A Comparative Study of Mental Health and Stress among Working Women

Working women encounter many difficulties in their daily lives which are exacerbated due to a lack of support from their family members. In addition, working women who are married also face challenges in their homes, marriages, and child care. They manage the evolving routines of family members and struggle to find sufficient time for their own wellbeing. Keeping these in mind, the current investigation was conducted facilitating systematic measurement and comparison of the associations between stress and mental health among both employed and unemployed women. For this, purpose 75 working women and 75non-working women of Bihar were selected and they were administered Mental Health Questionnaire(MHQ) and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). The data were analyzed using the t-test and product-moment correlation (r). It was found that there was a substantial difference seen in the mean mental health ratings of working and non-working women. A significant positive relationship between mental health and stress of working women was obtained. A significant positive relationship between mental health and stress of non-working women was work out.The goal of the study is to increase the awareness of working women about the many types of stressors and coping mechanisms that can help them better manage their stress and deal with mental health issues.