Army Public School Research Articles

Personality and Resilience as Determinants of Psychological Well-being among Military Children

The military children are a population who are susceptible to psychological stress from the hardships of military life, such as frequent moves and separation from their parents during deployment. Military children are resilient as well as stress prone at the same time. Whilefrequent moves build resilience, combat deployments of their parents makes them vulnerable to the risks associated with psychological and emotional health, attachment problems and coping while overcoming traumatic grief due to death of a family member. The risk is highestright after the military personnel leaves for deployment and immediately upon return. In order to understand the psychological health of children of military personnel, it is important to understand their resilience and personality in relation to psychological well-being. In addition to being a personal trait, resilience is a product of the relationships between children and the resources around them. Despite needs to better understand the impact of deployment on military children and families and to provide proper support for them, rigorous research is deficient. A comprehensive approach based on strengths and problems, of military children and families, with a focus on the prevention, is the need of the hour. The present paper focuses on study of personality and resilience as determinants of psychological well-being. The study was conducted on military children (N= 124) of Army Public School, using HEXACO-PI, Brief Resilience Scale and Psychological Wellbeing Scale. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results and implications are discussed in the paper. Issues in need of further research are emphasized, especially research into programs that assist military children and families.

Effect of Terrorist Attack of December 16, 2014 on Academic Performance of School Children of Peshawar


 
 
 The purpose of study was to determine the effect of traumatic events of December 16, 2014 on level of trauma of the children of Peshawar and the effect of traumatic experience their academics performance. Total sample consisted of two hundred (N=200) students with age range of 14-16 years (M=14.59, SD=1.128). Data was collected from the students of Army Public School and College System. Warsak road Peshawar and other three Schools on Warsak road included, Peshawar Public School, Peshawar Model School for Girls and Warsak Model School. Random sampling technique was used to recruit the study participant. Demographic information sheet, the Impact of Event Scale- Revised, Self-constructed questionnaire for measuring the Academic Performance of the students before and after traumatic experience of the students. Result showed that the terrorist attack effect the mental health of the students, students reported significant effect on their academic performance.
 
 

Post traumatic stress disorder among school children of Army Public School Peshawar after Six month of terrorists attack.

Background & Objectives:Terrorist attack in Army Public School Peshawar, Pakistan left behind more than hundred children dead. It was the highest death toll of children in the world in a single terrorists attack. The attack dominated national and international news, high level security measures have been adopted in all school throughout Pakistan, which created fear and stress in children. The objective of the study was to determine post-traumatic stress disorder among children after six month of terrorist attack inspite of rigorous psychosocial support and rehabilitation.Methods:We wanted to determine Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among children of Army Public School of age range 10 to 18 years after 5 months of intervention and rehabilitation following terrorists attack. For this a self-report questionnaire, Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS), which assess and identify symptoms matching DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) IV criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder of children, was filled. Informed consent was taken from school Principal and responders.Results:A total 205 students of age range 10 to 18 years participated in the study. The most frequent age group of the study were 16 years and 14 years students with frequency 58 (28.3%) and 46 (22.4%) respectively. Among 205 participated school children PTSD were found in 154 (75.2%) children while only 24.8% students had no PTSD symptoms. In more than 50% PTSD positive school children had functional impairment for each category of fun and hobbies, friendship, school work, family relation, doing chores, general happiness and saying prayers.Conclusion:Study found a very high prevalence of PTSD among 10 to 18 years age group students of Army Public School inspite of five months continuous intervention and rehabilitation services. Study showed that this age group needs long term psychosocial treatment in case of trauma.

Academic Roles of English Language Teachers: A Study of the Perceptions of Pakistani Teachers and Students

Academic Roles of English Language Teachers: A Study of the Perceptions of Pakistani Teachers and Students Farhana Yasmin, Muhammad Islam Resume The roles of English language teachers in Pakistan have been a critical issue since its foundation. This case study explores perceptions of Pakistani English teachers and students regarding the academic roles of English language teachers in classrooms. It is an effort to identify the gaps between the perceptions and the practices to be bridged to make ESL a living language for students. This case study is exploratory and it falls in qualitative paradigm. The sampling is purposive as the participants of the study are English language teachers and students of an army public school and college in Cantonment area Lahore. The tools of the study are interviews from teachers and students of the school. The data is analysed by applying grounded theory as a research method. The themes emerged as a result of open, axial and selective coding are employed to develop a core category. As a result, a model of versatile English teacher emerged as a core category. The roles of English language teachers as instructors, facilitators, helpers, guides are explored besides the prerequisites as command on subject, teaching practices, teaching experience, examiner and teaching training which may prove the turning points in their students‟ performance in English towards a better direction. In this perspective, some recommendations are forwarded for English teachers in Pakistan to be versatile to make their students proficient in English. In future, a comparative study to explore the perceptions of English language teachers and students of suburban or rural areas public and private schools regarding roles of English teachers needs to be conducted in Pakistan to explore the gap between perceptions and practices. Full Text: PDF DOI: 10.15640/jflcc.v6n1a2

