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| Published: March 25, 2016

Psychological Impact of Mizoram Insurgency

Dr. Zoramhmangaihzuali Khiangte

Guest Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.084/20160302

DOI: 10.25215/0302.084

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This study was designed to investigate the psychological effect of insurgency in the Mizo, caused by the 20 years insurgency in Mizoram. To meet the objectives 200 Mizo participants were randomly selected, who had experienced that stressful situations at different levels of exposures to the stressful episodes. The study examines level of anxiety, depression, anger-hostility, somatic-concern and frustration of the insurgency effected people in Mizoram. It was found that those who had experience combat at first hand and fatal episode were the most vulnerable to psychological problems.

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Dr. Zoramhmangaihzuali Khiangte @ zorami@msn.com

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.084/20160302

10.25215/0302.084

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Published in   Volume 03, Issue 2, January-March, 2016