Addiction/drugs/drug policy, Disability, Forced marriage, Gender-based violence/domestic violence, Healthcare access/health systems capacity, Mental illness, Religious discrimination or persecution, Sexual abuse/assault, Violence against children/child abuse, Gender issues
My role as a Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support Strategy Consultant with UNICEF allowed me to work directly with refugee populations, further refining my skills in employing qualitative and quantitative research methods with relevant communities. I bring to the table extensive research and consultancy experience, with a particular focus on communities that are most vulnerable to issues such as social injustice, gender discrimination or violence, child abuse.
1. Easterbrook, M, Grigoryan, L; Smith, P,………. Bushra, H …..Lun, V (2024). The Social Cure Properties of Groups Across Cultures: Groups Provide More Support but Have Stronger Norms and are Less Curative in Relationally Immobile Societies. (Reference SPPS-22-0460R,) Social Psychological and Personality Science SPPS. (Impact factor 6.1)
2. Smith, P. B.,Easterbrook, M. J., Koc, Y., Lun, V. M. C., Papastylianou, D., Grigoryan, L., Hassan, B ... & Ahmad, A. H. (2020). Is an Emphasis on Dignity, Honor and Face more an Attribute of Individuals or of Cultural Groups? Cross-Cultural Research, DOI:1069397120979571. Impact Factor: 1.721
3. Smith, P. Easterbrook, M. Selim,H. Lun, V; Koc,Y, Hassan, B,…..Chobthamkit, P (2020). Sex Differences in Self-Construal and in Depressive Symptoms: Predictors of Cross-National Variation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. Pp 1–20 a. DOI: 10.1177/0022022120939655: Impact Factor: 1.348
4. Ehsan, N., Hassan, B., Saleem, T., & Iqbal, N. (2021). Development and Validation of Risk Assessment Tool for Extremism (RATE) for young people in Pakistan. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 27(2), 240.
5. Hassan, B. & Unwin, T. (2017). Student mobile identity in Pakistan: on, in and through the ‘phone. Information Technologies and International Development, 13, 87-102.
6. Hassan, B., Vignoles, V. L., & Schwartz, S. J. (2018). Reconciling social norms with personal interests: indigenous styles of identity formation among Pakistani youth. Emerging Adulthood, DOI: 2167696817754004. Impact Factor: 0.974.
7. Hassan, B., Unwin, T., & Gardezi, A. (2018). Understanding the darker side of ICTs: Gender, sexual harassment, and mobile devices in Pakistan. Information Technologies & International Development (Special Section), 14, 1–17.
8. Hassan, B., Vignoles, V. L., & Schwartz, S. J. (2018). Researching identity styles in Pakistan: Confirmatory factor analysis and associations with commitment and value priorities. Identity, 1-15.
9. Ali, S. A. E. Z., Ishfaq, W., Hassan, B., Iqbal, N., Ansari, D. S., Alvi, S. M., & Arafat, S. Y. (2021). The invisible pain of women: sexual coercion, psychological distress and somatic symptoms. Rivista di Psichiatria, 56(5), 254-260.. doi: 10.1708/3681.36673. PMID: 34663992. Impact Factor 1.53.
10. Mushtaq, I., Ayub, M., Mushtaq, S., Hafeezc, M.A., Helald, N., Irfan, M., Hassan, B.,Tiffing, P., Naeem, F. (2013). Domestic violence, mental illness and suicidal ideation- A study from Lahore, Pakistan. Journal of Mental Health, 22(6) 474-481. Impact Factor: 1.010
11. Ali, S. A. E. Z., Ishfaq, W., Hassan, B., & Iqbal, N. (2021). Development and Validation of perceived sexual resentment scale for women (PSRS-W). Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 1-16.