Comparison of Social Adjustment, School Satisfaction, and Mental Health in Girls with and Without Precocious Puberty

Introduction:this study aimed to compare social adjustment, school satisfaction, and mental health among secondary school female students with and without precocious puberty.materials and methods:the statistical population of this study consisted of female high school students in urmia city, iran (n=1,225). to achieve our aim, samples of 204 students (102 girls with precocious puberty and 102 girls with normal puberty) were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method from this statistical population. all participants were asked to complete social adjustment, school satisfaction, and mental health questionnaires. the research method was a causal-comparative type. the data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics such as mean, variance, standard deviation, and multivariate analysis of variance (manova). results:the result of manova revealed that there was a significant difference between two groups of girls in social adjustment, mental health, and school satisfaction (p≤0.05).conclusion:the results of this study revealed that there was a more social adjustment, mental health, and school satisfaction among girls with normal puberty. therefore, it is necessary that specialists intervene earlier and prevent later problems among such girls.