This Study was designed to identify the relationship among hardiness, stress and social support of middle-aged women.
The subjects were 139 women between 40 and 64 years of age.
Data were collected by use of a questionnaire from September 6 to 27, 1...
This Study was designed to identify the relationship among hardiness, stress and social support of middle-aged women.
The subjects were 139 women between 40 and 64 years of age.
Data were collected by use of a questionnaire from September 6 to 27, 1994.
The instruments used for this study were Health Related Hardiness Scale by Pollock, Perceived Stress Scale by Cohen and Social Support Questionnaire by Norbeck.
The data were analyzed by t-test, ANOVA and Pearson's Correlation Coefficient.
The results of the study were as follows :
1. The first hypothesis, "There would be relationship between hardiness and stress" was not supported. (r= .076, p= .19)
2. The second hypothesis, "There would be relationship between social support and stress" was not supported. (r= - .084, p- .16)
3. The third hypothesis, ''There would be relationship between hardiness and social support" was not supported. (r= - .107, p= .21)
4. There were significant differences between control of Hardiness and general characteristic factors, frequency of delivery(F=2.80, p= .04) and marital status. (F-3.89, p- .01 )
5. There was a significant difference between perceived stress and general characteristic factors, marital satisfaction. (F=4.95, p= .00)
6. There were significant differences between social support and general characteristic factors, marital satisfaction(F=2.60, p- .04) and monthly income. (F-2.63, p= .03)