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EFFECTS OF HARASSMENT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE A CASE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF LAHORE

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2021(VI-III).01      10.31703/grr.2021(VI-III).01      Published : Sep 2021

Effects of Harassment on Academic Performance: A Case of University Students of Lahore

Abstract

    This research study attempted to explore the effects of cyber harassment and traditional harassment on the academic performance of university students. Likewise, investigating the influence of this harassment on substance usage was another prime objective of the study. For this purpose, students of four Lahore based universities (2 public, 2 private) were taken as population. Similarly, using convenience sampling, 150 respondents from each university were selected to meet a total sample of 600 students. For data collection, a cross-sectional survey method was used; however, for data analysis, a one-way analysis of variance was done so that demographics differences could be checked. Whereas Pearson product-moment correlation was applied to tests the relationships between IVs and DVs. Results evidently found that the majority of the students faced one or both types of harassment, i.e. traditional and cyber, which resulted in their indulgence in substance usage practices.

    Traditional Harassment, Cyber Harassment, Academic Performance, Substance Usage, Drug Abuse, University Students

    (1) Zaheer Ud Din Babar
    PhD Scholar, School of Communication Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Noshina Saleem
    Professor, School of Communication Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Babar, Zaheer Ud Din, and Noshina Saleem. 2021. "Effects of Harassment on Academic Performance: A Case of University Students of Lahore." Global Regional Review, VI (III): 1-11 doi: 10.31703/grr.2021(VI-III).01

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    HARVARD : BABAR, Z. U. D. & SALEEM, N. 2021. Effects of Harassment on Academic Performance: A Case of University Students of Lahore. Global Regional Review, VI, 1-11.

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    MHRA : Babar, Zaheer Ud Din, and Noshina Saleem. 2021. "Effects of Harassment on Academic Performance: A Case of University Students of Lahore." Global Regional Review, VI: 1-11

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    TURABIAN : Babar, Zaheer Ud Din, and Noshina Saleem. "Effects of Harassment on Academic Performance: A Case of University Students of Lahore." Global Regional Review VI, no. III (2021): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2021(VI-III).01