Demographic characteristics, self-esteem and life adjustment of Taiwanese married and never-married women employees

• Main Author: Huang, Yu-Lin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1996
• Subjects: Characters and characteristics; Self-esteem; Life change events; Women > Employment; Married women > Taiwan; Single women > Taiwan; Taiwan > Officials and employees; Adjustment (Psychology); x4 Women workers; Counselor Education; Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1733
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study investigates and compares the demographic characteristics (monthly income, educational background, and job position), self-esteem, and the life adjustment of women employees of the China Productivity Center in Taipei, Taiwan. The research further identifies the interaction effect between the respondents' civil status and their self-esteem as they adjust to life. This study used the descriptive and comparative research design. The subjects were 30 to 45 years of age. Thirty were married and another 30 were never married. The Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI) and the Bell Adjustment Inventory (BAI) were used as measures of self-esteem and life adjustment, respectively. Results showed that most of the women employees belong to the middle- and the high income classes. There were more married women than never-married women in higher positions. Most of them had a college and university degree. There were more never-married women employees who had either masteral or post-graduate degrees. Self-esteem did not significantly differ according to civil status. The never-married women employees had a significantly higher total life adjustment, home adjustment, and occupational adjustment than did the married women. However, no significant interaction effect was observed between civil status and self-esteem on life adjustments. Given the above findings, the study concluded that civil status had no significant effect on the self-esteem of women employees, but affected their life adjustment. There was a significant interaction between civil status and self-esteem on the life of these woman-employees.