The objective of this research was to investigate the relationships between personal and situational factors and their ramifications on individual mental health problems of those affected by the unrest in the southern border provinces of Thailand. The study was quantitative, and the Psychological Impact Scale for Crisis Event–10 (PISCES -10) was used as a measuring scale. The 728 subjects were selected by a purposive sampling technique. Bivariate analysis was conducted by Chi-square analysis using R software. The major findings indicated that there are six factors which are statistically significant to the causal attribution of mental health problems of those affected by the unrest in the southern border provinces. These include gender, age, region, injury, death of a relative and being a relative of the injured. Gender and death of a relative of those affected by the unrest in the southern border provinces had a statistically significant relationship at the .001 level. Age and being a relative of the injured had a statistically significant relationship at the .05 level. Region and injury had a statistically significant relationship at the .01 level. The results revealed that the six variables relating to mental health problems were important, and affected the lives of people in the southern border provinces subjected to the civil unrest.

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