Descriptive Research on the Well-Being of Young People: The Case of Hakkari, Türkiye
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Today, 'general well-being' has become an important issue for young people to lead a healthy life. There are two important areas that affect general well-being: family and school environment. The child's first socialization area is the family and the second is the school. They can be considered separately as important topics to ensure integrity in the child's health. The aim of this study is to determine the variables that impair the 'general well-being' of children. This research is descriptive. 100 high school students between the ages of 16-18 participated in the study. Study area is Hakkari province, located in the Southeast Anatolian region of Türkiye. Child abuse, neglect, corporal punishment, and early marriage/sexual abuse are reasons for concern in Hakkâri which is known to have a high representative ability in this regard, was chosen. In the findings; Factors such as high bullying experiences, using tranquilizers and sleeping pills, using tabocco product, parent’s marital status have been identified as important reasons for adolescent well being. Significant findings were obtained as the variables had a significance value of 0.001(p<000.1) using Monte Carlos simulation at the 99% confidence interval of the Fisher Freeman Halton Exact Test.
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