A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY ON CHILD ABUSE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DISTRICT SANGHAR AND SHAHEED BENAZIRABAD

Abstract

Child abuse is very important area with serious consequences on children’s physical and psychosocial development. The present research examines the relationship between child abuse as independent variables and various health outcomes as dependent variables by using SEM Modeling via Smart PLS and multiple group analysis for comparison of both the districts District Sanghar and Shaheed Benazirabad with 410 purposively selected respondents which included Family Members, Teachers and Doctors. With these findings, there is a growing importance of putting into 
place advocacy and mechanisms of helping children who have been abused and the assuring regions that the abuse will yield larger effects. Lastly, this work adds to the current literature by supporting the need for appropriate interventions that improve the knowledge of, and resilience to, cascade risks for individuals concerned. When these consequences are fixed it is easier for the stakeholders support the victims and help in advocating for reduction of the long term impacts of child abuse in these communities