dc.contributor.author |
Faddoul, Minerva Marcel |
dc.date.accessioned |
2017-12-12T08:02:04Z |
dc.date.available |
2017-12-12T08:02:04Z |
dc.date.copyright |
2019-09 |
dc.date.issued |
2017 |
dc.date.submitted |
2017 |
dc.identifier.other |
b20608056 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10938/21039 |
dc.description |
Thesis. M.A. American University of Beirut. Department of Psychology, 2017. T:6681 |
dc.description |
Advisor : Dr. Fatimah El Jamil, Assistant Professor, Psychology ; Members of Committee : Dr. Rim Saab, Assistant Professor, Psychology ; Dr. Alaa Hijazi, Assistant Professor, Psychology. |
dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-89) |
dc.description.abstract |
There has been a growing interest in working mothers and the factors that constitute their present-day challenges. Contemporary studies in Lebanon have focused increasingly on working women, the factors that influence women’s employment choices, and women’s empowerment; yet few studies have investigated how Lebanese mothers appraise their psychological well-being amid shifting societal norms and poor economic circumstances, which compel women to bear multiple roles amid persisting gender-based cultural role expectations. In Lebanon, working mothers are also often unassisted by a migrating husband. In view of these factors, the current study examined the self-reported psychological well-being of urban Lebanese working mothers, and tested for the effect of the predictors, parental self-efficacy, coparenting, work-family conflict, social support, maternal age, husband emigration status, number of children, and employment hours on the well-being of Lebanese women. A sample of 102 women participated in this study. Mothers were provided with an online survey battery consisting of an informed consent form and six questionnaires. Results showed that parental self-efficacy and social support were significant positive predictors of maternal well-being. Primary limitations included low statistical power and a non-representative, non-generalizable sample of Lebanese working mothers. Interpretation of empirical findings, limitations, and future directions and implications were further discussed. |
dc.format.extent |
1 online resource (xii, 142 leaves) : illustrations |
dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.relation.ispartof |
Theses, Dissertations, and Projects |
dc.subject.classification |
T:006681 |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Well-being -- Lebanon. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Working mothers -- Lebanon. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Women employees -- Lebanon. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Urban women -- Lebanon. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Regression analysis. |
dc.title |
Predictors of well-being in a sample of urban Lebanese working mothers - |
dc.type |
Thesis |
dc.contributor.department |
Department of Psychology |
dc.contributor.faculty |
Faculty of Arts and Sciences |
dc.contributor.institution |
American University of Beirut |