Author: Mehwish Irfan
Supervisor: Rukhsana Kausar, Ph.D
Degree: MSc
Year: 2012-2014
University: Institute of Applied Psychology, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan
Abstract
The aim of the research was to compare child abuse in students from
private, public and religious schools. it was hypothesized that there is a
likely to be differences in child abuse in private, public and religious
schools and there are gender differences in physical, emotional and sexual
abuse at schools. The sample consisted of 105 students recruited through
snowball sampling. Their ages between 13-15 years with the mean age for
children from private schools 13.51 (SD = 1.80), from public schools
14.51 (SD = 1.52) and from religious schools 12.97 (SD = 1.12). Child
abuse in schools was assessed by using ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening
Tool – Children’s Institutional (ICAST-CI) questionnaire developed by
Zolotor et al., (2009). Data were analyzed using reliability statistics, oneway Anova, Independent sample t-test. Significant difference was found in
child abuse in private, public and religious schools and no significant
gender differences were found in physical, emotional and sexual abuse and
the rate of physical, emotional and sexual abuse was higher in public
schools; there were no significant age differences in physical, emotional
and sexual abuse.
Keywords: Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Sexual Abuse.
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Corresponding Address: Department of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Email: chairperson@appsy.pu.edu.pk, Phone: 92-42-9231245
