Table 7.
Correlation between spousal encouragement and discouragement for professional opportunities and emotional exhaustion*
| Frequency of spouses’ encouragement and discouragement | Emotional exhaustion subscale | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Medium | High | ||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Never | 2 | 8.7% | 2 | 5.0% | 5 | 12.8% |
| Once in a while | 1 | 4.3% | 4 | 10.0% | 10 | 25.6% |
| Sometimes | 6 | 26.1% | 12 | 30.0% | 12 | 30.8% |
| Frequently | 10 | 43.5% | 18 | 45.0% | 3 | 7.7% |
| Always | 4 | 17.4% | 4 | 10.0% | 9 | 23.1% |
| Total | 23 | 100% | 40 | 100% | 39 | 100% |
* Chi square test, p = 0.012.