Abstract:
People who have been internally displaced (IDPs) are a worldwide phenomenon that is
alarmingly expanding around the world. This study set out to look into the psychological
difficulties and coping strategies that internally displaced individuals and the host community
face. A design using mixed methodologies was used. Data, both quantitative and qualitative,
were gathered from 238 host communities and 122 IDP respondents. Purposive and basic
random samplings were used. Numerous statistical methods, both descriptive and inferential,
were used to analyze the data. The test results of one sample t-test sex [t (112) =-2.158, P=.001
for personal depression; t (112) =3.204, P=.001 for personal stress cases; and t (112) =-1.319,
P=.190 for personal challenges of anxiety, and the test result of [t(228)=-3.181,p=.001 for
personal depression of households, [t(228)=-3.358,p=.001 for personal stress of households, and
[t(228)=-3.188,p=.001 for personal challenges of anxiety [t (112) = 3.054, P=.000 emotional
depression; t (112) =-2.873, P=.000 emotional stress cases; t (112) =-3.041, P=.000 emotional
challenges of anxiety of IDPs; t(228) =-3.358, P=.001 emotional challenges stress of households;
and t(228) =-3.188, P=.001 emotional challenges of anxiety of households host community. The
result showed that psychosocial challenges were higher in females than men in camp than in the
community. The result of one-way ANOVA analysis indicated that (household’s age [F (2,111)
=7.895, P =.001 for personal depression, [F (2,111) = 8.725, P =.001 for personal stress, and [F
(2,111) = 9,546, P =.000 for personal anxiety within IDPs) and there was a considerable change
between age intervals among the host community (household’s age [F (2,227) = 16.919, P =.000
for personal depression, [t (2,227) = 20.026, P =.000 for personal stress, and [F (2,227) =19.623,
P =.000 for personal challenges of anxiety household’s marital [F (3,110) =65.505, P =.001 for
personal depression, [F (3,110) = 8.335, P =.000 for personal stress, and [F (3,110) = 6.598, P
=.000 for personal anxiety within IDPs, and there was substantial variation between marital
status among the host community's marital [F (3,226) = 7.170, P =.000 for personal depression,
[F (3,226) = 5.568, P =.001 for personal stress, and [F (2,226) = 6.566, P =.000 for personal
challenges of anxiety]. As a function of family size, [F(2,111)=12.092, p=.000 for personal
depression cases; [F (2,111)=10.265, p=.000 for personal stress; [F (2,111)=7.982, p=.001 for
personal anxiety of IDPs personal challenges due to family size; and [F (2,227)= 6.893, p=.001
for personal depression; [F(2.227)= 7.374, p=.001 for personal challenges of stress;
[F(2,227)=14.919, p=.000 for personal challenges of host community due to family size]. The
result showed that as family size increased, family structure became dysfunctional, and age
increased, internally displaced people in IDP camps in Bullen Woreda were highly affected by a
lot more psychological and social problems than the host community. The governments at all
levels, non-governmental organizations, and individuals should take responsibility for addressing
the issues pointed out in this study, such as the psychological distress and social challenges of
IDP and the host community.