MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG TEXTILE FACTORY WORKERS: A GENDER BASED COMPARISON
Journal Title: Asian Journal of Management Sciences and Education - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 4
Abstract
The objective of the present study was to explore the gender differences in the level of mental health problems (anxiety, depression and stress) among Textile factory workers. It was hypothesized that Female factory workers will score higher on the variable of a) depression b) anxiety and c) stress as compared to male factory workers. Sample consisted of 160 workers (80 female, 80 male) age ranging from 20 to 50 years (mean= 27.13, SD=6.686), working in day shifts, on monthly salary bases, with the minimum qualification of primary and the minimum duration of job was 1 year. Entire sample was drawn from different Textile factories of Karachi, Pakistan. Initially, after taking consent for participation, the participants were required to fill the demographic form, which was followed by the administration of the Urdu version of the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS, Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) to measure the gender difference in mental health problems, i.e. depression, anxiety and stress respectively. Descriptive statistics and t-test were applied on the results. Results suggested that female factory workers suffer more from mental health problems (i.e depression, anxiety and stress) as compared to male factory workers. Additional finding suggests that there is a significant difference on the scores of severity levels of mental health problems among male and female factory workers. Recommendations to reduce the level of psychological problems among factory workers are also suggested.
Authors and Affiliations
Hina Ayaz Habib, Areej Khan, Sajid Alyana, Sadaf Hafeez
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