P0332 - Psychosocial needs satisfaction in female teenagers and its relation with father's characteristic, Kashan, Iran -2006

Abstract

Background and Aims:

The family is one of the most important factors in psychosocial need satisfaction (PSNS) of teenagers specially in female's ones and father's role is more impressive and serious affair, so this research carried on about PSNS of female high school students and characteristics of their fathers KASHAN, IRAN-2006.

Methods:

A descriptive- analytical study performed on 762 female students of high schools of Kashan-Iran 2006 who were from All courses and different grades selected by multi-step random sampling from 50% of state and private schools separately (in high school and Art-school) proportional to their population .After considering excluding and including factors, the researcher made PSNS Questionnaire (31questions) as well as demographic data were completed by students. χ2, Fisher exact test and T test were used to analyze the data .

Results:

The frequency of PSNS by parents were ;low 2/1%, moderate 25/7% and high 72/2% .There was significant relationship between PSNS by parents and father's age, education and job(p<0/05).%100 of students with younger fathers(less than 30) had high PSNS whereas in older ones (more than 45) it was %69/5, the rate of high PSNS in students with educated father and less educated ones was %84/4 and %55 respectively and in group with teacher fathers and worker ones was %81/3 and %65/5 respectively .

Conclusions:

It is recommended to make program for teaching of paying attention to PSNS of teenagers for older and less educated fathers and low social class job ones in female student's high school.