Study and comparison of psychological empowerment indices of rural and urban women in crisis

The psychological empowerment of women is a process in which women are empowered cognitively and behaviorally to organize their personal, family and social life. This research was conducted to compare psychological empowerment indices in rural and urban women. The study population consisted of women residing in Saral-e-Zahab and neighboring villages who remained in their city and village after the earthquake in Kermanshah and adapted to the conditions of their area of residence. A cluster random method was used to select sample members. Of the total number of women living in Saral-e-Zahab city, five regions were selected. According to the above, 154 women and 154 women from villages located in Zahab plain were selected as the sample and completed the psychological empowerment questionnaire. Researcher-made questionnaire was used to measure psychological empowerment indices in crisis. This questionnaire was developed through qualitative data through thematic content. In this study, the total validity of the questionnaire in the sample group was 0.886. To analyze the data, multivariate analysis of variance was used and for the purpose of a more detailed examination, the results of Tukey's post hoc test were reported. The findings of this study showed that among in-person components, there was a variable cognitive circuit that received less scores from rural women in urban women. Also, there is no significant difference in the interpersonal components of psychological empowerment between urban and rural women. In general, the independent variable, which is the same place of life, has a great influence on the cognitive circuit, but does not affect the interpersonal components.