Abstract
Background and Objective: Today, with the rapid diversification of human activity, we come face to face with numerous causes of stress and the symptoms of anxiety and depression. A study was done to compare the level of stress and coping strategies among married working and non working women in the selected urban areas of Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
Methods: The sample size of the research study were married fifty working women and fifty non working women selected by non-probability purposive sampling technique. To assess the level of stress a standardized perceive stress scale was used and to determine the level of coping strategies a semi structured tool was developed.
Results: The findings revealed that the mean and standard deviation of the working women (17.06±8) were found slightly higher than the mean and standard deviation of non-working women (14.46±7.80). Whereas t=1.203 which shows that there is no significant difference in the level of stress among working and non-working women. While when the comparison was made for the level of coping strategies among working and non-working women results revealed that the mean and standard deviation of the working women (29.16±5.577) were very slightly higher than the mean and standard deviation of non-working women (28.24±5.612). Whereas the t=0.644 which depicts that there is no significant difference in the level of coping strategies among working and non-working women. Chi square revealed only the association between the stress and family monthly income of non- working women. On the other side Chi square revealed association only among working women of coping strategies with religion and family monthly income. Whereas in non-working women there was association of coping strategies with education, religion and family monthly income.
Conclusion: On the whole we can conclude that the both working and non-working women were having moderate level of stress and also coping moderately with the stress.
Keywords: Stress, coping strategies, working women, non-working women.
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Corresponding Author
Shristi Thapa
Lecturer, Mental Health Nursing
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i11.171