The Impact of Terrorism-induced Fear on Job Attitudes and Absenteeism Following a National Traumatic Event: Evidence from Pakistan

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of terrorism-induced fear on employee job attitudes and absenteeism in the weeks following the Army Public School attack in Peshawar, Pakistan. The paper is based on questionnaire data collected from 204 faculty members of public sector universities in Peshawar using snowball sampling technique. We applied partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to analyze the entire impact path and found substantial support for our hypotheses. The results suggest that fear of terrorism affects absenteeism directly, as well as indirectly via job attitudes. Further, perceived organizational support is found to attenuate the negative relationship between fear of terrorism and job attitudes. Very few studies have examined the impact of societal variables such as national traumatic events on jobrelated outcomes.

East–west trans-mediatisation of terrorism and Islamophobia: Sydney siege and Peshawar massacre

This article interrogates the notions of terrorism and Islamophobia in two cultural sites. Deploying case study, the article examines the 15 December 2014 Lindt Café siege in Australia and the 16 December 2014 Army Public School massacre in Pakistan. These sites were selected for comparative analysis due to their concurrence and as concerns surrounding terrorism have been mostly West-centric. Findings show that despite socio-political differences, terror attacks in both states ignited activist movements such as ‘Reclaim Pakistan’ and ‘Reclaim Australia’, with both aiming to eradicate extremism. However, while the former focused on the need to reclaim the country from militants, the latter engaged in hate narratives about Islam and Muslims. Islamophobia was identified in Australia, with Taliban-phobia and rejection of Islamo-fascism in Pakistan, as Pakistanis negotiated their identities in a pluralistic Muslim world. The article suggests the need for both local and global processes that are culturally appropriate to mitigate terrorism.

Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module (SIM) on knowledge regarding the ill effects of internet addiction among adolescents

With the increasing importance of internet and online usage by all different sectors of the society which is seen increasing dramatically, pathological use of internet in other words internet addiction is becoming more common in society. There is an urgent need to recognize and respond to the reality of internet addiction and the threat of its rapid expansion. The aim of the study was to assess and evaluate the effectiveness of the Self Instruction Module(SIM) on level of knowledge regarding internet addiction among adolescents a pre test post test pre experimental design was adopted and study was done at Army Public School Secundarabad among 70 students between the age group of 15-18years. The study findings revealed that the overall mean percentage in pre-test is 33% and in post-test is 61% in their knowledge scores as measured by improvement in mean percentage from pre test to post test (p

An Analysis of Media’s Role: Case Study of Army Public School (APS) Peshawar Attack

Abstract The study aimed at analyzing the role of media during and after terrorist attacks by examining the media handling of APS Peshawar attack. The sample consisted of males and females selected on convenience basis from universities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. It was hypothesized that (1) Extensive media coverage of terrorist attacks leads to greater publicity/recognition of terrorist groups (2) Media coverage of APS Peshawar attack increased fear and anxiety in public (3) Positive media handling/coverage of APS Peshawar attack led to public solidarity and peace. The results indicate that i) Media coverage of terrorist attacks does help terrorist groups to gain publicity and recognition amongst public ii) Media coverage of Aps Peshawar attack did not increase fear/anxiety in fact it directed the Pakistani nation towards public solidarity and peace.

Impact of Terrorism on Stock Market: Evidence from Pakistan Banking Sector

this study aimed to investigate the impact of terrorism on stock market. The two major terrorist attack’s impact on stock market in 2014, the attack on army public school Peshawar and attack in Jinnah international airport Karachi. Event study approach is used to find the effect of these terrorist attack on stock market by constructing the estimation window of 250 days prior to event and event window of 31 days 15 days before the event 15 days after event and one event day. The population of study is all commercial bank in Pakistan by taking sample of 14 listed commercial banks in KSE100 index. Market model is use to find the expected return and abnormal returns determined by taking difference of actual and expected returns. The abnormal returns and cumulative abnormal returns show significant impact of army public school Peshawar attack, while there is insignificant impact of Jinnah international airport Karachi on bank’s stock returns.

