Self-reported behavioral-emotional problems among adolescent victims of landmines and unexploded ordnance
29th World Psychiatrists Meet
DECEMBER 07-08, 2017 DUBAI, UAE

Batool Mousavi

Janbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center, Iran

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Psychiatry

Abstract:

Materials & Methods: The study was a cross-sectional research. In this study, the Youth Self Report (YSR) test of Achenbach (YSR) questionnaire used in adolescent�??s survivors of landmine and unexploded ordnances. Of 68 injured adolescent�??s, 43 participated in the study and filled the Iranian version of YSR questionnaire (response rate=63.2%). Results: The number of participants included 35 boys and 8 girls. The average age of the samples was 16.18 (SD=2.30), girls 15.5 (SD=2.82) and boys 16.25 (SD=2.18). Academic performance in the most teenagers was average. Academic performance does not have significant difference between girls and boys (p>0.05). The highest average score of youth self-report questionnaire were observed for anxiety/depression 10.88 (SD=6.04) and aggressive behavior 8.67 (SD=7.15). Achenbach mean score was higher in girls 71.50 than boys 48.77. The disability rate had a negative impact on the overall score Achenbach and internalizing factor of the injured adolescents (p>0.05). There was a significant difference between girls and boys in anxiety/depression, thought problems and attention problems (p>0.05). The most important factors affecting the overall Achenbach score in adolescents injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance were age, educational level and family size were (p>0.05). Conclusion: Landmine and unexploded ordnances in girls and boys were more associated with anxiety/depression and difficulties in thinking and attention.