Peer-reviewed article
STUDY OF TEENAGERS' ATTITUDES REGARDING THE RISK OF CHILD MARRIAGE AT AHMAD YANI 2 BAURENO HIGH SCHOOL, BOJONEGORO DISTRICT
Sri Mulyani, Musheer Abdulwahid Abdo Aljaberi, Norhashima Binti Abd Rashid ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examined attitudes of teenagers at a high school in Bojonegoro District, Indonesia toward the risks of child marriage. A survey of 125 students in grades X and XI found that 52.8% had positive attitudes recognizing child marriage as risky, while 47.2% did not support this view. The researchers conclude that health workers should provide more counseling to adolescents, particularly girls, about reproductive health and the harms of early marriage.
Key points
- 52.8% of teenagers surveyed (66 out of 125) had favorable attitudes recognizing negative risks from child marriage
- 47.2% of teenagers surveyed (59 out of 125) had unfavorable attitudes and did not support the view that child marriage causes negative risks
- Poor attitudes among teenagers toward child marriage risks are identified as a contributing factor to its occurrence
- The study recommends active counseling by health workers on reproductive health and impacts of child marriage, especially for adolescent girls
Limitations
This is a descriptive cross-sectional survey with no comparison group or follow-up, so it cannot determine causation or track attitude change over time. The study measures only attitudes and self-reported understanding, not actual behaviors or outcomes.
Abstract
A person's Attitude towards an object is a feeling of support or favor (favorable) or feelings of not supporting or not taking sides (unfavorable) on a particular object. The Attitude of teenagers who are not good is a factor in the occurrence of child marriage; they generally do not understand the risks to their bodies. The purpose of this study is to determine the attitudes of adolescents about the risk of child marriage. This research uses a descriptive method. The population is all teenagers at Ahmad Yani 2 Baureno High School, Bojonegoro Regency; in June 2022, there are as many as 226 teenagers. The sample in grades X and XI was taken by accidental sampling, so the number of samples was 125 people. Collect data using a questionnaire, then edit, code, score, and tabulate, which is then presented as a frequency table with percentages and narration. The results showed that more than half of the respondents, namely 66 children (52.8%), were favorable/positive (supportive) that child marriage could result in negative risks, and less than some of the respondents, namely 59 children (47.2%) were unfavorable/negative (does not support) that child marriage may result in negative risks. More than some teenagers have a favorable/positive attitude (support) that child marriage can lead to negative risks, it is hoped that the active role of health workers is to provide counseling to adolescents about child marriage. Especially adolescent girls about a good age for reproductive health and the impact that can be felt when doing child marriage