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The right to childhood: Reflections on the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize

According to the Indian Census, there are about 440 million children in India with an additional 27 million being born ach year in the country. Two million do not live to see their fifth birthday. Although the majority of children are enrolled in chools, more than 50% of enrolled children do not attend school regularly UNICEF (2014). According to UNICEF India, factors hat contribute to lack of school attendance include the quality of physical space (e.g., infrastructure, sanitation), cultural oncerns (e.g., discrimination against the girl child, class and caste differences), and the prevalence of child labor. Meanwhile in Pakistan, out of 182.1 million people, 33.3% are children below age 14, and 21.5% are between 15 and 24 ears of age. Thus, the majority of Pakistan’s population are children and young adults. Although Pakistan is comparatively a maller nation (both in population and size), the state of children and education has been a much-discussed issue in recent ears. Like India, Pakistan struggles with limited access to resources and lack of developed infrastructure, especially to aid nd support child protection. The issue has become even more pressing in recent years because of increasing security threats. In December 2014, the Taliban stormed an Army Public School in Peshawar and killed 132 children.) In such an unsettled economic, social, and political landscape, children’s rights are a “slogan in need of a definition,” as illary Clinton Rodham (1973) wrote in 1973-not what the Western world now understands as basic children’s rights. The definitions” for children’s rights largely become priority lists – nutrition trumping education, education trumping housing, o on and so forth. Nevertheless, in Pakistan and India, the growing discontent with political and policy leaders has allowed grassroot moveents to intensify into sociopolitical uprisings. The political backdrop that sets laws and policies for children is evolving, lbeit slowly. There is an urgency to reclaim childhood as a basic human right for all children regardless of gender, background, aste, or religion, which has transformed the lives of many otherwise marginalized children. One of the major barriers to realizing the rights of children vis-a-vis education, health, nutrition, and security is the lack f cohesive political standing where child rights are more than mere talking points to win elections. Although leaders of oth countries – India and Pakistan – applaud the work of Yousafzai and Satyarthi, winners of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, he articulation of corresponding goals and allocation of resources toward enhancing the status of children has not taken ffect. Another impediment for effective child rights policies is the relationship between India and Pakistan itself. The two ountries continue to face political tensions, even after 67 years of being separate nations with land boundaries. The welleing of both countries rests on the successful and sustained implementation of child-centered policies and practices, which n turn promote a stronger development for the nation states. For this to happen, the two countries can and ought to share esources and knowledge.

Interventions Following Traumatic Event in Children and Adolescents: An Evidence-Based Response

Recent attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, is perhaps one the worst act of terrorism committed involving children and adolescent. There have been numerous acts of school shootings reported from Western and American schools but these have generally been acts of individuals [1]. Although this trauma is unique in many aspects, the region in which this school is located has borne the brunt of trauma and terror suffering for almost three decades now. Many school buildings have been destroyed in the region. A complex interplay of social, political and religious values, and witnessing violence as an everyday phenomenon already had an impact on the mental health of the population in general, and women and children in particular [2-4].

The impact of organizational commitment, job satisfaction, job stress and leadership support on turnover intention in educational institutes

For the attainment of individual’s cognitive and social benefits the employee turnover is becoming popular trend in all organization. This research paper reports on examination of variables that may be predictive to leave a job. More precisely this current paper shows the direct and indirect impact of job stress, job satisfaction on turnover. Organizational commitment is the antecedent of turnover intention. It highlights the impact of leadership support on job satisfaction. In order to collect the data for understanding the situation about the employee turnover intention, a sample of 200 respondents was ask to participate in a self-administered questionnaire.50 questionnaires are not giving right answers so only 150 samples are selected for research. The current research paper uses a non-probability technique of sampling. We choose this sample of people from different institutions of Bahawalpur. Four major clusters was target to collect the sample data like the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Allama Iqbal college of Bahawalpur, Army public school and college system and Sadiq Public School. Finding shows that employee turnover intention has a significant relationship with all the variables i.e. organizational commitment, job satisfaction, job stress and leadership support.

