Conflict-Orphaned Children and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Nigeria's Fourth-Republic

dc.contributor.authorAnimasawun, Gbemisola Abdul-Jelil
dc.contributor.authorAdeleye, Moradeke
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-08T11:48:19Z
dc.date.available2020-06-08T11:48:19Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractAs children orphaned are displaced by violence conflicts and living outside their homes, this research probes for the presence and extent of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in each of these (18) children against the background of their traumatic experiences of losing their parents to sectarian violence and witnessing their slaughtering in some in two instances. Also, the PTSD test revealed that 66.7% of them have adopted avoidance of any reminder of the experience as a coping mechanism, while 55.6% of them still suffer from functional impairment...en_US
dc.identifier.issn2360-9435
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4146
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCentre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeriaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1;3
dc.subjectConflict-Orphaneden_US
dc.subjectDisplaceden_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.subjectNigeria & Post-Traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD)en_US
dc.titleConflict-Orphaned Children and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Nigeria's Fourth-Republicen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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