Behavioural problems of abused and non-abused children

Abstract

The pre:;ent study was conducted to ident ify abused children and to compare the behavioural problems of abused and non ~abused children. A sample of "3 10" (half male and half female) children of age group to-t2 years was taken. From this sample 34 abused and 34 nonabused children were derived for the study. The data was collected from two cities Jhang and Islamabad. The instruments was developed including "a questionnaire to identify abused" "child behavioural problems questionnaire" and "a demographic questionnaire". The resu lts indicated that abused children significantly differ from non-abused children on the measure of behavioural problems. Abused children display greater number of behavioural problems as compared to nonabused ch ildren. It was found that children of low socio·economic status are more abused than ch ildren of midd le and higher SES levels. The results showed that the grealer number of sib lings at home and less educat ion of the parents have direct relationship with behavioural problems of abused children.