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Anxiety, Depression, Stress, and Decision-Making Among Orphans and Non-Orphans in Pakistan

Purpose Orphanhood is a time which involves many psychological and emotional problems. Lack of self-determination and inability to take decision puts orphans at…

Stress, coping and quality of life: An exploratory study of the psychological well-being of Ghanaian orphans placed in orphanage

Previous studies have demonstrated that parental loss and orphanage placement can be stressful and can negatively affect the psychological well-being of children.…

Assessing the “orphan effect” in determining development outcomes for children in 11 eastern and southern African countries

There are more than 45 million orphaned children in sub-Saharan Africa, 11.4 million because of AIDS – representing approximately 80% of all such orphans worldwide.…