Influence of Self-efficacy and Select Demographic Variables on Psychological Distress of Married Women

Authors: Deepa Mary Thomas , Manikandan, K

Pages: 31-34

Abstract:

Well being of women is an integral aspect of family. Mental health of women will reflect in her relationships, performance, and child rearing practices. Achievement of positive mental health is the prime moto of every human being. Aim of this paper was to identify the influence of self efficacy and certain demographic variables on psychological distress of married women. Selfefficacy refers to an individual's belief in his or her capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments. Self-efficacy reflects confidence in the ability to exert control over one's own motivation, behavior, and social environment. Psychological distress is a general term that is used to describe unpleasant feelings or emotions that impact an individual‘s level of functioning. The depression, anxiety and stress model is a widely investigated research area of contemporary psychology. The participants of this study consists of 60 married women of varying age, education, religiosity and employment status. Data were collected using self efficacy scale, psychological distress scale, and personal data sheet. Data were analyzed through two-way Analysis of Variance. Results idicated a significant influence of age on stress of married women. The findings suggested that the extent of psychological distress among the participants is below the scale value and that of self efficacy is higher than the scale value. The results of two anova revealed a statistically significant main effect of age on dimension stress of psychological distress of married women. No other statistically significant results were obtained