Work-family conflict and fear of COVID-19 and its relationship with the physical and mental health of Pakistani working women

Forman Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2022-06-14 DOI:10.32368/fjss.20220108

Amina Muazzam

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Abstract Work-family conflict is a conflict between societal expectations and the interaction of interrelated work and family domains. It is essential to understand the impact of COVID-19 on working women's physical and mental health in Pakistan to advise better health policy. This research aims to determine work-family conflict’s impact on working women’s physical and mental health. Through non-probability sampling, 100 working women were sampled online across different cities of Pakistan. The participants were selected from different working fields. Only women above the age of 20 years were eligible for participation in this study. The study found that work-family conflict positively correlates with the fear of COVID19, blood pressure, depression, and anxiety symptoms. Psychologists, counselors, and general physicians for primary and preventive care in Pakistan need to work towards counselling and supporting the health needs of working women to prevent biopsychosocial problems related to work-family conflict and fear of COVID-19. Keywords: anxiety, blood pressure, depression, fear of covid-19, work-family conflict.

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工作-家庭冲突和对COVID-19的恐惧及其与巴基斯坦职业妇女身心健康的关系

工作-家庭冲突是社会期望与相互关联的工作和家庭领域的相互作用之间的冲突。了解2019冠状病毒病对巴基斯坦职业妇女身心健康的影响至关重要，以便为更好的卫生政策提供建议。本研究旨在确定工作家庭冲突对职业女性身心健康的影响。通过非概率抽样，对巴基斯坦不同城市的100名职业女性进行了在线抽样。参与者来自不同的工作领域。只有20岁以上的女性才有资格参加这项研究。研究发现，工作与家庭冲突与对covid - 19的恐惧、血压、抑郁和焦虑症状呈正相关。巴基斯坦初级保健和预防性保健的心理学家、咨询师和全科医生需要努力为职业妇女的健康需求提供咨询和支持，以防止与工作-家庭冲突和对COVID-19的恐惧相关的生物心理社会问题。关键词:焦虑，血压，抑郁，对covid-19的恐惧，工作-家庭冲突。

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