a Department of Community Health Nursing , The University of Jordan , Amman , Jordan.
Int J Psychol. 2013;48(6):1156-64. doi: 10.1080/00207594.2013.780657. Epub 2013 Apr 15.
The purpose of this study was to identify the psychosocial impact of child labour in Jordan, distinguishing between the impact on working school children, nonworking school children and working and nonschooled children. More than 351 million children across the world work. Emotional, behavioral and psychiatric problems in working children are a considerable public health problem in developing countries. A descriptive, comparative, cross-sectional design was used in this study. All data were collected in 2010. A total of 4008 children aged six to 16 years were interviewed. Of these, 2093 (52.2%) were nonworking school children, 896 (22.4%) working school children, and 1019 (25.4%) working and nonschooled children. Working school children reported psychosocial problems more often than working and nonschooled children. Child labour has a negative impact on children's psychosocial health and development. These findings indicate that psychoeducational support and problem-solving programs help children to cope better with the consequences of their work and study. More effort is needed to reduce children's involvement in labour. Understanding the impact of work on child mental and social health is essential to inform policy and future research as well as to improve the lives of children.
本研究旨在识别约旦童工的心理社会影响，区分工作和上学的儿童、非工作和上学的儿童以及工作和不上学的儿童所受的影响。全球有超过 3.51 亿儿童工作。在发展中国家，工作儿童的情绪、行为和精神健康问题是一个相当大的公共卫生问题。本研究采用描述性、比较性、横断面设计。所有数据均于 2010 年收集。共对 4008 名 6 至 16 岁的儿童进行了访谈。其中，2093 名（52.2%）是非工作上学的儿童，896 名（22.4%）是工作上学的儿童，1019 名（25.4%）是工作不上学的儿童。工作上学的儿童比工作不上学的儿童更常报告心理社会问题。童工对儿童的心理社会健康和发展有负面影响。这些发现表明，心理教育支持和解决问题的方案有助于儿童更好地应对工作和学习的后果。需要做出更多努力来减少儿童的劳动参与。了解工作对儿童心理和社会健康的影响对于为政策和未来的研究提供信息以及改善儿童的生活是必要的。
