Quality of life of widows involved in Southern Thailand's violence
Becoming a victim of violence is a major transition for widows whereby they would be burdened with the responsibility of becoming the head of the family previously held by their spouses.Thus, the general aim of this study is to investigate the quality of life among widows involved in Southern Thaila...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://repo.uum.edu.my/13279/1/91.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/13279/ http://www.ssd.uum.edu.my/ |
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| Summary: | Becoming a victim of violence is a major transition for widows whereby they would be burdened with the responsibility of becoming the head of the family previously held by their spouses.Thus, the general aim of this study is to investigate the quality of life among widows involved in Southern Thailand’s violence.The research measures the quality of life among the widows according to four components (i.e., physical health, psychological health, social
relationship, and environmental health).A total of 337 widows from Pattani were involved as the respondents in this research.This study found that the overall of quality of life among the widows is normal.The results also indicate that the violence situation in Pattani affected the quality of life among widows and especially the feeling safety among the widows.This research suggests that the government should provide specialist welfare to the widows to improve their quality of life and also to empower their family in oder to aid them in the long
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