Introduction: Given the ever-increasing gr-owth of escaping of adolescents particularly girls from home and the individual and social unfavorable consequences of the ev-ent, this study was conducted to survey the personal and psychological features of the escaping of girls and women in Kerma-nshah Township during 2011.
Materials & Methods: The present research was a quantitative study that was performed on 98 runaway girls and women in Ker-manshah attending the Social Emergency Centre of information. The SCL-90 questi-onnaires were purposefully used to be completed by the subjects. The data drawn from this approach were analyzed by using of the descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The statistical tests used in this study were »mean« and x2.
Findings: The findings of this study indic-ated a significant relationship between esc-aping and depression (71.42), aggressiven-ess (67.33), protection problems in mutual relationships (60.19), morbid anxiety (57.13), paranoid disorder (38.76), psyc-hotic disorders (38.76), hypochondriasis disorder (37.74), obsessive-compulsive dis-order (32.46), and phobias (31.62) among the subjects under study (P<0.05).
Discussion & Conclusion: Considering the increasing trend of girls’ escaping from ho-me and its unfavorable consequences, pay-ing attention to the preventative measures, identification of predisposing factors and various interventional rectifying actions m-ay be necessary.
salemi S, zehtab najafi A, soltani B. A Survey of Personal and Psychological Features of Runaway Girls and Women in Kermanshah Township During 2011. J. Ilam Uni. Med. Sci. 2013; 21 (3) :22-29 URL: http://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-387-en.html