Statistics Discipline, Tejgaon College, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Department of Statistics, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
PLoS One. 2022 Mar 22;17(3):e0264515. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264515. eCollection 2022.
The present study aimed to identify factors that are associated with puberty knowledge among school-going rural adolescents in Bangladesh.
This cross-sectional study was conducted on 2724 school-going (grades VI-IX) adolescents who were aged between 10-24 years. The adolescents resided only in rural areas of Bangladesh. In this study, relationship between socio-demographic factors and controlling behaviour was assessed considering Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model. Considering the complex nature of Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model the structural equation model to explore factors related to the Adolescents' knowledge of pubertal changes.
The structural equation model result showed a significant association among gender, education, age, and parental limit setting on daily activities with student's knowledge on pubertal changes. peer connection, and peer regulation were associated with adolescent knowledge on puberty directly as well as through the mediator variables year of schooling, academic performance and, parental behavioural control.
Adolescents Age, years of schooling, and teachers concerns are positively associated with adolescents' knowledge on puberty. Whereas, parents' and peers' controlling behaviors are negatively associated with adolescents' understanding of pubertal changes. Therefore, there is needed an effective plan to raise the attention of parents and teachers on adolescents' pubertal issues to ensure adolescents' informed pubertal period.
本研究旨在确定与孟加拉国农村在校青少年青春期知识相关的因素。
本横断面研究纳入了 2724 名年龄在 10-24 岁之间的在校（六至九年级）青少年。这些青少年仅居住在孟加拉国的农村地区。在这项研究中，考虑到布朗芬布伦纳的生物生态模型，评估了社会人口因素与控制行为之间的关系。考虑到布朗芬布伦纳生物生态模型的复杂性，采用结构方程模型探讨与青少年青春期变化知识相关的因素。
结构方程模型结果表明，性别、教育、年龄和父母对日常活动的限制与学生对青春期变化的知识之间存在显著关联。同伴关系和同伴调节与青少年对青春期的知识直接相关，也通过中介变量（学年、学业成绩和父母行为控制）相关。
青少年的年龄、受教育年限和教师关注与青少年的青春期知识呈正相关。而父母和同伴的控制行为与青少年对青春期变化的理解呈负相关。因此，需要制定有效的计划，引起家长和教师对青少年青春期问题的关注，确保青少年在青春期期间获得充分的信息。
