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Egyptian Women’s Psychological Hardness and Its Relationship to Managing Family Crises |
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PP: 1099-1114 |
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doi:10.18576/isl/120302
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Author(s) |
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S. M. Zakaria,
N. H. Abu Sekina,
H. S. M. Abdel-Atti,
S. A. Sherif,
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Abstract |
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| This research aims to reveal the effectiveness of a counseling program to improve the psychological resilience of Egyptian women in the light of managing family crises. The main sample of the research consisted of (503) “one hundred and fifty-three” housewives who are working and not working within the borders of the two governorates (Kafr El-Sheikh - Menoufia) of Lower Egypt and (Minya-Assuit) of Upper Egypt. The experimental study sample consisted of (30) women who were selected from the lower spring from the basic study sample with a low level of psychological hardness when managing crises. And the experimental method, the data were analyzed and statistical transactions were performed using the (spss) program. The research instruments included the following: General data form for the family (number of family members - place of residence - age of the spouses - duration of marriage - educational level of the spouses - job of the spouses - number of children – monthly average of family income), data about life events, the scale of psychological hardness for women and the questionnaire for managing family crises.
The research utilized the analytical descriptive approach. Data was analyzed and statistical processes were conducted using the (SPSS) program. The research concluded a set of results, the most important of which are as follows:
-There are statistically significant differences in the psychological hardness of women in the study sample with its dimensions (commitment, control, challenge) according to different governorates, size of the family, work of women, duration of marriage, women educational level, and family income at the level of significance of (0.001) in favor of women (Menoufia Governorate, medium-sized family, working women, largest duration of marriage, higher educational level, higher level of income).
-There is a positive correlation at the significance level of 0.05 between the psychological hardness of women with its dimensions (commitment, control, challenge) and managing family crises in its stages (awareness of the crisis, preparing for the crisis, facing the crisis, assessing the crisis).
-There are also statistically significant differences in the crisis management of women in the study sample with its dimensions (awareness of the crisis, preparing for the crisis, facing the crisis, assessing the crisis) according to different governorates, size of the family, work of women, duration of marriage, educational level of women ,and family income, at the level of significance of (0.001) in favor of women in Menoufia Governorate, medium-sized- family, working women, largest duration of marriage, higher educational level, higher income level) There are statistically significant differences between the average scores of the pre and post application of the program the scale as a whole in favor of the post application, where the average score for the pre-application was 146.6, which is a significant value at the level of 0.001, and the average score for the post-application was 221.6.
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