Dr. Bushra Naz
Associate Professor
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Dr. Bushra Naz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FoHSS), University of Central Punjab, Lahore. She holds an MSCP and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from GCU Lahore, and brings a wealth of experience as both a teacher and a practicing clinician. She has authored numerous research articles and actively contributes to academia as a reviewer for several national and international journals. In addition, she serves as the Editor of the UCP Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (UCP_JHSS), where she plays a pivotal role in advancing scholarly research and publications. Dr. Naz has presented her research at various national and international conferences and served as a session chair and co-chair in several academic events. She has contributed significantly to the organization and member of management team of international conferences, performing key academic and administrative roles. Specialized training in diverse areas of clinical psychology as well as contemporary methods of research and statistical analysis strengthens her professional expertise. Dedicated to bridging theory, research, and practice, Dr. Naz is recognized as a committed academic, clinician, and researcher in her field.
| Ph.D | Clinical Psychology | Government College University, Lahore | 2019 |
| MSCP | Clinical Psychology | Government College University, Lahore | 2008 |
| BA-MSc | Clinical Psychology | Punjab University | 1998, 2000 |
| Associate Professor | University of Central Punjab Lahore | Jan, 2025 till now |
| Assistant Professor | University of Central Punjab Lahore | 2022- 2024 |
| Assistant Professor | Government College University Lahore | 2019-2022 |
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1. Batool, S.S., Naz, B., Habib, S., Goraya, F., Akram, M., Khalid, A., & Sadaf, A. (2015). Construction of Effective Teaching Evaluation Scale and Students’ Perception of the Characteristics of Effective Teachers. Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 13(1), 28-35. (HEC Y category).
2. Naz, B., & Batool, S. S. (2017). Infertility Related Issues and Challenges: Perspectives of Patients, Spouses, and Infertility Experts. Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 15(2), 3-11. (HEC Y category).
3. Fida, M. K., & Naz, B. (2017). Buying Experience and Customer Satisfaction as an Outcome of Salesmen’s Facial Expression: A Social Experiment Journal of Marketing Management and Consumer Behavior, 1 (5), 24-35. (International Journal)
4. Fida, M. K., Naz, B., et. al. (2020). Emotional Intelligence and Narcissism among Senior Corporate Executives Foundation University Journal of Psychology, Vol 4 (2) DOI:10.33897/fujp3.2231082019 (HEC Y category).
5. Naz, B., et. al.4 (2020). Customer Service Perception among Professionals: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Norming Journal of Marketing Management and Consumer Behavior, 2(5), 49-69. (International Journal) https://independent.academia.edu/HTabaraee
6. Naz, B., Fida, M. K., Khan, M. Z., Safdar, A., & Asghar, M. A. (2021). Covid-19: From Pandemic to Epidemic an Ostrich Syndrome Causing Desensitization among Urban and Suburban Masses. Annals of King Edward Medical University, 27(1), 120-129 (HEC Y-Category, JCR List, Thompson Reuters, WoS). https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v27i1.4416
7. Naz, B., Fida, M. K., Khan, M. Z., Safdar, A., & Asghar, M. A. (2022). Emotional Intelligence: A Key to Maintain Balance between Work-Life and Job-Satisfaction. Journal of Peace, Development and Communication, 06(03), 74–92. https://doi.org/10.36968/JPDC-V06-I03-06 (HEC Y category)
8. Naz, B., Khan, M. Z., Fida, M. K. (2022). Mapping the Terrain of Organizational Leadership Styles through HEXACO Personality Inventory, Pakistan Languages and Humanities Review Vol. 6, No. 3[45-59] http://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2022(6-II)01 (HEC Y category)
