INFLUENCE OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA ON CHILDREN'S PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

In the present age world is becoming global village due to modern information and communication systems. The exchange of thoughts and feelings via the spoken or written word is of course, a strong force for group cohesiveness. In complex societies, the electronic media are strategic devices for maintaining (or changing) group identities and loyalties. Electronic media have pervasive influences and are powerful agents of personality development. Personality is conceptualized as a set of stable Knowledge, structures that individuals use to interpret event in their social world and to guide their behavior". The study was conducted in district Gujranwala in Pakistan to investigate the respondent's perception regarding the impact of electronic media on children personality. Through multistage sampling technique, 120 respondents were selected. A structured interview schedule was used for the data collection. After collection of the data, appropriate statistical techniques were applied to draw conclusion. The results show that majority of the respondents agreed that electronic media play a vital role in the development of children's personality, attitudes and behaviour. However, due to the danger of access of children to vulgar, sex obsessed and violent movies, majority of respondents were in favour of negative impact of electronic media on the attitude of their children

IMPACT OF MODERNIZATION ON PAKISTANI WOMEN

Modernization is a multidimensional concept initiated by industrialization. Before industrialization, society based upon traditional social institutions. Modernization brought about changes in every segment of society. Modernization has both negative and positive impact on society. In Pakistan, modernization has great impact on young female. In present scenario of modernization in Pakistan, it has negative impact on young generation. Female is part and parcel in every society and played a vital role in development process. According to feminist perspective, females should be given equal rights to men and not limited to homes. Islam is also granted women rights which are considered necessary for women development. But it is the habit of West that they attributed each and every good aspects of life with them. They have made women only sexual object for their leisure and decline their respect. Women think that sexual freedom plays an important role in their development. These negative impacts have been found among Pakistani women. Present study was conducted in Bahria Town Islamabad, Pakistan. Main objective of this study was to investigate the impact of modernization regarding their lifestyle. A sample of hundred females was selected through convient sampling technique. A well designed questionnaire was used for the collection of data. Results of this study reveal that majority of the females 42% prefer arrange marriage, large majority the females 42% wear jeans and 50% females reported that vulgarity is prevailing among females

Sociological Study of Peopleas Believe on Sufi Saintas (A Case Study of District Jhang)

Shrines of the Sufi saints are the signs of Peace Harmony Tolerance and sympathy Today s peoples have great faith on Sultans peers and come on the shrines for making woves Come on shrines and making woves have become an important part of the social life of the people Not only Muslims but also non-Muslims came on shrines and follow the teachings of the Sufis in every sphere of life Female came on shrines in great numbers than male because they have great belief on woves and follow the teachings of the predecessors peers blindly Fake peers are also found in great numbers and they deceive people through different ways It has become an important issue in our society and increasing with the passage of time On the other hand people have become materialistic and leave religious values They are accepting wrong beliefs values and teachings which presented by the fake religious leaders and predecessors of the Sufis shrines Therefore present research study was conducted in sociology Present study was conducted in district Jhang on the shrines of Sultan s Sufi Saints For this purpose five Sultan s Sufi Saints shrines were selected Sufi Saint s played a vital role in the preaching of Islam in Jhang People of Jhang were and are very rigid in their traditions and culture Sufi Saints preached Islam here with love and through miracles They were true representer of Islamic teachings and Holy Prophet PBUH teaching

Women Home Based Workers in Rural areas of Pakistan

Home-based work is a “general category of work within the informal or unorganized sector where workers carry out remunerative activities within their homes or in the surrounding areas but not at the premises of an employer”. The women Home-based workers defines as “The Women who work in their own dwelling or home stations. It is the moneymaking activity. The home based work includes the embroidery, handicrafts, stitching, weaving, shoe making, football making, garments, handmade jewelry and decoration piece making etc. The main purpose of this study was to explore awareness among women home based worker about their rights. The study was conducted in District Faisalabad. Multistage sampling technique was used in this study. At first stage, one Tehsil Faisalabad out of five Tehsils was selected by using simple random sampling technique. At second stage 4 union councils including UC-49, UC-157, and UC-274 were selected by using simple purposive sampling technique. At third stage four villages from each union council out of five villages (Chack No- 225 RB, Malkhawala), (Chack No-217 RB, Chakaira), (Chack No-218 RB, Pronkawala) and (Chack No-61 JB, Dharora) were selected purposively. The study was conducted in rural area of District Faisalabad. The sample size of one twenty women was selected by using simple random sampling.  Questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection and collected data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Results of the study revealed that 61.7% of the respondents were illiterate, about 38.3% of the respondents earned 2501-5000 rupees, the significant majority 86.7% of the respondents belonged to lower class, about one third 40% of the respondents involved in stitching, more than half 51.7% of the respondents worked up to 6 hours per day, the majority 67.5% the of the respondents had muscular pain, and the significant majority 87.5% of the respondents had no awareness about their rights

