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.
Muhammad Saifullah Qureshi, Alam Zeb Khattak, Alay Ahmad. (2021) The Effect of Father’s Absence on Depression Levels in Male Children, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume-31, Issue-1.
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