9. Naz, B., …..et. al. (2022) Emotional Intelligence and Job Performance of Employees working in the Financial Sector of Pakistan: Job Satisfaction as the Mediator. Journal of Professional & Applied Psychology 3(4), 403-416 https://doi.org/10.52053/jpap.v3i4.124 (HEC Y category)
10. Naz B, Batool SS, Fida MK, Khan MZ. Construction and validation of emotional and social distress scale for men and women diagnosed with infertility: further evidence of its construct validity and psychometric properties. Khyber Med University Journal 2022;14(3): 147-157. https://doi.org/10.35845/kmuj.2022.21660
11. Naz, B., …..et. al. (2022) Vaccination Readiness of Covid-19 and Generic Conspiracist Beliefs among Young Adults: The Mediated Role of Health and Wellbeing (2022), Annals of King Edward Medical University Lahore, Pakistan; 29(2): 180-186. (Impact factor 0.4, JCR List, Thompson Reuters, WoS). https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v29i2.5506
12. Naz, B., Fida, M. K., & Khan, M. Z. (2023). Interpersonal Support and Social Reflection are the Solution to Internet Addiction: Empirical Evidence. Journal of Professional & Applied Psychology, 4(3), 383-399. https://doi.org/10.52053/ipap.v4i3.216
13. Naz, B., Khan, M. Z., Fida, M. K., Safdar, A., & Asghar, M. A. (2023). Social Support as a Mediator between Psychological Maladjustment and Quality of Life among Patients with Hemodialysis Annals of King Edward Medical University Lahore, Pakistan; 23(4): 180-186. (Impact factor 0.4, JCR List, Thompson Reuters, WoS). https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v23i4.4529
14. Naz, B., et al. (2024) Psychological Distress and Professional Competency among Medical Professionals: The Mediating Role of Work Motivation. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology 31 (8): 1602-1609 (HEC-X category, Impact factor 1.94 , JCR List, Thompson Reuters, WoS) https://doi.org/10.53555/62ny5k06
15. Naz, B. & Batool, S.S. (2024) Adaptation and Validation of the COMPI Coping-Strategy Scale for Infertile Men and Women”. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology 31 (9): 1863-1870 (HEC-X category, Impact factor 1.94 , JCR List, Thompson Reuters, WoS) DOI: 10.53555/m3zepd38
16. Jabeen, M., Ashiq, A., Naz, B. (2024) Psychological Distress, Resilience and Academic Achievement among School Student after the Second Year of Covid-19, Journal of Research & Reviews in Social Sciences Pakistan 7 (2), 2024 pp 2822-2835 (HEC-Y category) https://journal.kinnaird.edu.pk/journal-archives/
17. Naz, B…… (2024) Personality Traits, Emotional Intelligence, And Workplace Arrogance Among Corporate Sector Employees, Kurdish Studies 12 (4), 2024 pp 1900-1906 DOI: 10.53555/ks.v12i4.3722
18. Naz, B; Batool, S.S. (2024) Psychosocial Problems and Marital Satisfaction in Infertile Individuals: The Buffering Role of Meaning Based Coping, Kurdish Studies 12 (4), 2024 pp 1894-1899 DOI: 10.53555/ks.v12i4.3721
Conference publications:
1. Paper presented in 1st International Conference on Intergenerational Transfer of Mental Illness: Patterns of Risk and Protective Factors (ICIMI-2024; Under HEC-GCF-844) 16 – 18 October, 2024 Department of Applied Psychology Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan topic of the presentation was Beyond Labels: Understanding the Experiences of Stigmatization and Coping in Women with Bipolar-I Disorder Tayyaba Akhtar & Dr. Bushra Naz
2. Paper presented in 1st International Conference on Intergenerational Transfer of Mental Illness: Patterns of Risk and Protective Factors (ICIMI-2024; Under HEC-GCF-844) 16 – 18 October, 2024 organized by Department of Applied Psychology Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan on the topic of Evaluating the Impact of Deliberate Self Harm and Sociodemographic Variables on Predicting Psychological Distress in School Children.
