Impact of physical, psychological, and sexual violence on social adjustment of school children in India

Type Working Paper - School Psychology International
Title Impact of physical, psychological, and sexual violence on social adjustment of school children in India
Author(s)
Volume 33
Issue 4
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2012
Page numbers 391-415
URL http://eprints.qut.edu.au/53906/1/SPI_Deb_Walsh_SPIJ_0000881_finalforeprints290912.pdf
Abstract
This study sought to understand the pervasiveness and impact of physical, psychological, and sexual violence on the social adjustment of Grade 8 and 9 school children in the state of Tripura, India. The study participants, 160 boys and 160 girls, were randomly selected from classes in eight English and Bengali medium schools in Agartala city, Tripura. Data were collected using a self-administered Semi-structured Questionnaire for Children/Students and a Social Adjustment Inventory which were custom-made for the study based on measures in the extant research adapted for the Indian context. Findings revealed that students experienced physical (21.9%), psychological (20.9%), and sexual (18.1%) violence at home, and 29.7% of the children had witnessed family violence. Boys were more often victims of physical and psychological violence while girls were more often victims of sexual violence. The social adjustment scores of school children who experienced violence, regardless of the nature of the violence, was significantly lower when compared with scores of those who had not experienced violence (p?

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