Creating Safe Educational Environments: Addressing Harassment and Enhancing Female Students’ Academic Success in Higher Institutions of AJk: The Role of Psychological Distress as a Moderator.

Authors

  • Bilal Akbar MBA Scholar, Department of Business Administration, University of Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir
  • Dr. Sobia Mahmood Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, University of Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Abstract

The study investigated how harassment affected female students' academic performance while psychological distress played a moderating role. Individuals from the University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir will be the unit of analysis and observation in this study. The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir's female students were the target demographic. Non-probability sampling was used to acquire the data, which came from about 188 female students who completed questionnaires. The University of Kotli circulated 150 questionnaires, and 125 of those were gathered there. 150 questionnaires were provided to Mirpur University of Sciences and Technology, and 63 of them were really collected there.

Keywords: Verbal and Emotional Harassment, Social Media Harassment, Gesture and Posture Harassment, Academic Performance of Female Students and Psychological Distress

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Published

2025-08-04

How to Cite

Bilal Akbar, & Dr. Sobia Mahmood. (2025). Creating Safe Educational Environments: Addressing Harassment and Enhancing Female Students’ Academic Success in Higher Institutions of AJk: The Role of Psychological Distress as a Moderator. Bulletin of Management Review, 2(2), 470–497. Retrieved from https://bulletinofmanagement.com/index.php/Journal/article/view/169

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2025): Bulletin of Management Review

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Articles