Psycho-Social Effects of Corporal Punishment On Working Children: A Case of Motor Workshops in Quetta:
Keywords:
Corporal punishment; Violence; Effects; Behavior; Working children Etc.Abstract
Abstract:
Child protection has derived ample attention of human right activists all
around the world. Children involved in labour and economic activities are
faced with the issue of corporal punishment at work places which has
serious effects on their psycho-social and physical development. This
research study was carried out to assess the psycho-social effects of
corporal punishment on children who are in involved in economic activities
in motor workshops in Quetta city. A total of 200 working children selected
were interviewed through structured questionnaire. The study finds out that
a variety of determinants such as poverty, household size, lack of education
among parents, poor quality of education, extreme weather events and
unemployment of adult family members force children to get engaged in
child labor. Use of violence against children is a common phenomenon in
motor workshops that has short and long term psycho-social effects
including decrease of self-respect, pessimism, inferiority complex,
hooliganism, aggression and anxiety disorder among children. The study concludes that use of violence against working children has negative
impacts on individual children, their family and society as a whole.
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