Perceived social support and depression among postnatal women in Pakistan

The Present study examines the predictive relationship of perceived social support with depression among postnatal women. After detailed review of literature it was hypothesized that perceived lack of social support would predict depression in postnatal women. Sample of current study, consisting of 90 married postnatal women, with the age range of 25-40 years, who were assessed within four weeks after delivery. Moreover, all three socioeconomic classes [low, middle and high] were considered. [Nonsupport] Subscale of Personality Assessment Inventory [PAI; Morey, 1991] and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale [EPDS; Cox, Holden, and Sagovsky, 1987] were administered to assess the variables, of perceived lack of social support and depression among postnatal women, respectively. Linear regression was also calculated to determine the predictive relationship of perceived lack of social support with depression among postnatal women. Analysis revealed highly significant relationship between variables [F = 11.008, df=l, 88, p<.01]

comparative study of marital adjustment and self esteem among husbands of working and non-working wives

The present study investigates the difference in the level of Marital Adjustment and Self-esteem between the husbands of working and non-working wives. After detailed literature review following hypotheses have been formulated, [1] husbands of working wives would have lower level of marital adjustment as compared to the husbands of nonworking wives [2] husbands of working wives would have low self esteem as compared to the husbands of nonworking wives. The sample of the present research consisted of 55 married males with an age range of 30-45 years and qualification of at least graduation. Marital Adjustment was measured by the Dyadic Adjustment Scale [DAS] [Spanier, 2001], and Self Esteem was measured using the Rosenberg Self esteem Scale [Rosenberg 1965]. [t test] was used to compute the difference and results showed that there is no significant difference in the level of marital adjustment [t = .944, df = 53, p>.05] and self esteem [t - 1.481, df = 53, p>.05] between the husbands of working and nonworking wives

Religious orientation and schizotypal personality traits: a correlational study

The present study examined the relationship between religious orientation and schizotypal personality traits. To investigate the relation between the two variables it was hypothesized that an intrinsic orientation towards religion would be negatively related to schizotypal personality traits and an extrinsic orientation towards religion would be positively related to schizotypal personality traits. To assess the relation between two variables sample included 53 students [23 males and 30 females] from University of Karachi. The age range of the sample was between 20 - 30 years [X= 22.84 years] with a minimum qualification of graduation. The Age-Universal Religious Orientation Scale [Gorsuch and Venable, 1983] and Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire, SPQ [Raine, 1991] were administered to assess the religious orientation and presence of Schizotypal Personality traits. The data was analyzed by using the Pearson product moment coefficient correlation. The results indicate insignificant relationship between intrinsic religious orientation and schizotypal personality traits [r = 0.192, p > 0.05] and extrinsic religious orientation and schizotypal personality traits [r = 0.142, p > 0.05]