Abstract :
Main objective of the study is to examine the impact of trauma on general health of terrorism victimsof Balochistan. There were no previous studies conducted on finding the impact of trauma ongeneral health among terrorism victims in Baluchistan. The study comprised 300 samples where172 males and 128 females selected from Baloch, Pashtuns and Hazara communities with agegroups 18 to 40 years. Participants of the current study were selected through non-probabilityconvenient sampling technique. Sample consisted of total 300 individuals with the age range of 18-40 years. Both men (n=172) and women (n=128) from various areas of Baluchistan. Measure wasused in this study are; a) Demographic Information Form b) International Trauma Questionnaire(ITQ; Hyland et al. 2017) c) General Health Questionnaire (GHQ; Goldberg & Hillier, 1979).Hypotheses were formulated for study were; H1 There is positive relationships between trauma andgeneral health among ethnicity group H2 There is positive relationships between trauma and generalhealth among terrorism victims. The result indicates non-significant mean difference on GeneralHealth with t (298) = .894, p>.05 on gender. Findings revealed that male exhibited higher scores onGH as compare to female. Furthermore, results also indicated non-significant mean difference onInternational Trauma Questionnaire with t (298) = -.095, p>.05 on gender. Findings revealed thatfemales exhibited higher scores on ITQ as compare to males. Results show that first hypothesis wasaccepted as trauma positively correlates general health. Second hypothesis of the study shows thatthere is no relationship between trauma and general health of ethnicity
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Keywords: Trauma, General health, Post traumatic stress disorder, Terrorism