Working married women have higher emotional intelligence than working men
July 4, 2021
Islamabad: Working married women have higher emotional intelligence, multitasking skills and abilities, egalitarian gender role attitudes, and marital adjustment as compared to the married employed men, and housewives in Pakistan.
The interesting findings were presented during a PhD defense successfully conducted by researcher Dr. Saima Kalsoom in National Institute of Psychology (NIP) Center of Excellence, Quaid-I-Azam (QAU) University. Dr. Saima’s area of specialization was social and gender psychology. Her PhD was supervised by Prof. Dr. Anila Kamal, one of the eminent professors of psychology in Pakistan.
The data for PhD dissertation titled “Multitasking, Gender Role Attitudes, Emotional Intelligence, and Marital adjustment of Married Men and Women” was taken from 1080 married individuals (men and women) from the major cities of Pakistan and participants were diverse in terms of their demographic and ethnic background.