comparison of Social adjustment, school satisfaction and mental health in girls with and without precocious puberty

Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare social adjustment, school satisfaction and mental health in girls with and without precocious puberty of female secondary school students. Materials and Methods: The statistical population of this study was female high school students in Urmia city, Iran (1225 students). To achieve our aim, Samples of 204 students (102 girls with precocious puberty and 102 girls with normal puberty) were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method from this statistical population. All participants were asked to complete social adjustment, school satisfaction and mental health questionnaires. The research method was a causal-comparative type. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics such as mean, variance, standard deviation and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Results: The result of multivariate analysis (MANOVA) revealed that, there is a significant difference between 2 groups of girl’s social adjustment, mental health and school satisfaction (P≤ 0.05). Conclusion: This study revealed that there is more social adjustment, mental health and school satisfaction among girls with normal puberty. So, which indicates earlier intervention of specialists will prevent later problems of these girls.