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Research Study – Published: July 23, 2011
A Study on Depression of Bereaved Students Affected by Natural Disaster
Dr. R. Gnanadevan and Mr. M. Muthamizhselvan
ABSTRACT
In this study an attempt has been made to study the depression of bereaved students affected by natural
disaster.
Depression scale standardized by the investigator has been used for the present study to measure the
depression of
bereaved students.
The sample includes 300 bereaved students affected by natural disaster studying in various schools at
Nagappattinam and
Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. The present study reveals that the depression of bereaved students
affected by natural
disaster is high.
There is a significant inverse relationship between depression and academic achievement. The bereaved
students who lost
their mother are highly depressive than the students who lost their father and close relatives. The bereaved
students who
live with their guardian are highly depressive than the students who live with their parents. The bereaved
students whose
parents are uneducated are highly depressive than the students whose parents are educated.
Keywords: Depression, Bereaved Students, Natural Disaster, Academic Achievement, Parental Loss,
Guardian Care, Parental Education, Psychological Impact, Secondary Education, Emotional Well-Being.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
(www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and
reproduction in any
Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to cite this article: Gnanadevan, R., & Muthamizhselvan, M. (2011). A study on depression of
bereaved students
affected by natural disaster. Indian Educational Researcher, 4(2), 20–26.
Received: June 05, 2011;
Revision Received: July 21, 2011;
Accepted: July 23, 2011.
Responding Author: Gnanadevan, R. @ gnanadevan@gmail.com
Article Overview: ISSN: 0974-2123 |
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Published in Volume 4, Issue 2, July–December, 2011