The Mediating Role of Anxiety in Social Inhibition and the Vital Exhaustion of Employed and Unemployed Women

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• A Mostafaie ¹
• A Niknam
• B Azizi Nezhad ²
• S.T Mousavi Rad ³
• S.A Azadmanesh ⁴

¹ Assistant Professor,Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Western Azerbaijan, Iran.

² Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences , Payame Noor University,Western Azerbaijan , Iran

³ ssistant Professor,Department of Physical Education , Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran,

⁴ MSc., Member of the Group and Consultation under the Guidance of Scientific Heat Payame Noor University, Bukan Center, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was defining the mediating role of anxiety in relation to social inhibition and vital exhaustion of female employed and unemployed in the city of Boukan. This research is purposeful, applied and methodically descriptive of survey type. The statistical population included female employed of Boukan city and 100 women employed and 100 women unemployed were selected through selected randomly sampling. Beck scales (1990), Neo scales (1989), vital exhaustion Maastricht scale (2005) were administered to collect data. Then data were analyzed by T-test, means of Pearson correlation coefficient, and path analysis. The results t test showed that between employed and unemployed women in social inhibition and vital exhaustion and anxiety, there is a significant difference. According to the results of Pearson correlation, anxiety has a significant and positive relationship with social inhibition and vital exhaustion in employed women. In addition, the findings of path analysis indicated that anxiety affect social inhibition and vital exhaustion. According to research findings, the intensity and degree of anxiety can predict the social inhibition and vital exhaustion of working people.

Keywords

• anxiety
• social inhibition
• vital exhaustion
• Employed Women

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