Depression among women working on government job, private job and housewives

Pages: 1914-1916
Mehfooz Ahmad (Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh)
Mustafa N. Kirmani (Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)

The depressed person views the world through an organized set of depressive schemata that distort experience about self, the world, and the future in a negative direction. Aim of the study was to measure and compare depression among women working on government job, private and the housewives. There were 96 participants in the study, 32 in each group i.e. Women Working Government Job, Private and housewives. Data was collected from Bijnor (U.P.) by administering Beck Depression Inventory II. Statistical analysis was done with ANOVA and Post-Hoc test. Result revealed that there was significant difference among women working Government job, private job and housewives.