The Lived Experience of Early Marriage in Jordan: The Perspective of Adolescent Girls and Young Women
Child or early marriage, primarily due to cultural factors, continues as a tradition and seems to be a growing phenomenon in Jordan. This research explores the lived experience of early marriage from the perspective of adolescent girls and young women. A qualitative research design and in-depth face...
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| description | Child or early marriage, primarily due to cultural factors, continues as a tradition and seems to be a growing phenomenon in Jordan. This research explores the lived experience of early marriage from the perspective of adolescent girls and young women. A qualitative research design and in-depth face-to-face interviews in the Arabic language were conducted with 36 female subjects, married before the age of 18 and all newlyweds, married for less than 3 years. Six major themes emerged from the interviews to describe the experience of the participants: “Feeling remorse about getting married early”; “Loss of authority and feeling powerless”; “Reasons behind early marriage”; “Feeling pressure to have the first baby”; “Early marriage and pregnancy health consequences”; and “The positive aspects of an early marriage.” The lived experience revealed in this study confirm the overall negative effect of girls entering marriage at a young age, Early marriage is a violation of human rights, and robs girls of their childhood, education, work, and other life choices, in addition to the reported adverse psychological and physical effects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-96e88bce6b454e65881d81d1478afb742022-12-21T19:51:48ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402021-09-011110.1177/21582440211048895The Lived Experience of Early Marriage in Jordan: The Perspective of Adolescent Girls and Young WomenLina Mrayan0Salwa Obeisat1The Hashemite University, Zarqa, JordanJordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanChild or early marriage, primarily due to cultural factors, continues as a tradition and seems to be a growing phenomenon in Jordan. This research explores the lived experience of early marriage from the perspective of adolescent girls and young women. A qualitative research design and in-depth face-to-face interviews in the Arabic language were conducted with 36 female subjects, married before the age of 18 and all newlyweds, married for less than 3 years. Six major themes emerged from the interviews to describe the experience of the participants: “Feeling remorse about getting married early”; “Loss of authority and feeling powerless”; “Reasons behind early marriage”; “Feeling pressure to have the first baby”; “Early marriage and pregnancy health consequences”; and “The positive aspects of an early marriage.” The lived experience revealed in this study confirm the overall negative effect of girls entering marriage at a young age, Early marriage is a violation of human rights, and robs girls of their childhood, education, work, and other life choices, in addition to the reported adverse psychological and physical effects.https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440211048895 |
| spellingShingle | Lina Mrayan Salwa Obeisat The Lived Experience of Early Marriage in Jordan: The Perspective of Adolescent Girls and Young Women SAGE Open |
| title | The Lived Experience of Early Marriage in Jordan: The Perspective of Adolescent Girls and Young Women |
| title_full | The Lived Experience of Early Marriage in Jordan: The Perspective of Adolescent Girls and Young Women |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Lived Experience of Early Marriage in Jordan: The Perspective of Adolescent Girls and Young Women |
| title_short | The Lived Experience of Early Marriage in Jordan: The Perspective of Adolescent Girls and Young Women |
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