BY: Girmaye Guteta Advisor

93 Pages·2017·50.87 MB·English

Addis Ababa University
chool of Graduate Studies
Department of Special Needs Education
PSYCHOSOCIAL CONDfTIONS OF VETERAN WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES
IN TIGRA Y AFTER THE REINTEGRATION TO CIVILIAN LIFE
(With Pa.·ticular Focus on the Case of Mekele City)
By: Nuru Seid Ahmed
.June, 2010
Addi. Ababil
Addis Ababa University
School of Graduate tudies
Department of Special Needs Education
PSYCHOSOCIAL CONDITIONS OF VETERAN WOMEN WITH 01 ABILITIES
IN TIGRA Y AFTER THE REINTEGRATION TO CIVILIAN LIFE
(With Padicular Focus on the Case of Mekele City)
By: Nuru cid Ahmed
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AddL Abnba
Addis Ababa University
School of Graduate Studies
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Department of Special Needs Education
PSYCHOSOCIAL CONDITIONS OF VETERAN WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES
IN TIGRA Y AFTER THE REINTEGRATION TO CIVILIAN LIFE
(With Particular Focus on the Case of Mekele City)
By: Nuru Seid Ahmed
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Advi or: Tirussew Tefera (Pr
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THE I UBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILL:\1ENT OF THE
REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF MA TER OF ART ll\
SPE TAL NEED ED A TJON
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.June, 2010
Addi Ababa
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Addis Ababa University
School of Graduate Studies
Department of Special Needs Education
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PSYCHOSOCIAL CONDITIONS OF VETERAN WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES
IN TIGRAY AFTER THE REINTEGRATION TO CIVILIAN LIFE
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(With Particular Focus on the Case of Mekele City)
By: Nuru Seid Ahmed
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Approved by Board of Examiners:
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Alemayehu Teklemariam
Chairman, Department Graduate Committee
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AdvIsor ~
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Acknowledgement
I wish to expre s m ' inc re appreciation and gratitude to a.ll who made this study possible. I am
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particular! indebt d to the following people:
• First and foremo t I would like to give my genuine and incere thanks to my advisor.
Profe or Tiru ew Teferra, for hi ume erved support, invaluable guidance and
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dedications, with ut which would not have been able to undertake this study.
• ouId like to extend my sincere thank to all my respondents who willingl) cooperated
in my study.
• I am al 0 grateful to my family \ hose love, support, patience, and end Ie.
encouragement and motivation made this study possible .
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• I am also happ to extend my deepest gratitude to all my friends, especially. to Abiy.
Efrem. Da it, and Amcha ror the technical upport they have contributed at different
stage ofthi re earch.
• La t but most important I would like to thank to Muez and Zera\ who 'pent their
aluable time in editing the re carch paper.
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Table of Contents
ckno\ ledgelnent ....................................................................................................... 1
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able of ontent ....................................................................................................... 11
Li t of Table ............................................................................................................ V
Li t of bbrl; iation ................................................................................................. VI
b tract ....................................................................................................... , ......... VII
CIIAPTER ONE ......................................................................................................................................... 1
1. INTROD CTION ................................................................................................................................... 1
I. I_Background of the tud ..................................................................................................................... I
1.2 tatement of the Problem .................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Re earch Que tions ............................................................................................................................. 5
• 1.4 Objecti es of the lUd) ....................................................................................................................... 5
1.5 igniticance of the tud ................................................... :. ............................................................... 6
J 6 . ope of the tud) .............................................................................................................................. 6
1.7 Problems and Limitation of the tudy ............................................................................................... 7
1.8 Definition ofKcJ Term ..................................................................................................................... 8
1.9 Organization of the Th I~ .................................................................................................................. g
( II,\ PTEH. T\\'O ...................................................................................................................................... 1( J
2. REVIEW OF RELATED LlTEH.AT RE. ......................................................................... · ............... 10
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:.1 ()\ en le\>, Di. abilit~ .................................................................................................................... 10
: 2 \"'omen with Dj~abilit~ .................................................................................................................. 1-1
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:.1 \ omen \\'llh Disabilil: In I:thi(lpia ................................................................................................. 1( I
.2 1 EthiopIan \ omen in I\rlllcd Strugg.1e and Its ftcr11l<lth ..................................................... ......... 11
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:: ' RClnh.:l-!ratioll h.-li~htch .... ................ . . . .... .............. ....................... ......... . ......... . I q
: 5.1 I)etinition of Reint ·g.latiC'1l ................................................................................................. It)
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• :'.5.: RC1I1\cgratlon PL! Veterans ..... .............. .... .... .................................. ....... ..... .. ...... :0
