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Different Roles of Working Women and Psychological Well

Working women in India are taking on various jobs outside the home for self-esteem and financial needs. This is leading to emerging roles with new commitments to both careers and families, causing stress and strain. The study assessed the psychological well-being and social support of 100 working women and 100 homemakers. It found that working women had better psychological well-being than homemakers, but perceived less social support. The quality of home and work environments determines the impact of employment on well-being for working women balancing dual roles.

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Different Roles of Working Women and Psychological Well

Working women in India are taking on various jobs outside the home for self-esteem and financial needs. This is leading to emerging roles with new commitments to both careers and families, causing stress and strain. The study assessed the psychological well-being and social support of 100 working women and 100 homemakers. It found that working women had better psychological well-being than homemakers, but perceived less social support. The quality of home and work environments determines the impact of employment on well-being for working women balancing dual roles.

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Different roles of working women and psychological well-being

ArihantNachiketa

Research Scholar,

PG Dept of Psychology,

Magadh university,

Bodhgaya,Bihar

Abstract

In modern India, women are just not only working in home , but now doing various types
of job for their self esteem and needs.

In current scenario women's roles are emerging differently with new commitment and
career oriented as well as commitment to families. So, this leads to a number of stress
and strain among working women in Indian society.

The objective of my study was to elucidate the work–family conflict on psychological


well-being experienced by working women and to determine whether psychosocial
support has beneficial role in the psychological well-being of the working women.

One Hundred-women working in different professions from dual-earner family and 100
homemakers from traditional single-earner family were included in the study and
assessed on the following: (1) Postgraduate Institute (PGI) Health Questionnaire and
(2) PGI Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ) for the assessment of well-being and social
support, respectively, and data were analyzed.

Working women scored lower on PGI Health Questionnaire than homemakers, which
was statistically highly significant, indicating that working women had higher
psychological well-being than homemakers or nonworking women. On the assessment
of PGI and SSQ, scores revealed that women in dual-earner families perceived lower
social support as compared to those of single-earner families.

Employed women are more satisfied with their life than nonworking women, and the
quality of home and work environments determines the impact of employment on the
psychological well-being of working women in dual-earner families.

Keywords: Psychological well-being, psychosocial support, work–family conflict

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