To Study The Level Of Depression Among Parents Of Disappeared Children, A Quest Of Some Psycho-Social Adjustment

The present research titled “To study the level of depression among Parents of Disappeared Children, a quest of some Psycho-Social adjustment” was carried out with the objectives of study the depression level among parents of the disappeared children. The study was conducted on a sample of 120 respondents, 60 male and 60 female whose children had disappeared during last 20 years of turmoil in Kashmir. Majority of them were those whose children got disappeared in custody of Army and Police. Data for research was collected through the standardized scale by Aaron.T.Beck called Beck depression inventory. For achieving the objectives, the data collected was analyzed by using various statistical techniques viz, central tendency (mean, median, standard deviation) and T-test. After analyzing the data it was found that disappearance of children’s due to armed conflict has a very bad impact on the physiological, psychological and mental health of the mothers and usually prominent in illiterate class mothers.

Objectives of the Research

• To study the depression level among parents of the disappeared children’s.
• To study the depression level among both males and females.
• To study depression level both in literate and illiterate.
• To study the effect of depression among the age group of the parents (40-60) of disappeared children’s.
• To study the effect of depression on the mental health on the parents of the disappeared children’s due to poor economic conditions.