Prevalence Of Psychosocial Issues Among Internally Displaced Children by Military Wars in District Khyber: Psychosocial Issues among Internally Displaced Children by Military Wars

Alam  Zeb; Misbah   Rehman; Maria  Rafique

doi:10.54393/pbmj.v5i5.512

Authors

Alam Zeb International Islamic University, Islamabad. Pakistan
Misbah Rehman Department of Applied Psychology, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Maria Rafique Department of Applied Psychology, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pbmj.v5i5.512

Keywords:

Psychosocial Impacts, Military Operation, Internally Displaced, Children, Gender

Abstract

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are those who have been forced to leave their homes to avoid the impacts of armed war, violence, and other forms of violence. Human rights violations or natural or man-made calamities have occurred, but they have not passed an internationally recognized state border. Objective: To identify the psychosocial effects created by military wars on the internally displaced children of District Khyber, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Methods: For this purpose, 300 children were selected randomly, out of which 150 were males and 150 were females. These 300 children belonged to the middle and the secondary school of the same District and were internally displaced because of military wars. Data was collected using PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C) questionnaire and demographic information sheet and responses were recorded and analyzed using a SPSS version 24 software. Results: The p-value of less than 0.001 indicated that children belonging to year 2002 were victimized of war the most and had severe psychosocial effects. The factors such as loss of housing, family, finances, employment and the lack of accessibility to health care services had direct correlation with the increase in psychosocial impacts. Conclusion: It is concluded that females and children of middle and secondary schools were most affected

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