Work stress, general well-being and coping strategies: A comparative study on medico couples

Pages:288-290
Arvind K Birdie (IIMT School of Management, (Now Vedatya), Gurgaon, Haryana)
Madhu Jain (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur)
Sarita Kulhari (Research Scholar, Rajasthan University, Jaipur)

The present study aims to explore and compare the work stress, general well being and coping strategies in medico and non medico couples .For the purpose of study, a random sample of 50 couples out of which 25 medico and 25 non medicos were taken from the area of Jaipur city. Data were collected by using Cohen’s Perceived work stress, PGI General Well Being by Santosh Verma and Anita Verma and Coping strategies Scale by Folkman and Lazarus. Mean, Standard deviation were employed for all variables and compared the different groups on the different variables. Results revealed that there was no significant relationship in medico and non medico couples , whereas medico couples were found to have poor general well being and non significant difference were found on coping strategies.