Socio-Emotional Behaviour, Cognitive Abilities and Nutritional Status: Prevalence, Correlates and Intervention
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2018-07
Authors
Onkari, Daneshwari
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University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
Abstract
Study was conducted in the year 2016-2018 in Dharwad taluka of Karnataka state. Correlation and differential research design were used. For the prevalence of orphans, 5 percent of villages of Dharwad taluka and Dharwad city were randomly selected. Out of 5128 children, 398 were orphans which indicated 8.97 per cent of prevalence rate in Dharwad taluka. Further 124 orphans from rural area and 110 institutionalized orphans were randomly selected in the age range of 6-18 years to know the influence of personal and familial factors on their socio-emotional behavior, cognitive abilities and nutritional status. The self structured questionnaire, child behaviour checklist, WISC III and socio- economic status scales were used for data collection. Result highlighted that, 49.2 per cent were paternal orphans, 61.3 per cent of them had low level of resilience and 55.6 per cent of them had high level of vulnerability. About 41.3 per cent of orphans experienced more than 5 years of orphanhood. More than half of the orphans (61.3 %) were in clinical range, 24.2 per cent of them were in normal category and only 14.5 per cent of them were in borderline category of socio-emotional behaviour. Vulnerability, conflict, resilience, period of orphanhood and age of the child together found to be significantly influencing on socio-emotional behavior of orphans. 53.8 per cent of orphan children were in the average level of IQ category followed by low average and high average. Boys were having high IQ in verbal, performance as well as full scale intelligence. Almost equal percentages (48-51%) of the orphans belonged to underweight as well as normal category of nutritional status. Age and birth order were significant predictor of nutritional status and explained about 26.0 per cent of variation in the nutritional status of rural orphans. The intervention programme had significant impact on socio-emotional behaviour of orphan children. There was significant reduction in behaviour problems of children.