Effect of Emotional Abuse on Students Academic Performance at Secondary Level

Abstract

The present study was conducted at the secondary level of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Bagh to find Effect of emotional abuse on students’ academic performance. The objectives of the study were to explore the effect of emotional abuse on students’ academic performance, to identify the different forms of emotional abuse at secondary level and to find out the perceptions of students on effects of emotional abuse at secondary level of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Bagh. The study is descriptive in nature, and the researcher adopted a survey method to conduct the study. Students of public sector were the population of the current study. There are 4840 secondary school students (1585 female and 3255 male) studying in these schools. A sample size of study was selected by following Krejcie and Morgan table. Sample consists of 235 male students and 115 female students were selected from different public sector schools. The stratified sample technique was adopted for the current study. A self-made questionnaire was used to conclude the effect of emotional abuse on academic performance of students at secondary level. The data was analyzed through cross tabulation using SPSS-24. The study found that a majority of students are being emotionally abused by their teachers. It is decided that there was considerable impact of emotional abuse on academic performance of students. It is therefore suggested that awareness programs such as workshops, seminars and conferences should be conducted by sponsors for teachers, parents and students to educate them on forms of emotional abuse with in the school environment and home.. School supervisors should also set up frame to square the occurrence of emotional abuse and conceivable control actions..

Keywords: Emotional Abuse, Academic Performance, Students Secondary Level district Bagh AJK.