title: Psychosocial impacts of communal conflicts in a sample of secondary school youths from two conflict communities in south east Nigeria.
abstract: In Nigeria, communal conflicts arise due to misunderstanding from ownership of land for farming, oil deposits, solid minerals or water for fishing activities. It may also arise in defence of community pride and properties or even in defence of the people involved in the conflict. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), The Short Screening Scale for Post traumatic stress disorder, The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-2) were used to assess psychosocial impacts of communal conflicts among 560 secondary school youths from two communities in south east Nigeria. Result revealed various forms of psychosocial impacts of communal conflicts among the youths.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychological Medicine , University of Nigeria , Nsukka , Nigeria.
authors.forename: Friday E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Okwaraji
authors.affiliation: b Department of Community Medicine , University of Nigeria , Nsukka , Nigeria.
authors.forename: Emmanuel N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Aguwa
authors.affiliation: c Department of Public Health , Tulane University School of Public Health And Tropical Medicine , New Orleans , LA , USA.
authors.forename: Chioma
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shywobi-Eze
authors.affiliation: d Department of Psychology , Ebonyi State University , Abakaliki , Nigeria.
authors.forename: Emeka N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Nwokpoku
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychological Medicine , University of Nigeria , Nsukka , Nigeria.
authors.forename: Calista U
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Nduanya
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D000068337:Armed Conflicts / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012574:Schools; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Communal conflict; psychosocial impacts; youths