Mental Health and Self-Esteem of Institutionalized Adolescents Affected by Armed Conflict.
The primary purpose of this paper was to compare the epidemiology of mental health problems and self-esteem of conflict hit adolescents living in charitable seminaries with their counterparts brought up in natural homes. Substantive body of the literature illustrates the emotional and behavioral issues experienced by these adolescents. In this study, 27 adolescents from a charitable Muslim seminary and 30 adolescents from a regular school were recruited. Self-report measures and clinical interview were used to measure mental health and self-esteem. The findings indicate that adolescents in institution setting may not be having mental health and self-esteem-related issues when compared to adolescents living in intact by parent homes. While the authors acknowledge the limitations of the study, these findings need further research to examine the causes for these differences.
Department of Psychology, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Room-A235, Hall XI, Kanpur, 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India. mailfaw@gmail.com.
Firdous Ahmad
FA
War
Department of Education, Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Rifat Saroosh
RS
Ved
Department of Psychology, Jamia Mallia Islamia, New Delhi, India.
Mohammad Altaf
MA
Paul
D000293:Adolescent; D000299:Adolescent, Institutionalized / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000068337:Armed Conflicts / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Adolescents; Mental health; Religion; Self-esteem