An Empirical Investigation of Occupational Stress and Stress Management of Working and Non-Working Women in Central Kashmir

Abstract

In today’s contemporary society where everyone wants to be independent and want to excel in their careers, everyone is a victim of stress and keeping in eye the hurdles faced by the women especially in a conservative society like Kashmir, the stress and depression faced by women is on a whole another level. So, in this study an attempt is made to explore the occupational stress and stress management among the working and non-working women of central Kashmir. The sample of 100 women with 50 working women and 50 non-working women were selected through random sampling technique from three districts of central Kashmir i.e., Srinagar, Budgam, and Ganderbal. As for as statistical techniques used are concerned, descriptive statistics (frequency, Means & Standard deviation) and comparative statistics (t – test) and correlational analysis were used. The results of comparative statistics revealed that significant difference between working women and non-working women in relation to their over-all occupational stress was found. The mean score favours the working women which indicates that working women have high level of occupational stress than their counterparts. Significant difference between working women and non-working women in relation to their stress management was found. The mean score favours the working women which indicates that working women have high stress management than their nonworking women. Significant positive correlation was found between occupational stress and stress management was found.