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VOL 3, NO 2
The Prevalence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Flood Affected School...
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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS
COPY RIGHT © 2011 Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research 445
JUNE 2011
VOL 3, NO 2
The Prevalence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Flood Affected School
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
Abstract
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 ScaleRevised (IES-R) to measure Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among flood affected school
children in Pak
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