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Understanding Burnout in Indian Housewives Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
Student of MSc. Clinical Psychology at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Student of MSc. Clinical Psychology at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Student of MSc. HRDM at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.220.20210903
DOI: 10.25215/0903.220
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 Pandemic has brought the world underwaters. All over the world, people were affected. The focus during this period was mostly on patients and frontline workers, with some attention also towards working adults. One cohort that has not gained much light during this pandemic is of housewives. Housewives had to manage household chores along with managing family relations – especially in India, where societal expectations lie on the female to provide family members with care and manage the household. Dealing with uncertainty, decreased availability of personal space, increased presence of and interaction with people in the household due to work from home scenarios, shifting to the online world and adapting to the change, economic disturbances, absence of domestic help, managing parental responsibility, increased stress about one’s own and family members’ health and lack of social interaction have contributed to their inconvenience. Existing evidence supports that housewives have been experiencing burnout in their homes. This qualitative study was conducted to see how the added pressure of COVID – 19 and social isolation has affected housewives mentally, leading to burnout. This narrative study includes participants of Indian origin, between the ages of 34 to 50 years. Participants were shortlisted on the basis of their scores obtained on the COVID-19 Burnout Scale, designed by Murat Yıldırım and Fatma Solmaz. The themes generated through this research study are related to understanding the impact of burnout on the mental health of housewives along the areas of physical health, financial well-being, digitization, uncertainty regarding COVID-19, parental responsibilities, social & emotional health, relationship management, and coping mechanisms. The findings of this study suggest that the mental health of housewives has significantly worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic due to constant exposure to certain stressors.
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© 2021, Pareek C., Agarwal N. & Jain Y.
Received: August 20, 2021; Revision Received: September 22, 2021; Accepted: September 30, 2021
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.220.20210903
10.25215/0903.220
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 3, July- September, 2021