VULNERABILITY TO DEPRESSION IN FATHERS OF NEUROTIC AND PSYCHOTIC CHILDREN
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to determine the depression level of the fathers of neurotic and psychotic children. It was hypothesized that fathers of neurotic children will have high depression sten scores than the fathers of normal children. Fathers of psychotic children will have low depression sten scores than the fathers of neurotic children and fathers of normal children will have less depression sten scores than the fathers of psychotic children
Research Design: A Comparative Study
Place of Study: Karachi, Pakistan
Sample and Method: Three hundred fathers participated in the study. Hundred fathers of children with neurosis, hundred fathers of children with psychosis and hundred fathers with normal children were included. IPAT Depression Scale was administered followed by an interview.
Results: A chi-square test was computed for the statistical analysis of the data. Hypothesis No 2 when calculated for Statistical significance on the sample of 100 subjects in each group i.e. fathers of neurotic and psychotic children rendered a X2 of 3.26 which made it insignificant by the fraction of difference as the X2 of 3.84 was required to make it significant at the level of P >.05. It was then decided to increase the data by 20 subjects in each group to find out the Statistical significance as expected the X2 with the increased data was significant at .05 levels.
Conclusion: It was concluded that the fathers of neurotic children have high sten scores on depression than the fathers of psychotic children.
