Gupta Sujata, Taneja Neha, Kapoor S K, Kumar Amod
Department of Community Medicine, North Delhi Municipal Corporation Medical College and Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi, India.
Department of Public Health, Amity Institute of Public Health, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2020 Apr-Jun;45(2):145-148. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_204_19. Epub 2020 Jun 2.
Late adolescence age (16-19 years) is organized around central task of achieving an identity. In India, age at marriage for girls has been legally declared as 18 years, but many girls are married much before this age. Early marriage for girls can have profound psychological and emotional impacts.
The aim was to study the impact of marriage on mental health of married girls of late adolescent age and to compare them with unmarried girls of the same age.
A comparison study was conducted among girls of late adolescent age in an urban slum of North East Delhi. Background information was collected through oral questionnaire method. The mental health of the study participants was assessed using validated tool "General Health Questionnaire-12" and "Symptom Checklist-90."
Education and economic status of participants and parents were significantly associated with early marriage. Majority of married girls were found to be associated with risk of developing mental health disorders.
青春期后期(16 - 19岁)围绕着实现自我认同这一核心任务展开。在印度,法定女孩结婚年龄为18岁,但许多女孩在这个年龄之前就结婚了。女孩早婚会产生深远的心理和情感影响。
研究婚姻对青春期后期已婚女孩心理健康的影响,并将她们与同龄未婚女孩进行比较。
在德里东北部的一个城市贫民窟对青春期后期的女孩进行了一项比较研究。通过口头问卷调查法收集背景信息。使用经过验证的工具“一般健康问卷 - 12”和“症状自评量表 - 90”对研究参与者的心理健康进行评估。
参与者及其父母的教育和经济状况与早婚显著相关。发现大多数已婚女孩存在心理健康障碍的风险。