Educational continuation, social support and mental well-being among married and unmarried women
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2022
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UMT Lahore
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Marriages perform a great part in the choice of education and especially in its continuation, women with higher education and good social support show a higher level of mental wellbeing. The present study aimed at exploring the relationship between social support and mental well-being among married and unmarried women. It examines the link between marriage and education continuation which shows up how married and unmarried women change their preferences about education continuation and as result their mental well-being decrease and increase regarding their choices. Sample of N=200 married and unmarried women with an age range of 16-50 was used in this study, there were n=37 married and n=163 unmarried women. Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) by Zimet in 1988 and Ryff’s Psychological Well Being Scales (PWB) by Carol D. Ryff in 2007, were used in conducting this study. The survey method was used along with the non-probability convenient sampling technique in this research. The results showed that it was a positive relationship between social support and mental wellbeing among married and unmarried women. According to the result of regression analysis social support explained 13% various in psychological wellbeing hence revealing social support to be a predictor of psychological wellbeing. Also, it shows that women having good social support from family have good mental welling compared to women having low social support. Government should make policies to guarantee women’s education in our society, media should also highlight this issue and spread awareness about it which can make it easy to promote women’s education, especially in rural areas.