Summary
Dr. Siddrah Irfan has done her PhD in Psychological Medicine from Universiti Putra Malaysia. Her research interests are quantitative research, mixed method research, attachment relationships, inclusion of neurodiverse people, substance use, women health, child, adolecent and young adults mental health, organizational psychology, and behaviour modification. She has completed projects on diagnostic journey of mothers having children diagnosed with neurodvelopmental disorders and inclusion and diversity in education and employement sector. She is among pioneer who established behavioural sciences lab at NUST in December, 2024. She has also arrange multiple workshops and trainings. She has organized an international conference on psychological wellbeing in collaboration with Michigan State Universit, US. Principal Investogator and Founder of NUST Behavioural Sciences Lab at SINES
Academic Background
PhD
(Attachment Relationships, Negative Automatic Thoughts, Psychological Problems Among Adolecents) Universiti Putra Malaysia
February 15, 2016 - February 13, 2020
Honours and Awards
Best Session and Overall student presenter at ICOSS
September 20, 2019
Awarded with Gold Medal in BSC
Publications
Understanding the Interplay Between Self-Regulated Learning, Student Engagement, and Teaching Behaviors in Shaping Online Learning Readiness
June 01, 2026
Online Learning - Volume 30(2), Pages 622–645
Uncovering public knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards solid waste management: interlinkages, predictive insights, and the role of operational entities in Wah Cantt, Pakistan
January 13, 2026
Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management - Pages 18
Predictors of neurodevelopmental disorder (autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, intellectual disability, and learning disorder) on intellectual and adaptive severity: A systematic review
December 05, 2025
Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health - Volume:54, Issue:4, Page:342-351
Pre and Post Menstruation Cognitive Functioning in Women with remenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Premenstrual Syndrome and Controls: A Quasi Experimental Study
November 14, 2025
BMC Women's Health - Volume 25, Article Number 559
Coping with continuos traumatic stressers (gender discrimination, intersected discrimination and COVID-19): the will to exist, live, fight, resist and survive
May 13, 2025
Current Psychology - Pages 1-17
Relationship of self-reported pica and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder symptomology with dimensions of impulsivity, perceived stress among Pakistani University students
December 31, 2023
Journal of Eating Disorders - Volume 12, Article Number: 10
Pain and satisfaction: the case of isolated COVID-19 patients of Pakistan
August 05, 2021
PeerJ - Volume 9, Article Number e11859
Parent-peer attachment, negative automatic thoughts and psychological problems among Pakistani adolescents: A moderated mediation model
March 13, 2021
Current Psychology - 1-17
A Pilot Study of Attachment Relationships, Negative Automatic Thoughts and Psychological Problems among College Students in Pakistan
June 08, 2020
International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health - Pages 1-6
The role of negative automatic thoughts as a mediator in the relationship between maternal attachment and depressive symptoms among late adolescents of Pakistan
April 01, 2019
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences - Volume 15(SUPP1), Pages 21-29
Vocational Aspirations of High School Students
December 12, 2013
ARPN Journal of Science and Technology - Volume 3, No. 12, Pages 1189-1193
Conferences
Lecturer
NIPCONS
January 13, 2013 - January 22, 2016
Visiting Faculty
Foundation University
January 03, 2012 - June 30, 2012
Research Officer
ISPR
August 12, 2008 - August 16, 2012