A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment for the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts. / The present research aimed to illustrate a link between the two
domains of work and abuse. It was an investigation into "the
various relationships which exist between spouse abuse and
intrapersonal and alternative interpersonal coping resources in
employed women.The intrapersonal coping resources identified in
past literature and currently examined included self-esteem and
level of depression. Alternative interpersonal resources provided
by the work sphere were also included for investigation; namely
work social support and value-rich work. Amixed quantitative-qual
itative research design yielded measures on the five
variables of spouse abuse, self-esteem, depression, work social
support, and value-rich work; as well as on the two dimensions
of physical and non-physical violence, and an additional variable
of work support obtained from counselling programmes.The final
sample consisted of 106 female employees from a variety of
occupational groups. A content analysis of information regarding
workplace counselling programmes and its effect on self-esteem
and depression generated insignificant results. However,
quantitative analyses via Pearson's Product MomentCorrelation
Coefficients, one-way ANOVA's and multiple moderated regressions,
illustrated very strong support for the remaining hypotheses.
This implied that significant relationships did exist between
abuse and the coping resources of self-esteem, depression. work
support and value-rich work.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/20602 |
| Date | 14 July 2016 |
| Creators | Baumann, Chiara |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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