TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Three sides of a triangle: gender disadvantage, resilience and psychological distress in a sample of adolescent girls from India
JO  - International journal of culture and mental health
A1  - Satyanarayana, Veena A.
A1  - Chandra, Prabha S.
A1  - Sharma, Manoj Kumar
A1  - Sowmya, H. R.
A1  - Kandavel, Thennarasu
SP  - 364
EP  - 372
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1754-2863
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2016.1206949
ID  - ref1
ER  -