Volume : VI, Issue : I, January - 2017

ASSESSMENT OF SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING AMONG PTSD AND NON PTSD ADOLESCENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Vandana Sharma, Dr. Chandra Kumari

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 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any event or events that result in psychological trauma. Its symptoms can affect every life domain – physiological, psychological, occupational and social. The present study has been done to identify and assess subjective well being of PTSD adolescents. The study was conducted on 1234 PTSD and 1270 non PTSD adolescents of schools from Meerut city. Tool used for data collection was Trauma screen + Child PTSD symptom Scale (Foe et al, 2001), Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diner et al, 1985). SPSS version 20.0 for windows was used to analyze and interpret the data. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, Mean, SD, t-value and p-value. The result reveled that out of 2504 adolescents (1234 PTSD and 1270 Non PTSD) the subjective well being is lower among PTSD adolescents in comparison with Non PTSD adolescents.

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Vandana Sharma, Dr. Chandra kumari, ASSESSMENT OF SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING AMONG PTSD AND NON PTSD ADOLESCENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-6, Issue-1, January‾2017


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