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than did their traditional counterparts. There was no causal relationship between encouragement
and career goals in the two groups of women(c.f. Stake(1979).
4054.4 Refugees: Reproductive rights, responsible parenthood and mental health, Nila
Kapor-Stanulovic, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
About 11% of the population of Vojvodina, a province of Serbia and Montenegro (formerly
Yugoslavia), are refugees. Although they share the same ethnic background, language, and legal
rights as the local inhabitants, their reproductive rights and life circumstances are often
dramatically different. Typically, refugee women hold low level jobs, usually without social
benefits. Pregnancy can result in job loss. Reproductive services are seldom readily available;
neither is access to informal channels of communication. Modern contraceptives are too expensive.
Abortion remains the most frequent method of fertility regulation. The impact on family size,
responsible parenthood, and mental health will be discussed.
4055 ORAL
Social issues
Chair: David Mellor, Australia
4055.1 Life quality and wealth: A qualitative and quantitative comparison of affluent and poor
people, David Mellor, Robert Cummins, Claude Loquet, School of Psychology, Deakin
University, Australia
This study sought to understand the well-documented finding that affluent people, on average,
have higher subjective well-being (SWB) than do poor people. Twenty affluent people and 20
people dependent on social welfare completed an interview and the Comprehensive Quality of
Life Scale. As expected, the two groups differed significantly in SWB. The poor group reported a
preponderance of negative life experiences while the affluent group concentrated on the positive
events in their lives. Both the qualitative and quantitative methods identified the area of
'relationships' as representing the greatest degree of divergence between the two groups.
4055.2 Attitude of mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law towards female foeticide and its
relationship with education levels and self esteem, Sangeeta Khullar 1 , Sangeeta Bhatnagar 2 ,
1 2
mkp[pg]college dehra dun,india, India, MKP (PG) college Dehradun, India
A strong preference for sons exists in India, and population sex ratio has been steadily increasing
along with female foeticide.24 pairs of daughters-in-law [DIL] and mothers-in-law [MIL] were
administered a Self Esteem inventory and a scale measuring Attitude toward Female Foeticide
[half of the DIL had completed grade 10 or below and half grade 12 or above]. Results: Difference
between attitude of MIL and DIL were not significant [chi=1.06 df=3] although level of education
is a discriminatiting factor, [chi=11.58]. Self Esteem did not vary across educational levels
[chi=3.38]. Attitudes of MIL and DIL are positively correlated [r=.58] as wereSelf Esteem and
Attitude scores [r=0.504].
4055.3 Research on experiences of stress and coping of the first year’s college graduates after
expansion of enrollment, Duhong Peng, Dongqing Song, Zheng Chen, Kui Wang, China
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