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Positive Deviance and Child Marriage by Abduction in the Sidama Zone of Ethiopia

Lackovich-Van Gorp, Ashley N.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1412885500

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2014, Ph.D., Antioch University, Leadership and Change.
This dissertation uses Positive Deviance (PD) to understand child marriage by abduction in a community in the Sidama Zone of Ethiopia. Marriage by abduction occurs among the poorest 10% of the Sidama population and entails the kidnapping of girls between the ages of 10 and 14 for forced genital circumcision, rape and marriage. PD is a problem solving approach that mobilizes a community to uncover existing yet unrecognized solutions to solve the specific problem. This study, which entailed an examination of the evolution of marriage norms among the Sidama as well as an analysis of the underpinnings of marriage by abduction, discovered that some community members practice behaviors and strategies that can prevent child marriage by abduction. The results support PD application to this specific form of child marriage as well as the practice as a whole, offering an alternative to traditional behavior change methodology. The electronic version of this Dissertation is at OhioLink ETD Center, www.ohiolink.edu/etd
Alan Guskin, PhD (Committee Chair)
Jon Wergin, PhD (Committee Member)
Lize Booysen, DBL (Committee Member)
Monique Sternin, MA (Committee Member)
Sandra Cheldelin, PhD (Other)
160 p.
African Studies; Behavioral Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Families and Family Life; Gender Studies; Social Psychology
positive deviance; child marriage; Ethiopia; Sidama; action research; mothers; daughters; abduction; harmful traditional practice; adaptive behavior change; adolescents; adolescent development; international development

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  • Lackovich-Van Gorp, A. N. (2014). Positive Deviance and Child Marriage by Abduction in the Sidama Zone of Ethiopia [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1412885500

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lackovich-Van Gorp, Ashley. Positive Deviance and Child Marriage by Abduction in the Sidama Zone of Ethiopia. 2014. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1412885500.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lackovich-Van Gorp, Ashley. "Positive Deviance and Child Marriage by Abduction in the Sidama Zone of Ethiopia." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1412885500

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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