“A Comparative Study of Psychosocial Stress, Health and Satisfaction with Life among Professional and Non-Professional Women”
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Abstract
In today's globalized society, women must fulfill the dual roles of career builders and
housewives. Consequently, given the current circumstances, research on psychosocial stress,
health, and life satisfaction among employed and housewife women are desperately needed.
Therefore, this study aimed to examine the pattern of psychosocial stress that affects the health
among employed or housewives. The study also aimed to compare the life satisfaction level of
employed and housewives. In the present research, sample was drawn from the population of
Gorakhpur city government service employed and housewives (i.e., graduate employees and
graduate housewives respectively) from urban areas by using purposive sampling technique.
The total participant’s size taken for the study was eighty (80) out of which 40 participants
constituted of employed and 40 constituted of housewives. The self-administered questionnaire
included questions related to socio demographics and three validated scales; the Psychosocial
Stress Questionnaire was developed by A.K. Srivastava (1995) to asses primary components of
psychosocial stress, to measure health of employed and housewives health Questionnaire
developed by the researcher and satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) developed by Diener,
Emmons, Larson & Griffin (1985). Participants’ scores were evaluated and analyzed after using
statistical techniques like mean, standard deviation, one way ANOVA. The results indicate that
employed women scored higher for personal relation in comparison to housewife. Similarly,
employed women scored higher for responsibilities stress, as well as health related problem,
social status related problems and psychosocial stress total in comparison to housewife. Finally,
it may be said that employed women become stressed out when the responsibilities of their jobs
become too much for them to handle. They also experience stress from trying to juggle their
families and careers.
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