- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Recommender Systems and Techniques
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Family Business Performance and Succession
- Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Advanced Graph Neural Networks
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Community Health and Development
- Child Abuse and Trauma
American University in Cairo
2014-2025
Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
2020
Abstract This study is the first to explore relation between children's attachment classifications, assessed by Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation Procedure (SSP), and mothers’ acceptance‐rejection behaviors from lens of Interpersonal Acceptance‐Rejection Theory (IPARTheory). As a pilot study, sample consisted 23 Egyptian mother‐child dyads. The mean age children in SSP was 18.6 months (SD = 3.10). Mothers’ were explored through Parental Acceptance‐Rejection/Control Questionnaire...
Abstract This study investigated relations between emerging adults' memories of parental acceptance–rejection during childhood and the dispositions towards forgiveness vengeance, as mediated by psychological (mal)adjustment. South Asian (Pakistani) participants, including 242 (25.6%) men ( M age = 21.69, SD 2.34) 704 (74.4%) women 21.14, 2.09), responded to short forms maternal paternal Adult Parental Acceptance–Rejection Questionnaires, Personality Assessment Questionnaire, Heartland...
The study investigated relations among parental (maternal and paternal) acceptance-rejection dispositions toward forgiveness vengeance, as mediated by psychological (mal)adjustment. Data were collected using convenience sampling from 341 adults (87% females) ranging 18 years to above 52 old. Measures used short forms of the maternal paternal Adult Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaires (PARQ) investigate recollections acceptance-rejection, form Personality Assessment Questionnaire...
We examine the relationship between psychological sense of community (PSOC) after 25 th January Egyptian revolution and personal attitude, involvement, family influence, friend involvement in civic activities as reported by a group self‐selected college students ( N = 100). From April to May 2011, data were collected using web‐based survey designed specifically for study Sense Community Index 2. hypothesized that student's (a) (b) (c) (d) would relate level PSOC at specific point time. To...
The transition to motherhood is sometimes characterized by ambivalent emotions. This paper attempts explore whether this may be triggering attachment insecurities in first-time pregnant women during their first trimester, and thus affecting prenatal expectations caregiving representations.A sample of 100 trimester was studied. Prenatal were explored terms desire have children (DTC), perceived ability relate (PARC), personal meaning ascribed motherhood, preoccupations regarding becoming a...
Given the dearth of literature on attachment theory in Arab world, this study explores cross-cultural validity within an Egyptian sample 60 mother-child dyads through Strange Situation Procedure (SSP). The examines applicability theory's universality, normativity, and secure base hypotheses, as well prevalence manifestations insecurity sample. findings supported normativity while simultaneously pointing towards cultural variations manifestations. Specifically, found that all children were...