Proportion of exposure of passive smoking in teenage group and symptoms precipitated after exposure to second hand smoke.

Exposure of passive smoking and second hand smoke (SHS) exposure in teenage group results in precipitation of several symptoms. Five hundred teenagers between ages of 13 - 19 studying in Army Public School and College Westridge, Rawalpindi, were selected for descriptive cross-sectional study from September 2012 till February 2013. Out of the total 500, 279 (55.8%) were exposed to passive smoking while 221 (44.2%) were not exposed to passive smoking. Out of the exposed 279 (55.8%) students, males were 132 (47.3%) and females were 147 (52.7%) with mean age of 15.06 ± 1.805 years. After exposure to SHS, multiple responses were observed. Statistical significant association was found between symptoms precipitation and exposure to SHS. Nose irritation was present in 84, while 195 did not complain of it (p = 0.002). Allergic symptoms were precipitated with SHS in 42, while not in 21 students (p < 0.001). Asthma attack was precipitated in 38, while 241 did not experience precipitation of asthma attack (p < 0.001). More cough was present in 168, while not in 111 students (p = 0.037). Nausea was present in 41, while not in 238 (p < 0.001). Nose irritation was seen in 84 and not in 195 students (p = 0.002). More than half of the teenagers had exposure to passive smoking. Statistical significant association was found between passive smoking exposure and precipitation of symptoms.

Acomodamentos e indagações: O filme no Colégio Militar de Brasília

This paper presents findings of a Master’s study which aimed at investigating the use of film in the classroom. The study had as subject participants some teachers and students from a Brazilian Army Public School located at Brasilia in the Brazilian Federal District. The material conditions were analyzed, as well as routines, practices, concepts and presences of visual culture studies related to the use of film in teaching activities. Analyses were made to verify if visual cultural studies found reflex in the teaching efforts performed by these particular teachers who draw from film to implement their teaching processes. Among initial findings of this research, it is noted that there is a contemporary need to educate for a broader view of studying the context of film visualities, regardless of considering its objects and subjects as art or not; and the analysis of the influence of visuality in social practices and in the construction of subjectivities as foundations that underlie the field of Visual Studies, Visual Culture and the educational practices based on them.

A First Geometry Book. By J. G. Hamilton, B.A., and F. Kettle, B.A. 1900. (E. Arnold.) - Inductive Geometry for Transition Classes. By H. A. Nesbitt. (Sonnenschein.) - Geometrical Drawing for Army and Navy Candidates and Public School Classes. By E. C. Plant, C.B. - Geometrical Drawing. By W. H. Blythe, M.A. Parts I. and II. 1900. (Cam. Univ. Press.)

A First Geometry Book. By J. G. Hamilton, B.A., and F. Kettle, B.A. 1900. (E. Arnold.) - Inductive Geometry for Transition Classes. By H. A. Nesbitt. (Sonnenschein.) - Geometrical Drawing for Army and Navy Candidates and Public School Classes. By E. C. Plant, C.B. - Geometrical Drawing. By W. H. Blythe, M.A. Parts I. and II. 1900. (Cam. Univ. Press.)

Text-book of Practical Solid Geometry, &amp;c, for the use of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Geometrical Drawing for Army and Navy Candidates and Public School Classes

THE characteristic deficiencies of English text-books are painfully conspicuous in most of the current works on practical geometry. Take a second-rate cookery-book, and shuffle the recipes at random; you will have a fair analogy to the quality and sequence of the books provided for the Army cadet or the Science and Art candidate. Assuredly they manage these things better in France. A century ago, Monge expounded the principles of the method of plan and elevation(géométrie descriptive as he called it) with a simplicity, clearness and order which have never been surpassed, although, no doubt, improvements in detail have been effected. The school which Monge created followed loyally in the steps of their master; and the consequence is that in France a student of civil or military engineering can attend a course or study a treatise on descriptive geometry which makes him familiar with a method, a system of elementary principles which he can apply to an endless variety of practical problems. Text-book of Practical Solid Geometry, &c., for the use of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. By Captain E. H. de V. Atkinson Pp. 116 + xvi plates. (London: E. and F. N. Spon, Ltd., 1899.) Geometrical Drawing for Army and Navy Candidates and Public School Classes. By E. C. Plant Vol. I. Practical Plane Geometry. Pp. xiv + 186. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1899.)