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Enayat H, Zare H. (2023). Qualitative analysis of the early child marriage experiences in secondary schools in Meimand city. Social Problems of Iran. 14(1), 135-162. doi:10.61186/jspi.14.1.135
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The purpose of the current research is to qualitatively analyze the early child marriage experiences of married teenage students in secondary school in Maimand city. This study is part of the interpretive paradigm and its nature is qualitative, and it was conducted with the method of grounded theory with the approach of Strauss and Corbin. First, through purposive sampling and then theoretical sampling, in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 students of the first and second high schools who got married at the age of less than eighteen years. Simultaneously with data collection, coding and analysis of findings were done. The findings include: 62 sub themes; The 12 main themes and central theme are under the title of early child marriage as "lack of voice and agency" of female students. The results of this research showed that in the traditional and tribal context where girls live and under the intervening conditions of identity crisis during adolescence, early child marriage occurs at school ages. The causal conditions that play a role in the occurrence of this phenomenon are: patriarchy, economic problems and poverty, and the chaotic environment of the girl's family. The actions that were presented in response to the phenomenon of early child marriage include: sexual experience, academic challenges, mother's child, domestic violence, and psychological effects. The consequences of early child marriage have also occurred in the form of disordered married life and divorce at teenage ages.
Type of Article: Original Research |
Subject:
Family & Marriage
Received: 2023/08/10 | Accepted: 2023/09/30 | Published: 2023/10/9
Received: 2023/08/10 | Accepted: 2023/09/30 | Published: 2023/10/9
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