PSYCHOSOCIAL AND HEREDITY PREDICATORS ON MENTAL HEALTH OF ORPHANS

ABSTRACT

The research sought to find out the psychosocial and heredity predicators on mental health of orphans, through the use of standardized questionnaires. Two hundred research participants were used in course of this study and three instruments were used which include mental health scale, Mental Health Continuum – Short Form (MHC-SF) Scale by Denise Ruschel Banderira (2016), Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) bySannie Vester Thorsen and Jakob Bue Bjorner, (Scand J Public Health 2010) and hereditary scale in which pilot study was conducted to find the internal consistency reliability of .73. This study employed a correlational design and examined the extent to which four components of quality of care (including food security, quality of shelter, quality of care giving, and access to health care services) predicted psychosocial well-being of orphaned and separated children (OSC), as well as the extent to which these components of quality of care and key demographic factors, such as age, gender, and orphan status moderated the associations between care settings and psychosocial well-being of OSC.  Three hypotheses were tested in the course of this study Regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis. Result of the data analysis revealed that Psychosocial significantly influence respondents mental health (r(198) = 2.32 p<.05) and Hereditary does not have a significant influence on Respondent Mental health (r(198)= .293 p>.05).

Keywords: Psychosocial, Heredity, Mental Health