Level of anxiety among married and unmarried afghan refugees

ABSTRACT

The present research was designed to study anxiety in refugees with reference to marital statas. A sample of 200 adult Afghan Refugees residing in different refugee's Villages and urban refugees settlements of NWFP, Pakistan was taken. It was hypothesized that there will be a difference in the level of anxiety between married and unmarried Afghan refugees. IPAT Anxiety Scale [Self Analysis Form; Krug, Scheier and Cattle. 1976] was administered to see their level of anxiety. The results verified the hypothesis and it was found that married Afghan refugees possessed a higher level of anxiety than unmarried Afghan refugees. The research supports previous studies conducted in this regard reflecting the relation of marital status with level of anxiety