Middle Eastern Journal of Disability Studies

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Tavakoli M, Sharifi H P. A Survey of Comparing Personality Characteristics and Coping Strategies of Occupational Successful and non-successful Head of Household Females. MEJDS 2019; 9 :7-7
URL: http://jdisabilstud.org/article-1-1379-en.html

Background & Objective: Female heads of the household include women who are in custody of the family due to death, divorce, wife imprisonment, etc. These women are among the vulnerable groups of society due to problems with care. In the current communities, the occurrence of social, economic, and cultural changes has led to changes in the construction of the family and the formation of the phenomenon of "supervised woman" has become commonplace. At all levels of human resource management and resources, organizations have become increasingly important as business success. This study aimed to compare the personality traits and coping strategies in successful and unsuccessful women in the field of occupation.
Methods: The statistical population of this study included all women heads of families in Tehran and Alborz provinces who during the years 2015 to 2018 entered the continuous cycle of support services of the welfare organization. The sample was selected using cluster random sampling method, and finally, 266 of these women evaluated in two groups of successful and unsuccessful women in terms of the job. Tools were, NEO questionnaires and coping strategies completed by the members of the sample group, and the data were analyzed using independent sample T-test.
Results: The results show that among successful and unsuccessful women, there is a significant difference in the level of high neuroticism, extroversion, and flexibility. Also, the emotional-focused coping strategy has a significant difference in successful and unsuccessful women. So that unsuccessful women used the approach more than normal women.
Conclusion: Considering that female-headed households are in a position to deal with the challenges of family cohesion and family well-being, the way they spend financial and human resources on their self-employed support is significant. Therefore, because of these findings, it can be said that in creating employment for a female head of household, the role of personality factors along with economic support should be paid special attention and can also be paid attention to personality traits, guidance, and guidance Effective and timely, and ultimately prevented from failing.