Relationship Between Terrorism Attack and Psychological Wellbeing Among People of Dir (L)

Abstract

Salma Munawar, Ahmad Khan, Farhan Kamrani

The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between terrorism and psychological wellbeing among people of Dir (L). The research was conducted using a cross-sectional research design in order to determine the results of the study. Data are collected using the survey technique. We selected a sample of 162 people from Dir (L) to be included in the study. A reliability coefficient of .72 was calculated for the psychological well- being scale and .83 for the terror scale as a measure of how reliable they were. Statistical analysis showed that there was a strong statistically significant association between Psychological Wellbeing Scale (PSWS) and Terror Scale (TS) (r=-.65, p < .001). We concluded that when individual score on terror scale increase, the psychological wellbeing of that individual decreased.

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