Involvement of Adolescents in Armed Conflict

The present study was an attempt to observe the involvement of adolescents in Kashmir conflict as per affect of conflict (intact and disrupted), dwelling and gender. The sample was selected through multi stage sampling technique. For the sample 800 adolescents were selected from urban and rural areas of Kashmir. The sample was collected with the help of self constructed questionnaire. The study reveals that most intact and disrupted adolescents have participated in protests. More adolescent boys have participated in protests as compared to adolescent girls. Greater number of intact rural adolescents has participated in protests as compared to intact urban adolescents. Majority of adolescents have participated more than once. Causes put forth for participation in protests by intact-disrupted adolescents, adolescent boys-girls and rural-urban adolescents are innocent killings, harassment of women and unjustified arrests of youth. Shazia Manzoor | Dr. Muzamil Jan"Involvement of Adolescents in Armed Conflict" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-4 , June 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd15678.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/home-science/extension-education/15678/involvement-of-adolescents-in-armed-conflict/shazia-manzoor