THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF UNMARRIED WOMEN IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR 'A FIELD STUDY ON A SAMPLE OF UNMARRIED WOMEN'

Abstract

The present research was designed to determine the psychological stress as experienced by unmarried women in the education sector, and how to help them to discover the meaning of their presence in the framework, innovation and achievement, art, science, comprehension, love and adaptation in life. This research aims to identify the various problems and mental disorders that unmarried women suffering from, and to determine the differences between unmarried women in terms of the psychological problems resulting from 'unmarried' in: ages, kind and professional status. The method used in this research is purely descriptive following the collected data from the sample of 200 unmarried women. The tools that were used in this research as follow: Self-Confidence Scale, Psychological Stress Scale, 'List of Information Collection for unmarried women'; we proceeded with some statistical techniques, which provided the percentages, and the correlation coefficient, and the t-test. The findings of this research were: - Emotional problems are the most common problems experienced by unmarried women. The present study indicate the presence of depressive symptoms in 17%, which can evolve toward psychotic depression as dysthymia (loss of interest in daily activities, hopelessness, low self-esteem, self-criticism, trouble concentrating and trouble making decisions, effectiveness and productivity, avoidance of social activities, feelings of guilt and worries over the past, insomnia…).- The impact of unmarried on late stages have more negative impact, and psychological effect on them was more severe and the greatest harm. - Significant differences were found between unmarried women in terms of stress in favor of voluntary group. - There was statistical significant difference (0.01) between the unmarried women in terms of stress from the level of confidence in favor of the unmarried women who are employed. The advancement of women in the age without marriage or “unmarried women” is origin of psychological stress and low self-confidence.

Keywords

• Mental health,unmarried women,psychological stress,self-confidence

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