Jain Shruti, Ahmad Mehfooz, Singh Geeta
Institute of Behavioral and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
Amity Institute of Clinical Psychology, Amity University, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
Ann Neurosci. 2025 Jul 9:09727531251343250. doi: 10.1177/09727531251343250.
The rising female labour force participation in India brings social isolation and stress into focus. The unique social challenges of maintaining contacts while juggling multiple roles highlight the significance of this research for understanding the psychological impacts of social isolation and stress in women. The study further emphasis the necessity of providing specific intervention strategies that help alleviate stress and improve techniques of adjustment; if successful, this indeed mitigates loneliness in women.
The study analyses the association among loneliness, stress and the level of adjustment among working and homemaker women aged 25-45 years living in Delhi NCR, considering their possible interrelations and effects on women's psychological well-being.
This was a cross-sectional design with 130 participants, involving the UCLA Loneliness Questionnaire, the Perceived Stress Scale and the Bell Adjustment Inventory as study measures.
The findings indicate a moderate positive correlation between adjustment difficulties and loneliness, along with a correlation between stress and loneliness. Regression analysis shows that stress and adjustment together account for 75.4% of the variance in loneliness, suggesting that higher stress and adjustment challenges significantly contribute to loneliness among women.
This raises a critical concern aboutmitigating these aspects related to the mental health of women who navigate professional and domestic roles.
印度女性劳动力参与率的上升使社会孤立和压力成为焦点。在兼顾多种角色的同时保持社交联系所面临的独特社会挑战凸显了本研究对于理解女性社会孤立和压力的心理影响的重要性。该研究进一步强调了提供有助于减轻压力和改善调适技巧的具体干预策略的必要性；如果成功，这确实能减轻女性的孤独感。
本研究分析了居住在德里国家首都辖区、年龄在25至45岁之间的职业女性和家庭主妇的孤独感、压力与调适水平之间的关联，同时考虑它们之间可能的相互关系以及对女性心理健康的影响。
这是一项横断面设计研究，有130名参与者，采用了加州大学洛杉矶分校孤独感问卷、感知压力量表和贝尔调适量表作为研究工具。
研究结果表明，调适困难与孤独感之间存在中度正相关，压力与孤独感之间也存在相关性。回归分析显示，压力和调适共同解释了孤独感变异的75.4%，这表明更高的压力和调适挑战显著导致了女性的孤独感。
这引发了一个关键问题，即如何缓解与兼顾职业和家庭角色的女性心理健康相关的这些问题。