3. Paper presented in 1st International Seminars on Clinical Case Studies on 10th September, 2024 organized by School of Professional Psychology University of Central Punjab. The title of the topic was From “From Darkness to Dawn: A case Study of Methamphetamine Use Disorder”
4. Paper presented in 1st International Seminars on Clinical Case Studies on 10th September, 2024 organized by School of Professional Psychology University of Central Punjab. The title of the topic was From “Despair to hope: Rehabilitation and Recovery in Cannabis Use Disorder”
5. Paper presented in 2days Global Conference on Psychopathology and Rehabilitation (GCPR-2024) 26th -27th June, 2024 organized by University of Central Punjab, Lahore The title of the paper was “The Effectiveness of Forgiveness Therapy among Substance Use Patients (SUD)”
6. Paper presented in 2days Global Conference on Psychopathology and Rehabilitation (GCPR-2024) 26th -27th June, 2024 organized by University of Central Punjab, Lahore The title of the paper was “Distress, Forgiveness, Readiness to Change, and Quality of Life in Substance Use Patients”
7. Paper presented in 2nd National Conference on Substance Use and Mrntal Health Comorbidities in Youth: Challenges and Opportunities in Prevention and Treatment (ICP-SUMHCY-2024) organized by University of Karachi. The title of the paper was “Distress, Forgiveness, Readiness to Change and Quality of Life in Substance Use Patients.”
8. Paper presented in 3 days International Conference on “4th International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities 26th-28th, Feb 2024 organized by Kinnaird College for Women. The title of the paper was “The Mediating Role of Forgiveness: Unraveling the Concept of Personality Traits and Apeiroanxiety among Older Adults”
9. Paper presented in 3 days International Conference on “4th International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities 26th-28, Feb 2024 organized by Kinnaird College for Women. The title of the paper was “Mediating Role of Posttraumatic Growth in the Relationship between Psychological Distress, and Life Satisfaction among Infertile Women.”
10. Paper presented in 3 days International Conference on “Mental Health and Rehabilitation: Innovation and Implementation” (ICMHR-2023) from 19th-21st, Dec 2023 organized by Center for Clinical Psychology, University of the Punjab. The title of the paper was Psychological Distress and Professional Competency in Medical Professionals: The Mediating Role of Work Motivation.
11. Paper presented in 3 days International Conference on “Mental Health and Rehabilitation: Innovation and Implementation” (ICMHR-2023) from 19th-21st, Dec 2023 organized by Center for Clinical Psychology, University of the Punjab. The title of the paper was Self silencing, Psychological distress and Self-harm in children.
12. Paper presented in two days International Conference on International Brain and Biomedicines Conference (IBBC-2023) organized by Department of Physiology Government College University Faisalabad (18-19 March, 2023). The title of the paper was Resilience, academic achievement and psychological distress among students at secondary and higher secondary level during the 2nd year of COVID-19.
13. Paper presented in a two days International Conference on Peace Building: Policies, Research, & Strategies organized by COMSATS University, Lahore Campus (15-16 March, 2023). The title of the paper was Bullying, Forgiveness and psychological Wellbeing in Early Adolescents.
14. Paper presented in a two days International Conference on Peace Building: Policies, Research, & Strategies organized by COMSATS University, Lahore Campus (15-16 March, 2023). The title of the paper was Rumination, Forgiveness and Self-compassion among Elderly Individuals.
15. Paper presented in a two days International Conference on Trauma, Resilience and Growth: Navigating the Road to Psychosocial Rehabilitation” organized by Centre for Clinical Psychology, University of the Punjab (24th- 25th November, 2022). The title of the paper was Effectiveness of Forgiveness Education Plan on Elderly Individuals Residing in Old Age Homes.
16. Paper presented in an 18th Annual Muslim Psychology Conference on “Mental Health and Well-Being: A Global Priority” by Society for the Advancement of Muslim Psychology and Department of Psychology, GC University, Lahore (18-19 Oct, 2022). The title of the paper was “The Effectiveness of the Anti-Bullying Forgiveness Program among Bully-Victim of Early Adolescents”.
