A comparative analysis of mental well-being in relation to employment and marital status among females in Haryana region

Pages: 2075-2077
Bindu Kumari (Department of Psychology, Hindu Girls College, Sonepat, Haryana)
Jyoti (Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University, Jind, Haryana)

Marriage is a bag full of personal and social responsibilities for women in Indian context. Job is an accumulative burden on females because of highly gendered nature of domestic work in Indian families. Managing multiple roles may have an impact on the Mental Well Being of females. The present study compared the Mental Well being of working married to non working married and working unmarried to non working unmarried Indian females of age range 20-45 years using t-test as method of analysis. Previous studies provided evidence that change in job pattern may result in better Mental Health. Results of the present study also found that Mental Well Being of working females is better than non working in both married and unmarried conditions.