Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Osmaniye, Turkey.
Transcult Psychiatry. 2024 Feb;61(1):107-117. doi: 10.1177/13634615231205815. Epub 2023 Nov 15.
Early marriage (i.e., at less than 18 years of age) is a significant global problem threatening the well-being of women. This cross-sectional study evaluated early marriage and the mental health of Roma women in Adana, Turkey. Data were collected between March 2019 and September 2019 using the Descriptive Characteristics Form and the Brief Symptom Inventory. We interviewed 272 married Roma women over 18 years of age, of whom 59.6% (= 162) had married before the age of 18 years; of these, 14.2% had done so before the age of 15. Significant positive correlations were found between the duration of the marriage and measures of interpersonal sensitivity, somatization, depression, anxiety, phobia, paranoid ideation, psychoticism, and the Global Severity Index in the women who had married early. Among women who married after 18, the duration of marriage had a significant positive relationship with somatization and phobic anxiety. Early marriage and a longer duration of marriage were associated with more symptoms of psychological distress.
早婚（即未满 18 岁）是一个全球性的重大问题，威胁着妇女的福祉。本横断面研究评估了土耳其阿达纳的罗姆妇女的早婚和心理健康状况。数据收集于 2019 年 3 月至 2019 年 9 月期间，使用描述性特征表和简明症状量表进行。我们对 272 名 18 岁以上的已婚罗姆妇女进行了访谈，其中 59.6%（162 人）在 18 岁之前结婚；其中 14.2%的人在 15 岁之前结婚。早婚妇女的婚姻持续时间与人际敏感、躯体化、抑郁、焦虑、恐惧症、偏执观念、精神病和总体严重度指数呈显著正相关。在 18 岁以后结婚的妇女中，婚姻持续时间与躯体化和恐惧症焦虑呈显著正相关。早婚和较长的婚姻持续时间与更多的心理困扰症状相关。
