Gender Differences on Indigenized Personal Resource Inventory (Pakistan)

The main objective of the study was to find out the gender differences on the reliable and valid indigenized measure of Personal Resource Inventory measuring optimism, resilience, hope and self-efficacy in Pakistani population. Data was collected using purposive random sampling from 451 employees working in private, semi-government and government organizations. Out of which 62.3% were males and 37.7% were females. The sample mean age was (M=28.19) (SD=6.8); minimum age is 17 and maximum 57; highest percentage of educational level achieved as Graduation i.e. 32.6% (f=147). Results show that females received slightly higher mean score than males on Personal Resource variable in the study sample which had been non-significant for gender in the sample, t (449)=-0.42, p=0.67. This study has implications for gender based programs in Pakistan and opening new avenues for gender empowerment.