Mental health status of working and non-working women

Pages: 1459-1461
Sapna (Department of Psychology, Meerut College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh)
Vibha Nagar (Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, P.L. Sharma, District Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh)
Israil Miya (Department of Psychology, Meerut College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh)

Mental health is an inevitable and unavoidable component of life due to increasing complexities and competitiveness in living standards. In the fast changing world of today, no individual and profession is free from stress, depression and anxiety. Everyone experience stress, anxiety, depression and health problem whether it is within the family, business, organization, study, work or any other social or economical activity. The aim of this study was to find out the difference between mental health status of working and non-working women. The sample of 120 women (60 working & 60 non-women) was drawn from Meerut city proper. The Mental Health Check List developed by Kumar was used to collect the data. Data was analyzed with the help of ‘t’ test. Results show that there is no significant difference between working and non-working women in respect to their level of mental health.