Peer-reviewed article
Empowerment of Youth Information and Counseling Center (PIK-R) for Early Marriage Independence among Adolescent Girls
Dwi Purwanti, Rijanto Rijanto, Tatarini Ika Pipit Cahyani, Fitria Nurwulansari ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study evaluated a youth empowerment program called the Youth Information and Counseling Center (PIK-R) that uses the Emo Demo method to help adolescent girls avoid early marriage. Thirty girls from the PIK-R group in Indonesia participated in the program and were measured before and after the intervention. The program significantly increased girls' independence and awareness about their reproductive rights and personal potential. The findings suggest that youth empowerment through counseling centers can help adolescent girls resist early marriage.
Key points
- Empowerment through PIK-R using the Emo Demo method showed statistically significant impact on early marriage independence (p=0.001)
- The intervention increased girls' awareness of their own potential and desire to develop it
- Early marriage can compromise the reproductive health of adolescent girls
- The program aimed to increase awareness about reproductive rights among adolescents
Limitations
The study used a one-group pretest-posttest design with no comparison group, making it unclear whether changes were due to the intervention or other factors. The small sample size of 30 girls and lack of follow-up data limit understanding of long-term effects on actual marriage decisions.
Abstract
Introduction: Early marriage may compromise the reproductive health of adolescent girls. Youth empowerment through the Youth Information and Counseling Center (PIK-R) needs to be done, in order to increase awareness of adolescent girls about their reproductive right. This study aimed to analyze the effect of empowering the Youth Information and Counseling Center (PIK-R) group using the Emo Demo method on early marriage independence among adolescent girls.Method: Design of this study used a quasi-experimental design with one group pretest-posttest design. Thirty adolescent girls from The Youth Information and Counseling Center (PIK-R) group were selected by simple random sampling. The research variables were the Emo Demo method and early marriage independence. Research instruments used Emo Demo module and questionnaire of early marriage independence from the previos study by Purwanti et al. The data were analyzed descriptively to determine the frequency distribution of early marriage independence before and after the intervention. Furthermore, data analysis used Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test to assess the effect of youth empowerment through the Youth Information and Counseling Center (PIK-R) among adolescent girls. Results: The result of this analysis showed that the empowerment of Youth Information and Counseling Center (PIK-R) group using the Emo-Demo method have a significant impact on the early marriage independence among adolescent girls with p=0.001. Conclusions: Empowerment of the Youth Information and Counseling Center (PIK-R) group using the Emo-Demo method increases awareness of the potential that adolescents have and the desire to develop it so that they can achieve independence. Keywords: empowerment, adolescent, marriage, PIK-R(Youth Information And Counseling center)
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- Intervention
- Youth empowerment through the Youth Information and Counseling Center (PIK-R) using the Emo Demo method, involving group counseling and awareness-raising activities
- Population
- Thirty adolescent girls enrolled in the Youth Information and Counseling Center (PIK-R) in Indonesia
Key finding
Statistically significant improvement in early marriage independence following the Emo Demo method intervention (p=0.001)