A comparative study of mental health problems among 11-17 year old Indian school children living in areas with persistent political violence and children of the same age group living under standard conditions

Abstract

A comparative study of mental health problems among 11-17 year old Indian school children living in areas with persistent political violence and children of the same age group living under standard … Sri Lanka J. Child Health 2015; 44(2) Results: Three hundred and eight students participated in the study. Group 1 comprised 154 students from Kashmir Srinagar area and Group 2 comprised 154 students from Kolkata city schools. There were 79 boys and 75 girls in Group 1 and 74 boys and 80 girls in Group 2. Among Group1 participants, 42% had a total SDQ score between 20-40 compared to 17.5% in Group 2 that can be classified as abnormal by published cutoffs (p <0.05). In Group 1, the common problems in those with abnormal SDQ score were emotional problems in 47 (30.5%), conduct problems in 63 (40%) and peer relationship problems in 28 (18%). Males were more likely to have higher ratings in emotional, hyperactivity, conduct and total SDQ scores than girls. Girls rated higher in peer relation problems and had low (abnormal) pro-social scores in group 1. Both genders had significantly higher total abnormal SDQ scores in more than one domain of mental health when compared with group 2 using the two tailed test for

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