FAMILY ENVIRONMENT IN RELATION TO MENTAL HEALTH AND MARITAL ADJUSTMENT AMONG RURAL WOMEN OF PUNJAB

Sukhminder Kaur, Gurbinder Kaur and Chandni Rani

No 2015-12-10, Working papers from Voice of Research

Abstract: The objective of the present study was to see the role of family environment in mental health and marital adjustment among rural women. It was hypothesized that cohesiveness and expressiveness in the family would be positively correlated with general health and marital adjustment of women whereas conflicting family environment would be negatively correlated with general health and marital adjustment of women. For this purpose 122 married females in the age range 30-45 years were assessed on Family Environment Scale (FES, Form-R; Moos & Moos, 1986); General Health Questionnaire (GHQ; D.P. Goldberg & V. F. Hiller, 1979) and Marriage Adjustment Inventory (MAI; C. G. Deshpande, 1997). Obtained scores were subjected to correlational analysis. Findings of the study suggest that cohesiveness and expressiveness in family lead to the good psychological or mental health of the rural females whereas conflicting family environment had negative impact on general health of females. It was also revealed that females from cohesive and expressive family environment had better adjustment in their families while conflict becomes hurdle in the better adjustment with the spouse and other family members. Overall findings were in line with the hypotheses formulated. Key words: Family Environment, Marital Adjustment, General or Mental Health

Date: 2015-12
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