IMPACT OF STRESS ON STUDENTS' MENTAL, PHYSICAL HEALTH AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AT SECONDARY LEVEL DUE TO U.S DRONE STRIKES IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN AGENCY

摘要

OBJECTIVE: To identify the different effects on mental, physical health and academic achievement of students'of Secondary School Level in North Waziristan Agencydue to U.S drone attacks. STUDY DESIGN: An observational study PLACE AND DURATION: Study was conducted over the students of Secondary Schools in North Waziristan Agency under the jurisdiction of Board of Intermediate &Secondary Education (BISE) Bannu, from 1st January 2012- to 31st December 2012. METHODOLOGY: A novel questionnaire named as face-to-face questionnaire having Likert type scale of five options ?Always?, ?Frequently?, ?Occasionally?, ?Seldom? and ?Never? carrying values 5,4,3,2 and 1 was used.The questioner designed to use for knowing the relationship between drone attacks' psycho-trauma effects (Effects of Stress), physical health and students' academic Achievement. RESULTS: The total numbers of 403 respondents from thirty Secondary Schools i.e. 15 Male and 15 Female Secondary Schools of both urban and rural areas in North Waziristan Agency were included. Most of the students always, occasionally of seldom suffer from stress (38.46%), depression (46.65%), anxiety (50.13%) and insecure (48.64%). Feeling of racial bias (58.57%), violent (73.94%), aggression (55.58%), and haterdness (44.66%) were always, frequently or occasionally observed among students from both gender. Prevalence of medical problems like hypertension, headache, insomnia memory disorder has been developed among students. Almost 54.35% students blame that their psychological and medical problems are due to Drone threat. , As a result of this 53.09% students has started favoring terrorism and 47.64% consider Drone strikes threat is responsible for their poor academic performance. CONCLUSION: Our study concluded that a high proportion of students are suffering psychological, psychiatric and medical problems due to constant threat of Drone strikes. This leads to feeling of insecurity, poor academic performance and sympathies towards terrorism in a quite high proportion.