Zakir Shah
Biographic Data
| ID | 3715989 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zakir Shah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zakir |
| FAMILY NAME | Shah |
| SIGNATURE | SHAH Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Zhejiang University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8680-8024 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Digital media exposure, trust, and preventive behaviors during Covid-19 pandemic
This study investigates how digital media exposure is associated with individuals' psychological responses and behavioral adaptation during crises. Building on the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM), the study provides an empirical examination of the associations among perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, perceived self-efficacy, response efficacy, trust in government, social trust, and preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandem…
Occupational Trauma and PTSD in Afghan Journalists
Journalists operating in conflict zones are at a heightened risk for psychological distress due to exposure to potentially traumatic assignments (PTA). Although considerable research has explored occupational trauma among journalists, there remains a crucial gap regarding the interplay between resilience, cumulative lifetime trauma exposure, and post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), particularly within non-Western, high-risk contexts. Grounded …
Echoes of exile
The impact of interpersonal risk communication on people’s cognitive risk perception and negative emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Critical analysis of media discourse and the politics of self-censorship in Afghanistan
This study analyzes the role of discursive strategies in the politics of self-censorship in Afghanistan, where political pressure, and independent media work together, and language plays a crucial role in implementing these strategies. Critical Discourse Analysis is used to explore the connection between language use and the exercise of power, focusing specifically on the portrayal of the post-2021 government’s legitimacy. The study analyzes 143 …
Interpersonal risk communication matters more than media risk communication in its impact on individuals’ trust and preventive behaviors during Covid-19
Effects of social networking site overloads on discontinuous intentions of users
Pervasive social networking sites (SNSs) access has forced people to pay continuous attention to the overwhelming volume of information which ultimately increases their usage. The extensive use of SNSs has contributed to the overuse of technology and that can lead to overload which may produce negative behavioural consequences. This study used cognitive load theory as foundation of the model to examine the effect of overloads and discontinuous in…
The Use of Social Networking Sites and Pro-Environmental Behaviors
Climate change poses a huge threat. Social networking sites (SNSs) have become sources of human-environment interactions and shaped the societal perception of climate change and its effect on society. This study, based on the extended parallel process model, aims to examine the effect of exposure to climate change-related information on SNSs on the pro-environmental behaviors of individuals. The study examines the mediation effect of fear of vict…
Exposure to terrorism-related information on SNSs and life dissatisfaction
Media and altruistic behaviors
Perceived public condemnation and avoidance intentions
The effects of intrapersonal emotion on consumers' behavior have long been studied, but the effects of interpersonal emotions on public's intentions remain poorly understood. People often get angry when they observe injustice with others but not themselves. Drawing on emotions as social information theory, we investigated how perceived public condemnation (knowledge that other also condemn a particular norm violation by an organization) affects t…
If you care, I care
An Audit of the Medical Students' Perceptions regarding Objective Structured Clinical Examination
Objective. To record the perceptions of the final year MBBS students of Khyber Medical College (KMC) Peshawar regarding Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) conducted in the year 2016.Materials and Methods. This study was conducted in April 2016 which is in fact a reaudit of our similar survey done back in 2015. A total of 250 final year MBBS students participated by filling in a validated and pretested questionnaire already used by R…
Induced Abortions and Unintended Pregnancies in Pakistan
During the past decade, unmet need for family planning has remained high in Pakistan and gains in contraceptive prevalence have been small. Drawing upon data from a 2012 national study on postabortion‐care complications and a methodology developed by the Guttmacher Institute for estimating abortion incidence, we estimate that there were 2.2 million abortions in Pakistan in 2012, an annual abortion rate of 50 per 1,000 women. A previous study esti…
The Importance of Public Sector Health Facility-Level Data for Monitoring Changes in Maternal Mortality Risks Among Communities
This paper illustrates the importance of monitoring health facility-level information to monitor changes in maternal mortality risks. The annual facility-level maternal mortality ratios (MMRs), complications to live births ratios and case fatality ratios (CFRs) were computed from data recorded during 2007 and 2009 in 31 upgraded public sector health facilities across Pakistan. The facility-level MMR declined by about 18%; both the number of Caesa…
Induced Abortions and Unintended Pregnancies in Pakistan
During the past decade, unmet need for family planning has remained high in Pakistan and gains in contraceptive prevalence have been small. Drawing upon data from a 2012 national study on postabortion‐care complications and a methodology developed by the Guttmacher Institute for estimating abortion incidence, we estimate that there were 2.2 million abortions in Pakistan in 2012, an annual abortion rate of 50 per 1,000 women. A previous study esti…
If you care, I care
Critical analysis of media discourse and the politics of self-censorship in Afghanistan
This study analyzes the role of discursive strategies in the politics of self-censorship in Afghanistan, where political pressure, and independent media work together, and language plays a crucial role in implementing these strategies. Critical Discourse Analysis is used to explore the connection between language use and the exercise of power, focusing specifically on the portrayal of the post-2021 government’s legitimacy. The study analyzes 143 …
