Abstract
Violence permeates human life with its multidimensional
consequences for the victims. Social significance of violence for
children and adolescents has been a focus of both the
sociologists and social psychologists. This is because of the
very sensitive and crucial phase of adolescence where most of
the trajectories and pathways shape human behavior along with
socio-psychological and biological development. The present
study explores the relevance of workplace violence with social
well being of the 350 Pakistani adolescents working in 82 auto
repair workshops. Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-2) was used to
measure intensity of violence whereas; social well being (SWB)
was measured within five dimensions of Keyes’ (1998) model of
social well being. Findings of the study revealed that violence
against adolescents was highly correlated with their social well
being. The demographic variables were also found to influence
the correlation between violence against adolescents and their
social well being.
Key Words: Workplace violence; Adolescents; Instructor (ustad); Social
Well Being; Auto repair workshops
Muhammad Ramzan, Muhammad Zakria Zakar. (2013) Relevance of Violence with Social Well Being of Working Adolescents in Pakistan , Journal of Political Studies, Volume 20, Issue 2.
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