Abstract
Domestic violence against females is a very common issue In any culture, religion and ethnicity and several reasons are found to be related with it which probably cause serious health outcomes. The study was undertaken to examine the perceived stress, life satisfaction and self-esteem among females facing domestic violence. It was a correlation research study being conducted in three different centers i.e. Dar-ul-Amaan, Dastak Shelter Homes and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Human Rights Centre for Women, Lahore Pakistan. Total sample size was 100 subjects who were selected for data collection. Purposive sampling technique was used for data collection, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) was used for measuring mental stress level [1], Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSE) were used to measure a singular's emotions of self-esteem [2, 3]. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 18.0) by keeping 0.05 level of significance. A total of 80 subjects were approached in the study, weak negative relationship between perceived stress and life satisfaction was r (80) = -0.385, p<0.001 and our hypothesis I was accepted; A linear regression analysis revealed that perceived stress was a significant predictor of life satisfaction (β=0.40, p= 0.008) accounting for 16% of the variance in life satisfaction. Concerning the relationship between perceived stress and self-esteem highlights an in-significant relationship was found; r(80)=0.145, p=0.705 thus Hypothesis II was rejected. Also the relationship between life satisfaction and self-esteem was not significant r(80)=0.043, p=0.199 and hypothesis III was rejected. There was considerable negative relationship observed between perceived stress and life satisfaction among females facing domestic violence, an in-significant relationship between life satisfaction and self-esteem and similarly insignificant relationship between perceived stress and self-esteem was found among females facing domestic violence.
Highlights
The current study was intended to examine the perceived stress, life satisfaction and self-esteem among females facing domestic violence
Hypothesis a There is a significant relationship between perceived stress and life satisfaction among females facing domestic violence b There is a significant relationship between perceived stress and self-esteem among females facing domestic violence c There is a significant relationship between self-esteem and life satisfaction among females facing domestic violence
This Correlation research design was conducted in Lahore to identify the relationship between perceived stress, life satisfaction and self-esteem among females facing domestic violence, Purposive sampling technique was employed to collect the information for the research
Summary
The current study was intended to examine the perceived stress, life satisfaction and self-esteem among females facing domestic violence. Aggressive behavior at home can happen in any personal or familial relationship, regardless of whether the gatherings are living respectively or not, whether they are hitched or cohabiting or living in three-generational more distant families. It is this social component, instead of area that characterizes the brutality as 'household' [4]. Financial variables interweaved with patriarchal society put the females in subordinate position, which have repercussions for three imperative spaces of females to be specific; the real space, Hira Abbas and Muhammad Waseem Shah: Relationship Between Perceived Stress, Life Satisfaction and
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