The Process of Becoming a Child Bride Among Vulnerable Girl Students in Primary Education in Rural Regions of Türkiye: Angels’ Cries
Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2026 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10826-026-03395-x
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Child and Family Studies
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, CINAHL, Criminal Justice Abstracts, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, Violence & Abuse Abstracts, Criminal Justice Periodical Index, Social Sciences Abstracts, Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO), Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest), Criminology Collection (ProQuest), Education Collection (ProQuest), Education Source Ultimate (EBSCO), Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest), Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO), Sociology Database (ProQuest), Sociology Source Ultimate (EBSCO)
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Child bride, Child marriage, Primary education, Rural areas, Vulnerable girl students
- Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Child marriage continues to be a widespread problem in many societies today. Girls who should be in compulsory education are being taken out of school for various reasons. Girls who are taken out of school or forced to early school leaving are sometimes forced into child marriage after elementary school and sometimes after middle school. The present research aims to examine the processes experienced by vulnerable girl students in rural areas who are forced to drop out of school while attending the basic education level and who are also forced to become child brides. In-depth interviews were conducted by telephone with 10 child brides who were forced into child marriage, whose identities and locations were kept confidential, and with 5 parents. In addition, in-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted with 9 teachers who had witnessed the issue of child brides and 10 girl students at the secondary/undergraduate levels. The sample for the study, conducted in rural areas of Türkiye, was determined using the snowball sampling technique. The research employed a descriptive phenomenological design, and the collected data were analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s (2006) inductive thematic analysis approach. According to the research findings, child brides were forced into marriage after being subjected to serious violence. Only five of the child brides had children. Tribalism, tradition, kinship, family pressure, and economic difficulties were the main factors in the child marriages of participants with significant age differences between them and their spouses.