Abstract
The present study was conducted to evaluate the associations between the death of father or prolonged separation and depression level in male children in Buner. The objectives of the study were: (a) to investigate the effects of father’s absence on the depression level of male children; and (b) to investigate the difference in depression level between father present children and father absent children. A sample of 150 male children were randomly selected from the area of Buner (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), ranging in ages 11-15 years. The research participants were selected from three types of families; as father living with families, father living abroad, and father not alive. These were arranged in three groups consisted of 50 children in each. Siddiqui Shah Depression Scale 1992 in Urdu language was administered individually on all 150 subjects. Statistical tools i.e., ANOVA and Z test were applied on the collected data. The results reported that there is difference between the depression level of father involved and father absent children. The father died children have high level of depression as compared to father involved children. The findings further verified that those children whose fathers were living abroad from their families have high level of depression as compared to those children whose fathers were living with their children. The results of the current research confirmed that father’s absence either in the form of death or living abroad has a significant contribution in high level of depression in their male children.
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