Awareness and Knowledge of the Farmers about Wheat Varieties of CCSHAU

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Ruchi Dubey Chaturvedi¹, Krittika R. Malhotra², and Labdhi K. Shah³ (Department of Psychology, Jai Hind College (Autonomous), Mumbai, Maharashtra¹, and TYBA Psychology Majors Students Batch 2021-22, Jai Hind College (Autonomous), Mumbai, Maharashtra²,³)

The purpose of this study was to explore the life skills that are being used by middle-aged Indian women in their daily interactions and commitments. Working women and homemakers of this age range are generally juggling multiple roles, related responsibilities, and commitments. Role overload is an unescapable part of their lives. The question that arises is whether they use life skills to cope with commitments at personal and professional levels. For the current study, ten Indian middle-aged women (age range 30 years-40 years) were selected from two metropolitan cities of India- Delhi and Mumbai. The participants were married for the past 10 years to 15 years, had at least one child, and were either working women or homemakers. Information was gathered online using a semi-structured interview schedule. Qualitative Analysis was done involving Thematic Analysis. Results yielded that the use of life skills was moderated by two factors- the nature of the families of the participants (Nuclear versus Joint), and financial autonomy (salaried employees versus homemakers). Conclusions drawn were that the participants living in Joint families were communicating, expressing gratitude more efficiently and with a larger number of people, had better Interpersonal Relationships, and adapted more functional ways of coping with stress. Working women were deriving additional psychological benefits, financial gains, and a sense of autonomy from their professional domains. Most of the participants believed in God almighty and practiced meditation and spirituality. Resilience was high as they had made peace with past events of their lives, were following disciplined lifestyles, had healthy interpersonal relationships and were getting adequate social support from home and workplace.