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1  INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY ........................ 1

Introduction ..................................... 1

Background on the Research Problem ............... 1

Statement of the Problem ......................... 2

Hypotheses ....................................... 6

2  THE REVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE ................ 8

Introduction ..................................... 8

An Historical Perspective of Kuwait and the Kuwaiti People .............. 8

Contemporary Kuwaiti Society and the Role of Women ................. 9

Modernization ................................. 13

Traditional Kuwaiti Society Compared to Modern Kuwaiti Society .......... 20

Depressive Illness and the Female Role in Kuwaiti Society: An Explanative Model ........ 25

Conclusion ....................................... 31

3  THE METHOD ....................................... 33

Introduction ..................................... 33

Research Framework and Hypotheses ................ 33

Subjects and Sample Selection .................... 34

Instrumentation and Data Collection .............. 35

Instrumentation ............................... 35

Data Collection Procedures .................... 39

Data Analysis .................................... 39

REFERENCES ................................................ 40

The proposed research will identify differences emerging in three psychological processes between Kuwaiti adult females who identify with traditional roles prescribed for women in Kuwaiti/ Arab society, and Kuwaiti adult females who identify themselves with the more liberal, modern, professionallyorient...