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- Factors Affecting Career Aspirations among Married Women
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Neha Dubey
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Vivek Tiwari
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1 Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad Allahabad, UP, IN
1 Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad Allahabad, UP, IN
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 5, No 7 (2014), Pagination: 59-63Abstract
The general goals which an individual sets for himself/herself in life are called aspirations. The present study is an effort to understand the carrier aspirations of married women along with highlighting the reasons of married women taking up or continuing higher education after marriage and probe the factors affecting and hindering their carrier aspirations. This exploratory study was conducted through qualitative approach which included open ended questions and in-depth interviews with women who were pursuing their carrier in academics after marriage. The sample size of the present study was 30 married women research scholars drawn from University of Allahabad having the age range of 25-35. Content analysis of the responses was done and the results revealed that the challenges posed by the married women are responsibility which includes childcare and house hold activity, cultural expectation within the family, lack of time for themselves due to maintaining balance between work-life and role demand. Results also indicate that most of the women do not change their career aspirations after marriage and one of the important reasons behind this was the support of their husband and family. Other factors that emerged for continuing higher education by the married women are self-dependence, extension of their knowledge and enhancing social prestige through an academic degree. Results also emphasize that married women with children are facing more challenges in comparison to those married women who had no children.Keywords
Career Aspiration, Higher Education, Married Women.
- Impact of Repeated Failure:An Exploratory Study from the Perspective of Civil Services Aspirants
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1 Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, IN
1 Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, IN
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 9, No 4 (2018), Pagination: 555-561Abstract
An exploratory study was conducted to understand the meaning, causes and consequences of repeated failure tfom the perspective of civil services aspirants. An open ended questionnaire with interview schedule was distributed among 94 participants with the age range between 25 to 35 years who were giving civil services examination trom at least ten times and were residing in different hostels and lodges of Allahabad. Out of 94 civil services aspirants, only 72 responded and returned the questionnaire. Content analysis of the data revealed that civil services aspirants were facing lot of difficulties in their personal and social life. Most of the civil services aspirants' responses were exam centric and repeated failures were influencing each and every aspect of their life. Some of the civil services aspirants were hopeful while responding the meaning and consequences of failure while most of them were hopeless and were experiencing tremendous mental pressure. The responses also indicated that they were having distorted relationship with their closed ones and they were feeling alienated. Most of them reported that there was shrinkage in the friend circle after facing so much failure. They demonstrated the fear of negative results, feedback avoidance and loss of respect in their life after facing so many failures. They were coping with these challenges by motivating themselves, pursuing hobbies and so on. On the whole this study was an attempt to understand the phenomenology of the civil services aspirants who were failing repeatedly.Keywords
Mental Pressure, Repeated Failure, Civil Services Aspirants.References
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