General Health and Alienation Status of Divorced Women in Bangladesh
Published: 2012
Author(s) Name: Neaz Ahmed |
Author(s) Affiliation: Professor; Department of Social Work; Shahjalal University of Science & Technology; Bangladesh
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Abstract
This paper is part of a broader research study on “Psycho-social and
Economic Conditions of Divorced Women in Bangladesh” conducted by
the author. The study tries to explore the general health and alienation
status of divorced women of Bangladesh using two scales namely General
Health Questionnaire and Alienation developed by Goldberg and Hiller,
1979, and Kureshi and Dutt, 1979 in order to assess the health and
alienation status. These scales measured on somatic symptoms, anxiety and
insomnia, social dysfunction, severe depression, despair, disillusionment,
psychological vacuum, unstructured universe and narcissism. The
findings of the study revealed that only 5.5 per cent divorced women are
normal. Among the 200 divorced women 31.0 per cent had all kinds
of psychiatric problems. All most all (94.5 per cent) divorced women
had alienation problem. The researcher drawn two hypotheses firstly,
divorced women who are working are psychologically depressed than
that the women who are not. Secondly, women who are divorced by their
spouses have experienced greater sense of alienation implying that self
divorcees are not greater alienated. Chi-squire and t test has been used to
prove the hypotheses. Results indicate in first hypothesis is that there is no
significant difference at the level of psychological depression. The second
hypothesis was statistically significant indicating that self-divorcees are
less alienated than the divorced were initiated by their spouses (the women
who were divorced by their spouse).
Keywords: Marriage, Divorce, Women, Alienation
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