Relationship between Depression and Students’ Health as Well as Their Academic Achievement at Secondary Level Due to War Hazards Including U.S Drone Attacks in North Waziristan Agency

Abstract

Depression is that psychological problem in which adolescents are sad and broken down; they feel loneliness and mostly show th symptoms like low self-esteem, self blame, hopelesnees, suicide thought, anger and bad temper (Elgard and Arlett, 2002). The main purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between depression and students’ health as well as their academic achievement at Secondary level due to war hazards including U.S drone attacks in North Waziristan Agency. All 10th class students of Govt. High Schools in North Waziristan Agency were the population of the study. Four hundred and three respondents were taken as sample from the selected Govt. High Schools. Respondents were taken through simple random sampling technique. The study was delimited to 10th class students of thirty schools only i.e.(15 male and 15 female Govt. High Schools) in North Waziristan Agency in which 50.12%  respondents were male and 49.88% were female. Data was collected through face-to-face questionnaire having five options ‘Always’, ‘Frequently’, ‘Occasionally’, ‘Seldom’ and ‘Never’ carrying values 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 respectively in order to get the responses of the respondents easily and clearly. The study concluded that war hazard including U.S drone attacks caused depression in North Waziristan Agency in which students suffered a lot mentally, physically and academically.

Keywords: War Hazard, U.S. Drone Attacks, Depression, Students’ Health, Academic Achievement and Schools.