Marital adjustment, stress and depression among working and nonworking women Maneesha K. P1,*, Thomas Sannet2 1II MSc Psychology student, Yuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies, Palakkad, Kerala-678631, Email: manishamanishaa135@gmail.com 2Former Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Yuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies, Palakkad, Kerala-678631: Email: thomassannet@gmail.com *Corresponding Author Contact Numbers - 9544419771, 7259926220
Online Published on 22 June, 2023. Abstract This study was conducted to ascertain the marital adjustment, stress and depression among working and nonworking women and also to examine the relationship between these variables. These psychological states are assumed to be associated with mental health and happiness among people. The study was conducted on 120 women aged 20 to 60 years, out of which 60 were working and 60 were nonworking, through purposive sampling techniques. Marital adjustment scale (Locke-Wallace, 1959), Perceived stress scale (Cohen et al., 1983) and Beck depression inventory (1988) were used to collect data. One-way ANOVA and Pearson Product Moment correlation were applied to analyze the data. Results show that working women have relatively poor marital adjustment and high depression and stress as compared to non working women. There is a significant difference in marital adjustment, stress and depression between working and nonworking women. It was also found that there is a significant relationship between marital adjustment, stress and depression among working and nonworking women. Top Keywords Marital Adjustment, Stress, Depression, Working Women, Non-Working Women. Top |