Gender Differences in Psychological Distress and Psychological Well-Being among Lawyers

Naeema Arzeen; Maryum Hamid; Mubashar Shah; Saima Arzeem; Ghulam Mustafa; Zaheer ul Hassan

doi:10.37185/Lns.1.1.192

Naeema Arzeen National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad
Maryum Hamid National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad
Mubashar Shah Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Peshawar
Saima Arzeem University of Peshawar, Peshawar
Ghulam Mustafa HBS Hospital, Islamabad
Zaheer ul Hassan Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Peshawar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37185/Lns.1.1.192

Keywords: Gender, Psychological Distress, Psychological Well-Being

Abstract

Objective: This study was designed to find the gender differences in psychological distress and psychological well-being (PWB) among lawyers.
Study Design: Cross sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted from January 2018 to April 2018 at Islamabad and Rawalpindi High courts.
Materials and Methods: Purposive sampling technique was used. A sample of 110 lawyers (male=55 & female =55) were recruited for the study. Two scales, psychological distress-10 and psychological well-being was used for data collection.
Results: For the investigation of relationship Pearson, product moment correlation was computed with the help of SPSS-21v. The results indicated that both parameters (psychological distress and psychological well-being) were negatively correlated (r=-.40). To examine the gender regarding differences T-test was used. Significant gender related difference was observed on psychological distress (t=2.09, p<.05) where female lawyers reported higher level of distress than male lawyers, whereas on well-being non-significant gender difference was found.
Conclusion: The findings of our study concluded that lawyers with high psychological distress reported lower level of psychological well-being; and overall female lawyers experienced more psychological distress (because of extra responsibilities of profession, home, and family) than their male counterparts.

How to cite this: Arzeen N, Hamid M, Shah M, Arzeem, Mustafa G, Hassan Z. Gender Differences in Psychological Distress and Psychological Well-Being among Lawyers. Life and Science. 2022; 3(2): 75-78. doi: http://doi.org/10.37185/LnS.1.1.192

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