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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to assess indirect effects of Peshawar Massacre on parents due to media coverage. For this purpose, 480 parents having age 25 to 55 years and their children were also school going children were selected through purposive sampling method from Rawalpindi. Inclusion criteria of parents was that at least they had one school going child. Data from parents were collected using Urdu version of Post-traumatic stress disorder checklist (PCL-C) (Mushtaq & Rehman 2005). Reliability of Urdu version of (PCL-C) was 0.84 and inter scale correlation among subscales was 0.68, 0.73 and 0.74 that shows high construct validity of the scale. The results of chi square analysis that parents experienced indirect effects of Peshawar Massacre due to media coverage but significance means differences do not existed among groups. Fathers reported high PTSD as compare to mothers. The possible reason of this is may be due to the cultural differences as culture of Pakistani society is residing on collectivistic society and social terms are strong among people. Another possible reason is the belief system of the people that it happened by the will of Allah or predestined to happen.