Until When Silent Cries of Pakistani Marginalized Youth Would Remain Unaddressed – A Thematic Short Review through the Lens of Subjective Well-Being

The overarching aim of this thematic short review is to highlight the paucity of mental health research available for marginalized youth living in Pakistan. To establish a research gap, seven most relevant documents available on current plight of Pakistani youth has been selected randomly that compr...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Saleem, Ismail, Dr Rozmi, Zakaria, Dr. Ezarina, Che Kasim, Dr. Arena
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: School of Social Sciences 2015
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/37645/
http://eprints.usm.my/37645/1/sspis_2015_ms629_-_636.pdf
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author Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Saleem
Ismail, Dr Rozmi
Zakaria, Dr. Ezarina
Che Kasim, Dr. Arena
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Ismail, Dr Rozmi
Zakaria, Dr. Ezarina
Che Kasim, Dr. Arena
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description The overarching aim of this thematic short review is to highlight the paucity of mental health research available for marginalized youth living in Pakistan. To establish a research gap, seven most relevant documents available on current plight of Pakistani youth has been selected randomly that comprised of project reports, journal articles and narrative essays. The span of documents ranged from 2004 to 2014. For review, an unsorted literature matrix has been furnished with keeping in view some systematic steps in order. Findings of all documents further categorized into two main themes (Adversity & Demographic Bonus) and four subthemes (marginalization; street violence; radicalization; & psychological issues). On the one hand, it is anticipated from findings that Pakistani youth experiencing variety of adversities that may lead towards loss of subjective well-being. On the other hand, this youth entered in the arena of demographic bonus that can be fruitful for positive nation building, if current youth is channelized well. The scarcity of research particularly on ‘Pakistani marginalized youth’ is a big question mark for local and international research communities that direly demand to be addressed.
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spelling usm-376452017-11-24T07:43:18Z http://eprints.usm.my/37645/ Until When Silent Cries of Pakistani Marginalized Youth Would Remain Unaddressed – A Thematic Short Review through the Lens of Subjective Well-Being Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Saleem Ismail, Dr Rozmi Zakaria, Dr. Ezarina Che Kasim, Dr. Arena H Social Sciences The overarching aim of this thematic short review is to highlight the paucity of mental health research available for marginalized youth living in Pakistan. To establish a research gap, seven most relevant documents available on current plight of Pakistani youth has been selected randomly that comprised of project reports, journal articles and narrative essays. The span of documents ranged from 2004 to 2014. For review, an unsorted literature matrix has been furnished with keeping in view some systematic steps in order. Findings of all documents further categorized into two main themes (Adversity & Demographic Bonus) and four subthemes (marginalization; street violence; radicalization; & psychological issues). On the one hand, it is anticipated from findings that Pakistani youth experiencing variety of adversities that may lead towards loss of subjective well-being. On the other hand, this youth entered in the arena of demographic bonus that can be fruitful for positive nation building, if current youth is channelized well. The scarcity of research particularly on ‘Pakistani marginalized youth’ is a big question mark for local and international research communities that direly demand to be addressed. School of Social Sciences 2015 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/37645/1/sspis_2015_ms629_-_636.pdf Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Saleem and Ismail, Dr Rozmi and Zakaria, Dr. Ezarina and Che Kasim, Dr. Arena (2015) Until When Silent Cries of Pakistani Marginalized Youth Would Remain Unaddressed – A Thematic Short Review through the Lens of Subjective Well-Being. In: Conference Proceedings of Social Sciences Postgraduate International Seminar (SSPIS). School of Social Sciences, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, pp. 629-636. ISBN 978-967-11473-2-0
spellingShingle H Social Sciences
Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Saleem
Ismail, Dr Rozmi
Zakaria, Dr. Ezarina
Che Kasim, Dr. Arena
Until When Silent Cries of Pakistani Marginalized Youth Would Remain Unaddressed – A Thematic Short Review through the Lens of Subjective Well-Being
title Until When Silent Cries of Pakistani Marginalized Youth Would Remain Unaddressed – A Thematic Short Review through the Lens of Subjective Well-Being
title_full Until When Silent Cries of Pakistani Marginalized Youth Would Remain Unaddressed – A Thematic Short Review through the Lens of Subjective Well-Being
title_fullStr Until When Silent Cries of Pakistani Marginalized Youth Would Remain Unaddressed – A Thematic Short Review through the Lens of Subjective Well-Being
title_full_unstemmed Until When Silent Cries of Pakistani Marginalized Youth Would Remain Unaddressed – A Thematic Short Review through the Lens of Subjective Well-Being
title_short Until When Silent Cries of Pakistani Marginalized Youth Would Remain Unaddressed – A Thematic Short Review through the Lens of Subjective Well-Being
title_sort until when silent cries of pakistani marginalized youth would remain unaddressed – a thematic short review through the lens of subjective well-being
topic H Social Sciences
url http://eprints.usm.my/37645/
http://eprints.usm.my/37645/1/sspis_2015_ms629_-_636.pdf