Physical & Emotional Abuse-Association with Demographics and Behavioral Problems in Abused & Non Abused Children.pdf

OBJECTIVE: To compare the behavioral problems of physically and emotionally abused and non-abused children. To see the association between child abusing and factors like gender, birth order, parents' education and socioeconomic status.

STUDY DESIGN: Cross sectional research design.

PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: The sample of the study was taken from Govt. High school Jaranwala and Govt. M.C. Girls high school Jaranwala during the month of May 2015.

SUBJECTS & METHODS: Preliminary a sample of 600 hundred students was randomly taken for the study. Abused children and non-abused children were screened out by using a child abusing scale. 130 abused and 130 non-abused children were selected Randomly. The behavioral problem scale was used to measure the behavioral problems of abused and non-abused children.

RESULTS: Most abused children belong to a poor socioeconomic group, middle order birth and uneducated parents. Abused children displayed more behavioral problems as compared with non-abused children.

CONCLUSION: It was concluded that there was a strong association between parents’ education and child abusing as well as parents’ socioeconomic status. Middle order birth children were more abused as compared to first born and last born child. Abused children have more behavioral problems as compared to non-abused children.