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As being Professional and Self-sufficient Lady, I Will Not Marry”- An Exploratory Study

    Rabia Rafiq

    Department of Applied Psychology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

    Muhammad Saleem

    Department of Applied Psychology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

    Areeha Khan Durrani

    Department of Applied Psychology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

    Ali Raza Siddique

    Department of Applied Psychology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan


Received
06 Dec, 2021
Accepted
15 Aug, 2022
Published
30 Sep, 2022

Marriage is the oldest and widely accepted institution in the world, but new normal of the modern era influenced this institution in a very adequate way. It is commonly observed that financially independent women are avoiding to bound themselves in the rope of marriage. This qualitative study is designed to explore this shift in usual pattern of society. The nine (disinclined to marry) professional (doing some job) women were recruited in this study; their ages were between 25 to 35 years and they were purposefully inducted in the study. The predominant aim of the study encouraged us to go for telephonic interviews that lasted from 20-30 minutes. Before starting the data collection, a formal protocol of study was approved from the departmental research committee. The data were audio-tapped and transcribed by three veterans of qualitative research; memos were also incorporated along with the data. Content Analysis was used to analyze the transcribed data through the lens of Rubin (2021). None of the authors of this research have anti-feministic reflexive orientation that may cause any inclination towards some specific outcomes. This study has been taken care the rigor criteria given by Tobin and Bagley (2004). The findings exhibit that the burden of responsibility, sacrificing career, mistrust in men, financial dependency, compromised decisions for self, letting go of freedom and autonomy were the main factors that were the reason behind compelling a lady not to marry. Findings of this study make us able to see the real picture of the issue that was under the carpet otherwise.

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APA-7 Style
Rafiq, R., Saleem, M., Durrani, A.K., Siddique, A.R. (2022). As being Professional and Self-sufficient Lady, I Will Not Marry”- An Exploratory Study. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 37(3), 435-452. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2022.37.3.26

ACS Style
Rafiq, R.; Saleem, M.; Durrani, A.K.; Siddique, A.R. As being Professional and Self-sufficient Lady, I Will Not Marry”- An Exploratory Study. Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2022, 37, 435-452. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2022.37.3.26

AMA Style
Rafiq R, Saleem M, Durrani AK, Siddique AR. As being Professional and Self-sufficient Lady, I Will Not Marry”- An Exploratory Study. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2022; 37(3): 435-452. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2022.37.3.26

Chicago/Turabian Style
Rafiq, Rabia, Muhammad Saleem, Areeha Khan Durrani, and Ali Raza Siddique. 2022. "As being Professional and Self-sufficient Lady, I Will Not Marry”- An Exploratory Study" Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 37, no. 3: 435-452. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2022.37.3.26