دور الاتصال الشخصي في التوعية بظاهرة زواج الأطفال

Abstract EN

Problem: The researcher seeks to identify the role of personal communication in awareness of the phenomenon of early marriage of adolescents.

Type & Methodology: This study is a descriptive study using the methodology of surveying the sample.

Society& Sample: The study was represented in the adolescent stage of the pre- marital (miracle/ engaged) during the age of (15- 18) year in two villages in the center of Al- Badrasheen province of Giza and the village of Abu Sir, With both Egyptians and non- Egyptians.

The sample of the study was 210 in the form of a tribal one and after (after applying the awareness program) to know the differences in the degree of awareness of adolescent girls.

Tools: The researcher used some tools such as questionnaire personal interview.

Results: The results of the field study show that personal communication through the home visits of female rural leaders came in the first rank as a source of information about the phenomenon of early marriage because it is characterized by trust and intimacy followed by television as a connection to the republic in the second rank by 54.4% and then the Internet in the third rank, As for the respondents of the legal age of marriage in Egypt, we find that 98% of girls believe that the legal age suitable for marriage is 18 years old girls Just see that the right age for marriage is less than 18 years and these differences in awareness are due to personal communication and awareness program by rural leaders, They teach manual and sewing work to improve income and raise the standard of living by 6%.