Does nature-based social prescription improve mental health outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis

BackgroundA nature-based social prescription (NBSP) is an approach to improving mental health outcomes that involves prescribing nature-based interventions as complementary or alternative therapy to traditional ones. A variety of advantages are available from NBSP for people looking to enhance their mental well-being. The effect size of the nature-based social prescriptions (NBSPs) has not been thoroughly evaluated by systematic reviews and meta-analyses.ObjectivesThe current study aimed to analyze existing studies and conduct a meta-analysis to determine the overall effect size of the nature-based social prescriptions (NBSP’s) outcomes on mental health.MethodsBy choosing the relevant papers from among those that were available, a meta-analysis was carried out in the current study. A systematic search of electronic databases (Pub Med, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Library, Embase, CINAHL, and PsychINFO) was conducted to identify relevant studies. Studies were included if they evaluated the effects of NBSP on mental health outcomes. Effect sizes were calculated using the random effects model.ResultsMeta-analysis of interventions statistics shows that CBT (SMD −0.0035; 95% CI: [−0.5090; 0.5020]; Tau^2: 0.1011; Tau: 0.318), digital intervention (SMD −0.3654; 95% CI: [−0.5258; 1.2566]; Tau^2: 0.2976, Tau: 0.5455), music intervention (SMD −2.1281; 95% CI: [−0.4659; 4.7221]; Tau^2: 3.4046; Tau:1.8452), and psychological interventions (SMD −0.8529; 95% CI: [0.3051; 1.4007]; Tau^2: 0.1224; Tau: 0.3499) do not significantly impact. The other interventions [social belongingness, communication training, blue intervention, nature-based education, cognitive behavior group therapy (CBGT), social prescribing coordinator, self-help intervention, participatory, organizational intervention, inpatient services, brief diet, internet-based intervention, prenatal intervention, yoga and meditation, ergonomics training program, yoga nidra intervention, and storytelling] highlighted above are significant.ConclusionThe conclusion of the meta-analysis supports the idea that incorporating nature-based social prescription interventions into mental healthcare plans can effectively complement traditional therapies and improve mental health outcomes.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42023412458, CRD42023412458

GENDER EMPOWERMENT THROUGH LIVESTOCK CARE AND MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF DISTRICT JHANG

Livestock is an important component of Pakistan population since 30-35 million rural population is involved in livestock rising. It provides a higher share of household income to poor and landless families. Livestock is widely distributed in the country. Almost all farmers inPakistanhave cattle or but few have sheep's and goats. Dairy is also a major enterprise. This provides cash profit to the farmers who keep one-third of the total animals. Only buffaloes provide three-fourth of the milk production in the country. Livestock are used for ploughing, land leveling, threshing, fodder chopping, cane crushing transportations and water lifting. The objective of present study was to investigate the participation of respondents in livestock management. Multistage sampling technique was used for this study. At the first stage, out of four Tehsils, two Tehsils were selected randomly. Then from two selected Tehsils, four villages were selected. Finally at the third stage, 150 respondents (rural women) were selected by using convenient sampling. The data thus collected were analyzed and interpreted by using appropriate statistical package to draw the conclusions. The results revealed that majority of the respondents were participated in fodder cutting activities and were keeping animals in their courtyard. Through livestock care and management females uplifting living standard of their families

Hepatitis: A Rapidly Spreading Viral Infection in Pakistan

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A Co-relational Study of Community Midwife and Maternal Health Care System: A Questionnaire Survey in Rural Areas of Pakistan

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Managing engineering change within the paradigm of product llfecycle management

Managing change in organizations is a laborious task that consumes value added time in various segments of the product lifecycle including design and development, production, delivery, and product disposition. Product lifecycle management plays an important role in minimizing the time required for managing engineering changes. This research aims to perform an extensive survey of the literature in this area. There is no consolidated review available in this area summarizing advances in engineering change management vis-à-vis product lifecycle management. Thus, the paper gives an overview of product lifecycle management-based thinking and change management. This review puts forward the most relevant research regarding the practices and frameworks developed for managing engineering change in an organization. These include model-based definition, digital twin, process-based semantic approach, service-oriented architecture, Unified Modeling Language, and unified feature modeling. The gaps between the extents of conformance to success factors have been identified as extent of integration, standardization, versatility of application, support of existing systems, and the extent of product lifecycle management support.peer-reviewe