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GENDERED EXPERIENCES OF CONFLICT-RELATED TRAUMA AND DIFFERENTIAL

Resilience Trajectories Among Adolescent Boys; Girls In Northwest Nigeria Abdullahi Abdulwahab Yakubu; Zeenat Abdulsalam; Summayyah Muhammad Bashar; Aliyul Hauwath Ahmad; Ijeoma Chinanuekperem Charles-Ugwuagbo; 1Audu Ishaq Aveka; Mivanyi Musa Murinyi; Bashir Adam Yakasai

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Alvan Journal of Social Sciences
Volume/Issue
3(2), 2026
Pages
208-216
DOI
10.67638/ajss-2026-v3-i2-018
Keywords
Adolescent, armed conflict, gender, PTSD, resilience, trauma
Corresponding author
Abdullahi Abdulwahab Yakubu
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ayabdullahi@abu.edu.ng
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Abstract

Banditry and farmer-herder violence have devastated Northwest Nigeria since 2020. How adolescent boys versus girls experience this conflict-and what helps each group cope-is not well understood. We addressed this gap. We surveyed 412 adolescents (206 boys, 206 girls aged 10-19) in Zamfara and Katsina states. Participants came from IDP camps and host communities. We used the Child War Trauma Questionnaire (CWTQ), Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS), and Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-28). We also conducted 24 in-depth interviews and 8 focus groups, analyzed using critical interpretive policy analysis. Boys faced more direct physical violence (43.2% vs 25.7%, χ²=14.32, p<.001) and weapon threats (54.4% vs 41.7%, χ²=6.90, p=.009). Girls faced more sexual and gender-based violence threats (40.3% vs 18.4%, χ²=24.56, p<.001) and trauma-related shame. PTSD scores were higher in girls (mean 28.4, SD=7.2 vs mean 25.1, SD=6.8; t=5.12, p<.001). Total resilience scores did not differ by gender (p=.323). But the pathways did: boys built resilience through community activism (β=.42, p<.001); girls relied on family bonds (β=.38, p<.001) and spiritual engagement (β=.25, p=.001). Qualitative data showed boys framed resilience as active resistance and peer solidarity. Girls framed it as endurance (hakuri), preserving family honour, and religious faith. Current gender-neutral mental health and psychosocial support programs miss both groups. Conflict trauma is not gender-neutral. Programming for adolescents must be gender-specific. This study recommends for increase stakeholders involvement in the development and validation of gender-specific trauma and resilience screening tools in Nigeria.

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Resilience Trajectories Among Adolescent Boys; Girls In Northwest Nigeria Abdullahi Abdulwahab Yakubu; Zeenat Abdulsalam; Summayyah Muhammad Bashar; Aliyul Hauwath Ahmad; Ijeoma Chinanuekperem Charles-Ugwuagbo; 1Audu Ishaq Aveka; Mivanyi Musa Murinyi; Bashir Adam Yakasai (2026). GENDERED EXPERIENCES OF CONFLICT-RELATED TRAUMA AND DIFFERENTIAL. Alvan Journal of Social Sciences, 3(2), 208-216. https://doi.org/10.67638/ajss-2026-v3-i2-018

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