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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS
JUNE 2011
VOL 3, NO 2
The Prevalence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Flood Affected School
Abstract
Children in Pakistan
Nasir Ahmad
PhD scholar (Education) Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan
Dr.Tayyab Alam Bukhari
Chairman Department of Education, Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan
Nargis Munir
M.Sc (Clinical Psychology) FFH Rawalpindi, Pakistan
The present study was designed to determine the prevalence of Post traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) among flood affected school children in Pakistan. The sample of the study was
comprised of 522 randomly selected students aged 10-16 years from five flood affected districts
of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. The instrument used in the study was The Impact of Event Scale-
Revised (IES-R) to measure Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among flood affected school
children in Pakistan.. The main findings of the study were; secondary school students were
highly affected by Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Female secondary school students were
highly affected by Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD; Displaced secondary school students
were highly affected by Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); female students developed more
PTSD as compared to male students; and displaced students developed more PTSD as compared
to non-displaced students.
Key words: Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Flood, The Impact of Event Scale-Revised
(IES-R)
INTRODUCTION
Natural disaster affected the lives of many people all over the world. The affectess of such
disasters faces different calamities in term of deaths, physical injuries, property lose and
psychological injuries. Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the most common
psychological injuries that the victims of natural disasters faced. Post traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) may be described as characteristic set of symptoms resulting from exposure to traumatic
stressors. DSM-IV described Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as exposure to a traumatic
event in which person has responded with intense fear, helplessness or horror. (Clark, 1999)
Walsh (1994) observed that “Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is usually provoked
by a traumatic events that is outside the rang of usual human experiences such as bereavement,
chronic illness, business losses or marital conflicts.”
The events that caused Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are war, see or experience
physical violence and natural disaster like earth quick, hurricane and flood. Smith (2003)
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