@article{ref1,
title="Three sides of a triangle: gender disadvantage, resilience and psychological distress in a sample of adolescent girls from India",
journal="International journal of culture and mental health",
year="2016",
author="Satyanarayana, Veena A. and Chandra, Prabha S. and Sharma, Manoj Kumar and Sowmya, H. R. and Kandavel, Thennarasu",
volume="9",
number="4",
pages="364-372",
abstract="Gender disadvantage is a known risk factor for common mental disorders, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Gender disadvantage and its associations with perceived psychological distress and resilience was examined in a sample of adolescent girls from a low-income urban city in India. A sample of 452 young women (M = 17.64; SD = 1.15) were administered the CAGED for gender disadvantage, the K-10 for psychological distress and CD-RISC to assess resilience. The three gender disadvantage items endorsed the most were: financial difficulties being a hindrance to opportunities (297/452; 65.7%); being criticized and ridiculed for gender-related issues (267/452; 59%); and emotional distress related to gender disadvantage (322/452; 71.3%). Of the sample, 66% (298/452) endorsed at least five gender disadvantage items. The least endorsed item in the checklist was an experience of sexual abuse 36 (7.9%). <br><br>FINDINGS from one-way ANOVA indicated higher scores on the CAGED domains and the total score were positively associated with severity of psychological distress and negatively with resilience (p < 0.01). Women with moderate-to-severe psychological distress were found to have significantly lower resilience scores compared to those with no distress or mild distress. <br><br>FINDINGS have important implications for gender-based mental health literacy and empowerment programmes for vulnerable groups.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1754-2863",
doi="10.1080/17542863.2016.1206949",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2016.1206949"
}