Missing childhood and experience of violence as a face of life:Study of early marriages of women in Bahar County

Early marriage in the past has been part of the traditions of Iranian society, and is still preserved due to the combination of some traditional and modern factors The purpose of this research is to identify the contexts and consequences of early marriage in Bahar County. The methodology of this research is qualitative and conducted by using grounded theory method. Among those with early marriage experience, 19 people were selected using purposeful and theoretical sampling. Data collection method is semi-structured interview. Three-step open, axial, and selective coding has been used to analyze the data. Traditions, family poverty, dispersed family, legal legitimacy, leaving education, chastity-norm and fear of non-marriage as causal grounds, normative pressure and Parent selection as an intervening context, Gender as a contextual factor, Powerlessness, disturbance in social relationships and lack of skills in life as interactive patterns and lived experiences, and dissatisfaction with life, dropout, unwanted pregnancy, severe pain during childbirth, violence, persistence of restrictions, mental disorders, lack of ownership, extramarital relations, thoughts and attempts to suicide, abortion, escape from the home and child widowhood as a consequence of the context model is specified. " Missing childhood and experience of violence as a face of life" is the contextual model of research. The interpretation of the child's spouses from their marriages is equal to the Missing childhood and the experience of violence as a face of life.