relationship between quality of life, hardiness,self-efficacy and self-esteem amongst employed and unemployed married women in zabol

objective: examining the interrelationship between quality of life, hardiness, selfefficacy and self-esteem among working (professional and non-professional), and non-working married women has motivated the researcher to launch this study. method: the samples in the present study consisted of 250 married employed women and 250 married unemployed women in the age range of 24-41 years old belonging to lower, middle, and upper socioeconomic status groups, with educational qualification of 102 and above and having at least one school child. stratified convenience sampling technique was used for the selection of the sample. the world health organization -quality of life (who qol) – bref, the personal view survey (pvs), the general self-efficacy scale (gse), the coopersmith self-eesteem inventory (csei) and demographic questionnaire sheet were chosen for collection of the data. results: obtained pearson r values revealed significant positive interrelationship between quality of life, hardiness, self-efficacy, and self-esteem in the whole sample, within the subgroups of professional and non-professional employed and unemployed women. obtained pearson r values revealed significant negative relationship between employment and the above variables in women. conclusion: it indicates that women with higher quality of life score rank also higher on hardiness, self-efficacy, and self-esteem and vice versa.