Association Between Traumatic Events And Behavioral Disorder Among Children In (Kpk) Peshawar Pakistan

Abstract

The research study aims to assess the role of traumatic events - war on terror, and natural disaster-in behavioral disorders among children. The study area was District Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, nearly located on the Afghanistan border. In district Peshawar, the data was conducted from the patients in the Child Psychiatry ward of Khyber Teaching Hospital because it is the only hospital in the district that has a child psychiatry ward. The population of the study was unknown, a pilot survey was conducted and 40 patients were found admitted to the psychiatry ward (pilot survey, 2018). Furthermore, a purposive sampling technique was used and a total of 100 patients were selected as a sample size. A questionnaire with closed-ended questions was used for primary data collection from the parents of the patients. Moreover, the findings show that it is a highly significant association between independent and dependent variables, and variance is also found. Further, study results illustrated that traumatic events are enhancing behavioral disorders among children, and those children who have problems with behavioral disorders due to traumatic events need facilities for re-socialization and social counseling centers, which will overcome behavioral disorders among children at early stages.

Keywords: Traumatic events, Behavioral disorder, Pakistan.