Impact of Violent Attitude on the Psychological Health of Students in Pakistan

Abstract

In spite of the momentous efforts of research, violent attitude in students has become a larger concern that must be dealt by the professionals and policy makers (Alikaúifolu &Eke, 2016). The aim of this paper is to investigate the nature of physical and emotional violent attitude in university students in Pakistan. Therefore, unstructured interviews were used as a tool of research. A greater depth of data is possible through unstructured interviews rather than other types of interviews (Denzin & Lincoln, 2003).  Purposive sampling was used in the selection of participants. Data was collected through interviews with 15 senior professors of universities. The study is an empirical addition in the knowledge for the comprehension of nature of violent attitude in university students. It was concluded that cases of physical violence in the form of slapping, injuries have been observed. Emotional violence has been found in the form using abusive language and shouting. The students belonging to physical and psychological broken families are involved in misconduct. Participants were in opinion that more content could be added in the text books on social and moral development of students. Participants were in opinion that teachers would use polite language with the students to overcome school violence.