Effect of Social Capital on Marital Aggression among Married Pakistani Students

Abstract

Social capital plays an important role in maintaining a balanced life and promoting effective family functioning. On the other hand, marital aggression is the frequency of aggressive behaviors in marital relationship, consisting of simple verbal threats to more intimidating psychological and physical abuses. The major objectives of the current study were to find out the effect of social capital on marital aggression among married students and to find out the demographic differences (age, gender, socioeconomic status) in social capital and marital aggression among married students. Two instruments, Social Capital Scale (SCS) and Aggression Questionnaire (AQ), were individually distributed among 300 married students recruited through convenient sampling technique. Current study revealed that social capital is negatively correlated with marital aggression. The results also revealed that social capital is a significant predictor of marital aggression. It caused a 5.1% variation in the dependent variable. Current study also suggests that age is negatively related to marital aggression. Age has a non-significant negative relationship with the social capital. The data analysis further revealed that males scored significantly higher on social capital and aggression.