Life satisfaction and emotional stability of career women

Pages:178-180
Preeti Mathur and Jyoti Panwar (Department of Psychology, JNVU, Jodhpur, Rajasthan)

The present study was designed to investigate life satisfaction and emotional stability of career women. The study was conducted on 60 subjects: 30 working women and 30 non working women. The sample was drawn by random sampling technique within the age range of 35-50 years from different spheres of career women and the homemakers of Jodhpur city, to serve as subjects in the present study. The life satisfaction scale by Singh and Joseph (1971) was used to measure life satisfaction and to assess emotional stability N.I Scale by Agarwal and Purnima (1980) was used. The results of the study revealed no difference between career women and non working women on life satisfaction and emotional stability, i.e., neuroticism. The results are discussed in the light of available literature.