Impact Of Stress And Coping Strategies On Mental Health Among Working Women In Selected Settings, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu.

Abstract

Stress has become a universal phenomenon, in modern era of science and technology where everyone is striving to excel in his/her field whether it is at home or at work place. All over the world, women play a vital role in the economic and social development of the nations. Working women faces a whole set of problems involving both family and professional lives. The study aims to assess the stress and coping strategies on mental health among working women and to find out the association between stress and coping strategies with their demographic variables of working women. A Quantitative research approach with a descriptive cross section survey design was used. The study was conducted in selected colleges in Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, India. Stratified Random sampling technique was adopted. The tool utilised is structured questionnaire to assess the demographic variables and standardized tools to assess the stress and coping strategies among working women such as Professional Life Stress Scale by David Fontana (1989) and Coping strategies Inventory by David L.Tobin (1984).The results revealed that working woman faces difficulties in attempting to fulfil the demands of both worlds, at home and outside, while a housewife may feel tired and irritated with her household chores and financial dependence. All these may cause stress for these groups of women.