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| Published: September 18, 2020

Coping resources, self-perception, separation anxiety and acculturation among children with military and civilian background

Prayag Naidu

Research Scholar Clinical Psychology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Rajendra S Mhaske

Professor, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.100/20200803

DOI: 10.25215/0803.100

ABSTRACT

Research on children with Military families has taken a deficit approach and it has been noted that these children as a population susceptible to psychological damage from the hardships of military life, such as recurrent moves and separation from their parents during deployment. There are several issues that on a day to day basis take a heavy toll on an army officer and his family, mentally as well as emotionally (Zaidi, 2017). The purpose of this study was to investigate if there were any differences in coping resources self-perception separation anxiety among military and civilian background children. The data was collected with the help of purposive sampling, among military and civilian background children (N = 192), in the age group from 14 to 17 years. The tools used in this research were, The Self-perception Profile for Adolescents (Harter, 2012); Coping Resources Inventory (Hammer & Martin, 2004); The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (Birmaher et al., 1999). There was found to be a significant difference between military and civilian background children on coping resources (t=1.921 p<0.5) and separation anxiety (t=2.891, p<0.1). The evidence suggests that military background children are higher on coping resources and separation anxiety than civilian background children. Apart from the quantitative analysis a qualitative check has been done which revealed that acculturation was more in military background children as compared to civilian background children.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.100/20200803

10.25215/0803.100

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Published in   Volume 08, Issue 3, July-September, 2020