17. Paper presented in an International conference on Substance Use Disorders 30-31st March 2022 at UCP. The Title of the paper was “Frustration Tolerance, Religiosity and Psychological Wellbeing among Doctors.”
18. Paper presented in an International conference on Substance Use Disorders 30-31st March 2022 at UCP. The Title of the paper was “Interpersonal Curiosity, Gossip Tendency, Screen Addiction and Psychological Distress in Youth.”
19. Paper presented in an International conference on Substance Use Disorders 30-31st March 2022 at UCP. The Title of the paper was “Discrimination, Body Dissatisfaction and Mental Health Problems of Transgenders.”
20. Paper presented in an International Congress on Social Sciences, China to Adriatic-XIII, 7th -8th August, 2021. The title of the research paper was “Instigating Factors of Internet Addiction among University Students.”
21. Paper presented in 1st International Conference (ONLINE) on “Recent Trends in Social Sciences, Cohesion and Familial Life”, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, 20th -22nd January 2021. The title of the research paper was “Psychosocial Problems, Social Support and Quality of Life among Dialysis Patients.”
22. Paper presented in International Congress on Social Sciences China to Adriatic (ONLINE), 7 to 9 August 2021. The title of the research paper was “Instigating Factors of Internet Addiction among University Students.”
23. Paper presented in an international conference on recent trends and interventions in clinical psychology (RTICP-2019), March 21, 2019. The title of the research paper was “Construction and Validation of Emotional and Social Distress Scale (ESDS) for Infertile Men and Women.”
24. Paper presented in Three-Days International Conference on Health Psychology April 2017 at GCU. The title of the research paper was “Self-Efficacy and Quality of Life among Cardiac Patients.”
25. Paper presented in Three-Days International Conference on Health Psychology April 2017 at GCU. The title of the research paper was “Psychological Determinates of Emotional Eating: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.”
26. Paper presented in 1st International Conference on Clinical Psychology and the Developing World: Issues, Challenges and Solution March 2017. The title of the research paper was “Psychological Problems, Social Support and Quality of Life among Dialysis Patients.”
27. Paper presented in 1st International Conference on Gender “Global Gender Perspective” 14 to 16 Nov 2016 Global Gender Program, George Washington University, and Department of Gender Studies and Development Studies LCWU. The title of the research paper was “Infertility Related Problems: Perspectives of Patients, Spouses, and Infertility Experts.
28. Paper presented in a national conference “Emerging Trends in Clinical Psychology 2016” at COMSATS, Lahore. The title of the research paper was “Premenstrual Dysphoric Symptoms, Psychological Distress, and Quality of Life among Women.”
29. Paper presented in a national conference “Emerging Trends in Clinical Psychology 2016” at COMSATS, Lahore. The title of the research paper was “Phenomenological Experiences of Ambidextrous People.”
30. Paper presented in a National Conference on Mental Health, 2016 (NCMH-2016) Latest Research Trends in Pakistan, with the title “Relationship between Interpersonal Problems, Work ethics and Quality of Life of Employees”.
31. Paper presented in an International Conference of Psychology (2014), Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. The title of the research paper was “Effective teaching strategies and its assessment”.
32. 23rd European Health Psychology Society Conference held in Pisa, Italy form 23-26th Sep 2009, and published in conference proceedings with the title: “Identification of stressors and its relationship with depression and anxiety among school teachers.”
33. Published in conference proceedings and presented in 23rd European Health Psychology Society conference, Pisa, Italy form 23-26th Sep 2009 with the title: “development of teacher’s stressors questionnaire (TSQ).”
34. Presented a research paper in an International Conference-2009, National Institute of Psychology Islamabad “A study of self-reported stressors among school teachers.”