Social support and mental health among married women teachers
International Journal of Development Research
Social support and mental health among married women teachers
Received 19th May, 2017; Received in revised form 27th June, 2017; Accepted 10th July, 2017; Published online 30th August, 2017
Copyright©2017, Nalina and Sethuramasubbiah. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The present study aimed to find out the social support and mental health among married women teachers. For this purpose, a total of 302 married women teachers were randomly selected from 41 Arts and Science Colleges affiliated to Bharathiar University located in and around Coimbatore city. Multi-dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and Mental Health Inventory were administered to all the subjects. Obtained scores were analyzed with the help of ANOVA, z test and Regression. Results revealed that significant difference in Social Support and Mental Health were observed with respect to age, income, years of marriage, teaching experience and working hours. Working hours of women was the strongest predictor of mental health.
