Sibnath Deb|Kerryann Walsh
Impact of physical, psychological, and sexual violence on social adjustment of school children in India
Pondicherry University|Queensland University of Technology
study sought understand pervasiveness impact physical psychological sexual violence social adjustment grade 8 9 school children state tripura india study participants 160 boys 160 girls randomly selected classes eight english bengali medium schools agartala city tripura data collected using selfadministered semistructured questionnaire childrenstudents social adjustment inventory custommade study based measures extant research adapted indian context findings revealed students experienced physical 219 psychological 209 sexual 181 violence home 297 children witnessed family violence boys often victims physical psychological violence girls often victims sexual violence social adjustment scores school children experienced violence regardless nature violence significantly lower compared scores experienced violence p lt 0001 social adjustment poorer girls boys p lt 0001 study speaks favour early detection intervention child maltreatment subtypes children exposed interparental violence highlights crucial role schools school psychology addressing problem