Exposure to violence and academic achievement in Iraq
Author
Source
Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad
Issue
Vol. 57, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2015), pp.218-220, 3 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad Faculty of Medicine
Publication Date
2015-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Psychology
Topics
- Universities
- Students
- Psychology
- Violence
- Academic achievement
- Psychological aspects
- Iraq
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
Abstract EN
Background : Iraqis were exposed to wars, widespread violence and civil war.
Post-traumatic stress disorder develops after exposure to trauma and violence.
It has a negative effect on academic achievement of the students.
Objective: This report was carried out to study the effect of exposure to violence on academic achievement of youths in Iraq.
Methods: A total of 319 university students from Baghdad were included in the study.
Their age ranged between 18 and 24 years with male to female ratio of 0.6:1.
A questionnaire was filled for each participant.
Requested data were demographic information, data on school achievement and Harvard Trauma questionnaire (exposure to war trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder “PTSD”).
Chi square was used to examine the association between PTSD and poor academic achievement.
Student’s t test was used to demonstrate the difference in exposure between students with poor and good academic achievement.
P value < 0.5 was considered as significant.
Results: Post- traumatic stress disorder was observed in 21.9% of students.
Poor academic achievement was noticed in 32.9% of students with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Academic achievement was not significantly associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (p=0.8).
Significant difference was found in score of exposure to violence between students with poor and good academic achievement (p= 0.001).
Conclusion: Exposure to violence had a negative effect on academic achievement
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Himyari, Nabil A. F.. 2015. Exposure to violence and academic achievement in Iraq. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad،Vol. 57, no. 3, pp.218-220.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-616922
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Himyari, Nabil A. F.. Exposure to violence and academic achievement in Iraq. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad Vol. 57, no. 3 (2015), pp.218-220.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-616922
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Himyari, Nabil A. F.. Exposure to violence and academic achievement in Iraq. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad. 2015. Vol. 57, no. 3, pp.218-220.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-616922
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 219-220
Record ID
BIM-616922