Stress is a part of modern life, with increasing complexity of life, stress is likely to increase. Stress is built in the concept of role, which is conceived as the position a person occupies in a system. Women’s in modern global world have to play a dual role as housewife and career builder. The present investigation was conducted to examine the stress among the working and non workingwomen’s. It was hypothesized that the working women’s has more stress than the non- working women’s. In order to verify the above hypothesis a sample of 90 women’s were taken. From which working women’s (N= 45) and non workingwomen’s (N= 45). To measure the stress, the stress scale developed by DR. M. Singh (2002) was administrated individually to the subjects. The data were subjected to ‘t’ analysis and the major findings of the study reveals that the working women’s has more stress than the non workingwomen’s.

The present study aimed to assess the Frustration level of high school students among their gender in relation to their Montessori and Traditional method of education. It was hypothesized that male and female high school students of Montessori education and Traditional education have significant difference on Frustration level. In order to verify the above hypotheses a sample of 120 students were selected from high schools which offer education with Montessori (N=60) and Traditional methods (N=60) include equally male and female students. To measure variable the Frustration scale was used which is developed and standardized by Chauhan & Tiwari (1999). This scale administered individually on the subjects. The data were subjected to ‘t’ analyses and the major findings of the study revealed that following are dawn: 1. The male and female students of Montessori education obtained ‘t’ value is 0.80, which is not significant level. 2. The male and female students of Traditional education obtained ‘t’ value is 2.19, which is significant at 0.05 level. 3. There is no significant difference between the male students of Montessori and Traditional education. The obtained ‘t’ value is 1.11, which is not significant level. 4. There is significant difference between female high school students of Montessori and Traditional education. The obtained ‘t’ value is 2.98, which is highly significant at 0.01 level.

The present study aimed to assess the aggression and frustration level among rural and urban secondary school students. It was hypothesized that rural and urban secondary school students differ significantly on aggression and frustration. In order to verify the above hypotheses a sample of 120 students were selected from secondary schools. The sample includes equal size of rural (N=60) and urban (N=60) students. To aggression scale developed by Pal and Naqvi (1986) and the Frustration Scale developed by Chauhan & Tiwari (1999) was used. This scale was administered individually to the subjects. The data were subjected to ‘t’ analyses and the major findings of the study revealed that: rural students (mean=52.10) have more aggression then urban students (mean=47.89) of secondary school. There is 0.05 level significant differences between rural and urban students of secondary school on aggression. On frustration variable rural students (mean=50.05) have more frustration then urban students (mean=49.94) of secondary school, but they is no significant difference between both the group.

Women in modern global world have to play a dual role as homemaker and career builder. The present investigation was conducted to examine the stress among the working and homemaker women with respect to their family type. It was hypothesized that there is significant difference between the working women and homemakers of nuclear and joint family type. In order to verify the above hypothesis a sample of 90 women’s were taken from Dharwad district, Karnataka State, India. Among them working women’s were 45 (nuclear family N=23, joint family N= 22) and homemakers were 45 (nuclear family N=22, joint family N= 23). To measure the stress, the stress scale developed by Singh (2002) was administrated individually to the subjects. The data were subjected to ‘t’ analysis and the major findings of the study revealed that women from nuclear family experience significantly more stress than joint family women. And also the finding revealed that working women from nuclear family undergo significantly high stress than working women from the joint family. The finding also states that there is no significant difference between homemaker women belongs to joint or nuclear family.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a pervasive developmental disorder, which, with increased awareness, is now diagnosed early and with greater accuracy in India. This study aims to assess the coping mechanisms and parental relationship in families with a child having ASD. In depth interviews were conducted for 10 families with 4 members each (n = 40). The interviews contained questions for investigating the coping mechanisms, relationship between the parents and the sibling of the child with ASD, separately interviewing the mother, father and the typically developing sibling. The key findings of the interview suggested that the families depended on household help and gathering information on the internet, which, instead of serving as the coping mechanism it was intended to be, led to increased stress for the parents. Other methods included advice and help from professionals and spiritual methods like reading scriptures, family support and the support of the society. The acceptance of the diagnosis and general optimism, along with having specific responses for aberrant behavior defined by the professional were found to be the most effective coping mechanisms for the families. The relationship between parents was stressed in almost all cases, but the families which accepted the diagnosis early and sought the help of professionals, consequently, had a much better and complementary relationship. The families also relied on the typically developing sibling for the care of the autistic child. The relationship between the sibling and the child with ASD was close and the elder sibling, if female, also took on a maternal role in some cases in the caretaking of the child. In the case of male elder sibling, the relationship was close but there was lesser delegation of responsibility for the autistic child by parents.