Perceived public condemnation and avoidance intentions
The effects of intrapersonal emotion on consumers' behavior have long been studied, but the effects of interpersonal emotions on public's intentions remain poorly understood. People often get angry when they observe injustice with others but not themselves. Drawing on emotions as social information theory, we investigated how perceived public condemnation (knowledge that other also condemn a particular norm violation by an organization) affects t…
An Audit of the Medical Students' Perceptions regarding Objective Structured Clinical Examination
Objective. To record the perceptions of the final year MBBS students of Khyber Medical College (KMC) Peshawar regarding Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) conducted in the year 2016.Materials and Methods. This study was conducted in April 2016 which is in fact a reaudit of our similar survey done back in 2015. A total of 250 final year MBBS students participated by filling in a validated and pretested questionnaire already used by R…
The Importance of Public Sector Health Facility-Level Data for Monitoring Changes in Maternal Mortality Risks Among Communities
This paper illustrates the importance of monitoring health facility-level information to monitor changes in maternal mortality risks. The annual facility-level maternal mortality ratios (MMRs), complications to live births ratios and case fatality ratios (CFRs) were computed from data recorded during 2007 and 2009 in 31 upgraded public sector health facilities across Pakistan. The facility-level MMR declined by about 18%; both the number of Caesa…
Induced Abortions and Unintended Pregnancies in Pakistan
During the past decade, unmet need for family planning has remained high in Pakistan and gains in contraceptive prevalence have been small. Drawing upon data from a 2012 national study on postabortion‐care complications and a methodology developed by the Guttmacher Institute for estimating abortion incidence, we estimate that there were 2.2 million abortions in Pakistan in 2012, an annual abortion rate of 50 per 1,000 women. A previous study esti…
An Audit of the Medical Students' Perceptions regarding Objective Structured Clinical Examination
Objective. To record the perceptions of the final year MBBS students of Khyber Medical College (KMC) Peshawar regarding Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) conducted in the year 2016.Materials and Methods. This study was conducted in April 2016 which is in fact a reaudit of our similar survey done back in 2015. A total of 250 final year MBBS students participated by filling in a validated and pretested questionnaire already used by R…
Perceived public condemnation and avoidance intentions
The effects of intrapersonal emotion on consumers' behavior have long been studied, but the effects of interpersonal emotions on public's intentions remain poorly understood. People often get angry when they observe injustice with others but not themselves. Drawing on emotions as social information theory, we investigated how perceived public condemnation (knowledge that other also condemn a particular norm violation by an organization) affects t…
If you care, I care
Media and altruistic behaviors
The Use of Social Networking Sites and Pro-Environmental Behaviors
Climate change poses a huge threat. Social networking sites (SNSs) have become sources of human-environment interactions and shaped the societal perception of climate change and its effect on society. This study, based on the extended parallel process model, aims to examine the effect of exposure to climate change-related information on SNSs on the pro-environmental behaviors of individuals. The study examines the mediation effect of fear of vict…
Exposure to terrorism-related information on SNSs and life dissatisfaction
Interpersonal risk communication matters more than media risk communication in its impact on individuals’ trust and preventive behaviors during Covid-19
Effects of social networking site overloads on discontinuous intentions of users
Pervasive social networking sites (SNSs) access has forced people to pay continuous attention to the overwhelming volume of information which ultimately increases their usage. The extensive use of SNSs has contributed to the overuse of technology and that can lead to overload which may produce negative behavioural consequences. This study used cognitive load theory as foundation of the model to examine the effect of overloads and discontinuous in…
The impact of interpersonal risk communication on people’s cognitive risk perception and negative emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Critical analysis of media discourse and the politics of self-censorship in Afghanistan
This study analyzes the role of discursive strategies in the politics of self-censorship in Afghanistan, where political pressure, and independent media work together, and language plays a crucial role in implementing these strategies. Critical Discourse Analysis is used to explore the connection between language use and the exercise of power, focusing specifically on the portrayal of the post-2021 government’s legitimacy. The study analyzes 143 …
Echoes of exile
Digital media exposure, trust, and preventive behaviors during Covid-19 pandemic
This study investigates how digital media exposure is associated with individuals' psychological responses and behavioral adaptation during crises. Building on the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM), the study provides an empirical examination of the associations among perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, perceived self-efficacy, response efficacy, trust in government, social trust, and preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandem…
Occupational Trauma and PTSD in Afghan Journalists
Journalists operating in conflict zones are at a heightened risk for psychological distress due to exposure to potentially traumatic assignments (PTA). Although considerable research has explored occupational trauma among journalists, there remains a crucial gap regarding the interplay between resilience, cumulative lifetime trauma exposure, and post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), particularly within non-Western, high-risk contexts. Grounded …
Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Public Relations and Crisis Communication (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Mediation (4 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (4 works) · Moderation (4 works)