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    Psychological effects of war on terror on natives of Fata
    (University of Management and Technology Lahore, 2017) Bilal
    Pakistan was badly hit by terrorists in the last two decades. FATA was the home town of local terrorist as well those from abroad. Pakistan had to take action against them under local and international pressure. This study explored psychological effect of war on terror on FATA IDPs who were camped at Dera Ismail Khan. DASS 42 was used to measure depression, anxiety, and stress ( Lovibond & Lovibond, (1995) among IDPs. Further, the participants were given a questionnaire based on the difficulties they faced, their level of satisfaction, how much help they got, and whether they lost family members during military operation and displacement. A sample of 80 male students of 21 -34 years was recruited from Gomal University of Dera Ismail Khan by convenient sampling technique, to provide answers to the questionnaires. Participants were divided into two groups: those who had faced loss of life in family during military operation and displacement and those who did not have such experience. People who faced loss of life in their family had higher and significant level of depression, anxiety and stress than those who did not face loss of life in family. On a response from a questionnaire 3 groups of IDPs were compared on stress, anxiety and depression. Those who got sufficient government support, those who thought they received just average government support and, those IDPs who perceived no government support. Result of one way ANOVA indicated there was a statistically significant difference between groups on depression and stress, but not on anxiety. Overall, the IDPs were greatly perturbed and dissatisfied with the life at camps and suffered highly in health and mental wellbeing as displaced people
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    Psychological health problem and bullying behavior among adolescents
    (University of Management and Technology, 2014) Ayesha Hameed
    Bullying behavior in childhood has been found out associated with depression, anxiety and stress in adolescence. The objective of the study was to examine gender and age differences among bullies and comparing adolescents on depression, anxiety and stress. In present study of 113 school going adolescents (Girls=57, Boys=56) in grades 5 to 10 participated. Sample was selected through systematic random sampling technique from public and private schools in Lahore. Adolescents completed Depression, Anxiety & Stress Scale (DASS) developed by Lovibond & Lovibond (1995) and Illinois bullying scale by Espelage & Holt (2001). The results indicated that across gender (F=8.66,p=.00), girls showed more stress (M=16.96,SD=8.63) than boys (M=12.66=SD=6.83). Further correlation analysis indicated age significantly and positively correlated to victim (r=.26**), bullying behavior (r=.20*), depression (r=.25**), anxiety (r=.27**) and stress (r=.34*). Father's education was also observed significantly negatively correlated to bullying behavior (r=-.20**) among adolescents. Regression analysis was performed to identify the predictor of psychological health problems among adolescents. Analysis revealed mental health problem as significant predictor of bullying behavior (β= .18, F= 4.00, p<.05) and stress (β= .21, F= 5.34, p<.05). Fighting was also observed as significant predictor of stress(β= .29, F= 10.18, p<.05). Victimization was observed as significant predictor of depression (β=.18, F= 4.12, p<.05), anxiety (β= .26, F= 8.40, p<.05) and stress (β= .23, F= 6.46, p<.05). Adolescents who are bullies and also reported symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress were at an increased risk of developing psychological health related problems. The need for psychiatric intervention should be considered. Furthermore, teachers and parents can prepare mutual management plan collaboratively effective for school going adolescents.