Degree

BS (Social Sciences & Liberal Arts)

Faculty / School

School of Economics and Social Sciences (SESS)

Department

Department of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts

Date of Award

Fall 2024

Date of Submission

2024-08-26

Advisor

Dr. Muhammad Shameel Khan, Assistant Professor SSLA - SESS, Department of Social Sciences

Project Type

SSLA Culminating Experience

Access Type

Restricted Access

Keywords

Mental health, Men, In-law relationships

Abstract

This research study sets out to explore the impact of the MIL-DIL dyad relationship dynamic on the mental health of men in the role of husbands and sons. Beta refers to the son and Shohar refers to the husband in Urdu. The rationale for conducting this research arose out of the lack of research on the MIL-DIL relationship from the perspective of men. Moreover, the MIL-DIL relationship has been explored in great length in the Global North and the Global South from various viewpoints (Rittenour & Kellas, 2015). Neglecting to include men's perspectives in the in-law dyad relationship further perpetuates the societal stigma surrounding men's mental health, particularly in a patriarchal context like Pakistan, reflecting a broader oversight within both society and academic research.

A qualitative methodology was adopted for the study, involving approximately 15-minute interviews paired with the WHOQOL-BREF self-report scale to assess participants' overall well-being. The primary focus was on exploring the impact of mother-in-law (MIL) and daughter-in-law (DIL) dynamics on the participants' mental health through in-depth interviews. A thematic analysis was conducted to correlate the findings from the qualitative interviews with the quantitative data from the WHOQOL-BREF scale, which served as a supplementary measure to provide additional context for participants' well-being.

Pages

82

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