The Comparison of Psychological Well-Being and Marital Burnout and Their Dimensions among Employed and Unemployed Women

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• r. b
• a.m n
• f. m

Abstract

Due to the increasing presence of women in society and the importance of mental health and its relationship with marriage, this study conducted in 2014 aims to compare the psychological well-being and marital burnout of employed and unemployed women. For this study, 175 cases of primary teachers working at schools in Karaj and 175 Housewives were randomly selected by cluster method. Then their Psychological well-being and marital burnout were assessed using questionnaires. After collecting the data, descriptive statistics and independent t-test was used to analyze the data. Statistical Analysis revealed a significant difference between employed and unemployed women's psychological well-being and couple burnout, so that working women had higher psychological well-being (p<0/01), but the difference in Couple Burnout was more among housewives (p<0/05). Also psychological well-being of women employed in all components except the components of personal growth and autonomy of housewives was better. Comparison of marital burnout showed women working only in the mental burnout had significant differences with housewives and in other dimensions there was no significant difference between the two groups. It seems that if the job has negative characteristics such as long working hours and stress, there are not many positive effects on the psychological well-being of women. On the other hand, employment did not cause high fatigue and couples' burnout in employed women. Therefore, providing facilities for social participation and job creation commensurate with women's status can be effective for their well-being.

Keywords

• working women
• Unemployed Women
• Psychological well-being
• marital burnout

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