PROFILE SUMMARY

Dr. Ishrat Yousaf received her doctorate in Psychology from the Department of Psychology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan in 2015 and joined academia as a faculty member. Since 2015, she has been appointed as an Assistant Professor and earned 9 years of work experience in multiple Higher education institutions. During this period, she has voluminous contribution to higher education. Since 2019, she has been appointed as an Assistant Professor at the Capital University of Science and Technology. She remained involved in research grants and has been awarded for several research projects as a Principal Investigator, and Co-principal Investigator on competitive merit from Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. She led and work on collaborative research projects in the areas of HIV/AIDS and mental health; contextualizing and developing an adapted e-health intervention for improving care for youth with substance use disorder; and developing indigenous intervention for youth to reduce psychological disorders to prevent and promote mental wellbeing in project as a Co-PI. Dr. Yousaf’s research interests are in the areas of health and clinical Psychology, particularly in the prevention, assessment and intervention of mental health among youth, patients with HIV/AIDS, substance use disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	Since – 2024
Assistant Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	2019 – 2024
Assistant Professor	Foundation University Rawalpindi Campus, Islamabad	2019 – 2019
Assistant Professor	Iqra University Islamabad	2016 – 2018
Assistant Professor	Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi	2015 – 2016

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
APA	Member American Psychological Association (Since – 2022)

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
1.	HIV/AIDS
2.	Health
3.	Suicide Prevention, Assessment and Intervention
4.	Clinical Psychology

RESEARCH SUPERVISION
1.	MS	Impact of Perceived Ease of Use and Perceived Usefulness of Enterprise Resource Planning, System adoption on End User Acceptance
2.	MS	Association between Social Competence, Peer Victimization and Anxiety in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (2026).
3.	MS	Relationship between parental Alexithymia, Emotion Regulation and Behavioral Problems in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (2026).
4.	MS	Relationship between Gaming Addiction, Aggression and Sleep Quality among Adolescents: Mediating role of Sedentary Behaviors (2026).
5.	MS	Adverse Childhood Experiences as predictors of Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Marital Relationship Satisfaction among Married Couples (Sep. 2025)
6.	MS	The influence of digital Technology use on cognitive functioning, social functioning and Emotional Regulation of Adolescents (Sep, 2025).
7.	MS	Social support and quality of life: The mediating role of self-compassion and personal growth in individuals recovered with substance use disorders (2025).
8.	MS	Impact of Perceived Ease of Use and Perceived Usefulness of Enterprise Resource Planning, System adoption on End User Acceptance (2020).
9.	BS	Personality traits as predictors of Internet Addiction and procrastination among University Students
10.	BS	Role of Self-efficacy, Impostor Phenomenon and Career Aspiration of University Students
11.	BS	Association between Screen Time, Green Time with Psychological Wellbeing and academic Performance among University Students
12.	BS	Psychometric evaluation of the Urdu Translated Version of Anxiety Scale for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
13.	BS	Association between Tobacco smoking, Mental Health Problems, and Demographic Characteristics of Unemployed University Graduates
14.	BS	Impact of Problematic Use of smartphone on Behavioral Problems and Quality of Life of Adolescents
15.	BS	Association between self-efficacy, Resilience, and Psychological Wellbeing among Adolescents
16.	BS	Internet Addiction, Emotional Instability and academic performance among Adolescents
17.	BS	Association between Cyberbullying Victimization, Anxiety, Depression and Self-Esteem among University Students
18.	BS	Social media addiction as a risk factor for psychological distress, anxiety and depression among adolescents
19.	BS	Relationship between Pet Attachment, Pet Bereavement, and Mental Health (Stress, Anxiety and Depression) among Pet Owners
20.	BS	Association between Instagram Addiction, Quality of Peer Relationship, and social Anxiety among Youth
21.	BS	Relationship between social support, Mental wellbeing and Work Life Balance among Working Women
22.	BS	Relationship Between Social Disconnectedness, Perceived Isolation and Anxiety Among Young Adults (2026).
23.	BS	Exploring the impact of Social Media Platforms, on Non-marital Relationship among University Students: A Qualitative study.
24.	BS	Relationship between Perceived academic stress, Emotional Eating Behavior, Neuroticism and Self-Esteem among late adolescents.
25.	BS	Perceptions and experiences of mental health care professionals and service users regarding the effectiveness of mhGAP-IG SUD module: Focus Group Discussion.
26.	BS	Adaptation and evaluation of the Urdu-version of mhGAP-IG SUD module for primary healthcare professionals
27.	BS	Association between Dark triad personality traits, Aggression and Quality of Life among Young Adults.

