in Pakistan.
  16. Chronic pain management a fundamental human right: Adaptation and examination of psychometric properties of pain anxiety symptoms scale among osteoporosis sample from Pakistan.
  17. A narrative review of the risks of covid-19 vertical transmission during pregnancy.
  18. Association between unemployment and suicide during Covid-19.
  19. Principal ethical issues for research with vulnerable population during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  20. Covid-19 pandemic and impending global mental health implications.
  21. Linking social support, social anxiety and maladaptive daydreaming.
Accepted For Publication
  1. Can intervention strategies help in managing and reducing the mortality of Coronavirus (Covid-19) disease? A perspective of global health emergency.
  2. Role of social media in tackling covid-19! A novel contagious disease leads to the crisis of public mental health.
  3. Mental health repercussions and challenges in Covid-19 pandemic: experiences admits conflicting states.  
Book Chapters Published
  1.  A ray of hope: Resilience amidst uncertainty and other psycho-social issues during Covid-19 pandemic.
  2. A way forward: Psychological adaptation and transformation of life post Covid-19.
Workshops and Seminars

Conducted

  • 1-day workshop on Mediation and Moderation analysis using Haye’s Process Macro inbuilt models and customs models | National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad | 2023
  • 1-day workshop on Existential Psychotherapy: Techniques & application for anxiety disorder | National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad | 2021

Organized

  • Seminar on Psychology in Context of Law and Crime | Capital University of Science and Technology, ISLAMABAD | 2021
  • Seminar on Need of Psychology in Juvenile Delinquency | Capital University of Science and Technology | 2021

Attended

  • 1-week workshop on Psychological Assessment Tools and Testing | WAPSI DRug Rehab Center, Rawalpindi | 2018

 

Interests

  1. Forensic Psychology.

  2. Criminal Psychology.

  3. Scale development and testing.