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2.6 P yeho oeial ondition ofYeterans with Di abilities ..................................................................... 20
2.6.1 elf- estecln .................................. """'"'' ................................................................................... 21
2.6.2 Depres ion .................................................................................................................................. 22
_.6. ocial r olation ........................................................................................................................... 23
_.7 Inter ention Model to\ ards Di abilitie ......................................................................................... 24
2.7.1 edical Model ........................................................................................................................... 24
2.7.2 The Environmental M del ......................................................................................................... 25
2.7.3 cologieal Model ....................................................................................................................... 26
HAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................................. 28
3. METHODOLOGy ................................................................................................................................ 28
.1 Re earch De ign ................................................................................................................................ 28
3.2 ouree of Data ................................................................................................................................. 28
3.3 tudyArea ......................................................................................................................................... 28
".-1 Population and ampling Technique ................................................................................................ 29
3.5 In (rument ........................................................................................................................................ 29
.., .5.1 Questionnaire ............................................................................................................................. 29
3.5._ Intervie\\ .................................................................................................................................... 'I
"'. ~.: Focus Group Di cu ion ............................................................................................................ ~ I
".6 Pilot 'tud) ........................................................................................................................................ '2
" 7 Vlcthod Data Anal. I' ................................................................................................................... ' l_....
, S I:thical Con Id<.:rat ions .................................................................................................................... ,'"
II A PT E H FO R ..................................................................................................................................... 35
-l·YI'\!)I'\' ;c . ND DISC SSIO:'" OF TIm. ·n ;DY .......................................................................... 35
-1.1 [)t.:l11ographlc Characteri tic ofSal11plc Re. pond~nlS .................................................................... 3'
,1.2 P<;~cho oClal 'haractcristics of the Re'pol1dcl1l. ........................................................................ J I
()i Ll.Issiol1. ..................................... ................................ ....... ...... ........ ................................. ....... .:;
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IIAPTER FIVE ....................................................................................................................................... 59
S. S MMARY ON LU ION, AND RECOMMENDATION .......................................................... 59
5.1 Llmmary ........................................................................................... Erro,'! Bookmark not defincd.
5.2 oneill ion ....................................................................................................................................... 61
5.3 Recoll1mendation ............................................................................................................................. 63
Refcrence
Appendicc
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Li t of Ta bles
Tables Page
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Table I: Re pondent type oflmpairment. ............................................................... 37
Table _: A ae of Respondents ............................................................................... 37
Table "': Re pondent Marital tatus ...................................................................... 38
Table 4: Re pondent Levelof ducation ................................................................. 39
Table 5: R pondents Main ource of Income .......................................................... .40
Table 6: Re pondent Percei ed Economic ituation .................................................. .41
Table 7: Frequencie of Re pondents Perceived
Economic , ituation Based on Family lze....................... . ....................... .42
Table 8: Levels of elf e teem Depression. and
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oeial Adjustment of Respondent ....................................................... .4..,
Table 9: Mean and tandard Deviation for elf esteem,
Depression. and oeial Adjustment of the entire ample .................................. -+ -
Table 10: Frequency of elf-esteem scale. Oepre sion cale.
and, ocial adju tment scale based on Age group .......................................... .47
Table 11 : Frequ 11 y ofSelf-e teem calc. Deprc sion ,calc. and
,ocial adjustment cale based on Perceived Economic tatlls .......................... .49
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List of Abbreviations
ADB- ian D velopment Bank
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ID -Acquired Immuno eficicncy ndrome
BDI-Beck Depre ion Inventory
RB- alifornia Rc.carch Bureau
SA- entral tatistic Authority
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DH -Demographic and Health urvey
FDG- Focus Group Discu sion
FORE-Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
HIV- Human Immunodeficiency Virus
ICF -lnternational lassification of Functioning
PT 0- Po ttraumatic tres Disorder
PWDs-Pcoplc 'v"ith Di abilitic
TDVA-Tigray Di ablcd \ etcran s ociation
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TPLF-Tign.:an Pcolle Liberation Front
WAT- Women' A. elation ofTigra
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WIIO-World Health Organil.ati n
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\ ''\-United
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"'IDIH-United , 'alions In tltLltc for Disarmament Rc.earch
WWD- etcran \\'umen "ith Disabilities
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