SR.	JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS	YEAR
1	S. Haqqani, M. N. U. Sabahat, M. T. Fatima, M. M. Khan, and I. Yousaf, “Indigenous conceptualization of depression and anxiety: FGDS with pakistani youth and health practitioners,” Kurdish Studies, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 997–1008, 2024.	2024
2	S. Haqqani, M. T. Fatima, M. N. U. Sabahat, M. M. Naeem, N. Khan, and I. Yousaf, “Development of wellness guide: A guided self-help indigenous intervention for reducing depression, and anxiety and enhancing wellbeing of pakistani youth,” Kurdish Studies, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 699–707, 2024.	2024
3	D. Haqqani, M. Naeem, T. Fatima, N. Sabahat, and I. Yousaf, “Depression,anxiety, stress and wellbeing of young psychology students in pakistan: Across-sectional descriptive study,” Migration Letters, vol. 21, no. S10, pp. 100–108, 05 2024.	2024
4	D. I. Yousaf, D. S. Perwez, and D. S. . Rahim, “Association Between Cyberbullying Victimization, Anxiety, Depression And Self-Esteem Among University Students”, Migrat. Lett., vol. 21, no. S8, pp. 282–291, 2024.	2024
5	S. Parwez, S. Khurshid, and I. Yousaf, “Impact of procrastination on self-esteem of college and university students of khyber pakhtunkhwa,” Multicultural Education, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 34-41, 2023.	2023
6	B. Naeem, M. Aqeel, A. Maqsood, I. Yousaf, and S. Ehsan, “Psychometric properties of the revised urdu version dyadic adjustment scale for evaluating marital relationship quality between madrassa and non-madrassa married women,” International journal of human rights in healthcare, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 34–53, 2023.	2023
7	I. Yousaf and S. Haqqani, “Hiv treatment adherence self-efficacy scale for pakistani hiv/aids patients: Translation and psychometric evaluation,” Applied Nursing Research, vol. 66, p. 151606, 2022.	2022
8	M. Aqeel, J. Abbas, K. H. Shuja, T. Rehna, A. Ziapour, I. Yousaf, and T. Karamat, “The influence of illness perception, anxiety and depression disorders on students mental health during covid-19 outbreak in pakistan: a web-based cross-sectional survey,” International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 17–30, 2022.	2022
9	S. Zaman, D. Arouj, S. Irfan, and I. Yousaf, “Maladaptive schema modes as the predictor of post-traumatic stress disorder among trauma survivors,” Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, vol. 71, no. 7, pp. 1789-1792, 2021	2021
10	I. Rizwan and E. Irshad, “Suicide risk among individuals with HIV/AIDS.” Bahria Journal of Professional Psychology, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 1, 2015.	2015
11	I. Rizwan and E. Irshad, “Post-traumatic stress disorder and depression among patients suffering from HIV/AIDS,” Dialogue, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 393–414, 2012.	2012
12	I. Yousaf, M. Khan, S. Haqqani, and M. Saba, “Anxiety scale for children with autism spectrum disorders: Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation,” Research in Autism, vol. 123, p. 202548, 2025	2025
13	Yousaf, I., Asif, M., Saba, M., Shakoor, S., Khoso, A. B., & Chaudhry, N. (2025). Anxiety and social functioning among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Pakistan: A cross-sectional study. Nature-Nurture Journal of Psychology, 4(2), 64–74.	2025

SR.	CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS	YEAR
1	I. Yousaf and S. Haqqani, “Indigenous conceptualization of depression and anxiety: FGDs with Pakistani youth and health practitioners,” in 3rd International Social Sciences Congress, 2024	2024
2	S. Haqqani and I. Yousaf, “Development & Evaluation of Wellness Guide: A Self-Help Indigenous Intervention for Reducing Depression and Anxiety and Enhancing Wellbeing of Pakistani Youth” Third International Social Science Congress held on May 17 -19, 2024, Kas, Turkey	2024
3	I. Yousaf and M. Qaiser, “Negative self-beliefs as a barrier towards career aspirations,” in 2nd National Home Economics Conference: Home Economics: Expanding New Horizons, 2017.	2017
4	I. Rizwan and E. Irshad, “Anxiety and social functioning among individuals with HIV and AIDS,” in 74th ICP, Inc. Conference: Annual Scientific Conference & Board Meetings, Yokohama, Japan, 2016.	2016