Relationship between Quality of Life, Hardiness,Self-efficacy and Self-esteem amongst Employed and Unemployed Married Women in Zabol
Objective: Examining the interrelationship between quality of life, hardiness, selfefficacy and self-esteem among working (professional and non-professional), and non-working married women has motivated the researcher to launch this study. Method: The samples in the present study consisted of 250 ma...
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| author | Promila Vasudeva Irandokht Asadi Sadeghi Azar Abdolghani Abdollahi M |
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| description | Objective: Examining the interrelationship between quality of life, hardiness, selfefficacy and self-esteem among working (professional and non-professional), and non-working married women has motivated the researcher to launch this study.
Method: The samples in the present study consisted of 250 married employed women and 250 married unemployed women in the age range of 24-41 years old belonging to lower, middle, and upper socioeconomic status groups, with educational qualification of 102 and above and having at least one school child. Stratified convenience sampling technique was used for the selection of the sample. The World Health Organization -Quality of Life (WHO QOL) – BREF, the Personal View Survey (PVS), the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE), The Coopersmith Self-Eesteem Inventory (CSEI) and demographic questionnaire Sheet were chosen for collection of the data.
Results: Obtained Pearson r values revealed significant positive interrelationship between quality of life, hardiness, self-efficacy, and self-esteem in the whole sample, within the subgroups of professional and non-professional employed and unemployed women. Obtained pearson r values revealed significant negative relationship between employment and the above variables in women.
Conclusion: It indicates that women with higher quality of life score rank also higher on hardiness, self-efficacy, and self-esteem and vice versa. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-460031d51d3f4e208d693c2f1d7b96852022-12-22T00:40:40ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Psychiatry1735-45872008-22152006-09-0113Relationship between Quality of Life, Hardiness,Self-efficacy and Self-esteem amongst Employed and Unemployed Married Women in ZabolPromila Vasudeva0Irandokht Asadi Sadeghi Azar1Abdolghani Abdollahi M2Department of Psychology, Punjab University, Chandigarh, IndiaFaculty of Nursing and Obstetrician, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, IranFaculty of Nursing and Obstetrician,Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, IranObjective: Examining the interrelationship between quality of life, hardiness, selfefficacy and self-esteem among working (professional and non-professional), and non-working married women has motivated the researcher to launch this study. Method: The samples in the present study consisted of 250 married employed women and 250 married unemployed women in the age range of 24-41 years old belonging to lower, middle, and upper socioeconomic status groups, with educational qualification of 102 and above and having at least one school child. Stratified convenience sampling technique was used for the selection of the sample. The World Health Organization -Quality of Life (WHO QOL) – BREF, the Personal View Survey (PVS), the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE), The Coopersmith Self-Eesteem Inventory (CSEI) and demographic questionnaire Sheet were chosen for collection of the data. Results: Obtained Pearson r values revealed significant positive interrelationship between quality of life, hardiness, self-efficacy, and self-esteem in the whole sample, within the subgroups of professional and non-professional employed and unemployed women. Obtained pearson r values revealed significant negative relationship between employment and the above variables in women. Conclusion: It indicates that women with higher quality of life score rank also higher on hardiness, self-efficacy, and self-esteem and vice versa.https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/415EmploymentMental healthPsychological theoryQuality of lifeUnemploymentWomen |
| spellingShingle | Promila Vasudeva Irandokht Asadi Sadeghi Azar Abdolghani Abdollahi M Relationship between Quality of Life, Hardiness,Self-efficacy and Self-esteem amongst Employed and Unemployed Married Women in Zabol Iranian Journal of Psychiatry Employment Mental health Psychological theory Quality of life Unemployment Women |
| title | Relationship between Quality of Life, Hardiness,Self-efficacy and Self-esteem amongst Employed and Unemployed Married Women in Zabol |
| title_full | Relationship between Quality of Life, Hardiness,Self-efficacy and Self-esteem amongst Employed and Unemployed Married Women in Zabol |
| title_fullStr | Relationship between Quality of Life, Hardiness,Self-efficacy and Self-esteem amongst Employed and Unemployed Married Women in Zabol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationship between Quality of Life, Hardiness,Self-efficacy and Self-esteem amongst Employed and Unemployed Married Women in Zabol |
| title_short | Relationship between Quality of Life, Hardiness,Self-efficacy and Self-esteem amongst Employed and Unemployed Married Women in Zabol |
| title_sort | relationship between quality of life hardiness self efficacy and self esteem amongst employed and unemployed married women in zabol |
| topic | Employment Mental health Psychological theory Quality of life Unemployment Women |
| url | https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/415 |
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