Assess the level of stress and coping level among married working women in Kashmir

Abstract

Aim of this study was: 1. To assess the level of stress among Married Working Women as measured by Perceived stress scale 2. To determine the Level of coping among Married Working Women as assessed by Stress Coping Resources Inventory. 3. To find out the association between the level of stress and Level of Coping among Married Working Women with their selected demographic variables. 93 married working women, randomly selected were assessed by Standardized tool (Perceived Stress Scale and Stress Coping Resources Inventory) and demographic Variables. Online Survey method was adopted in order to collect data for a period of three months from 21 September 2021 to 21 December 2021.: Findings revealed that 72% of married working women had High Stress Level, 22% had Moderate Stress Level and only 6% had Low Stress Level. However, maximum (58%) married working women had above average Coping Level, 41% had average Coping Level, 1% had below average Coping Level and none had High Coping Level. Data analysis was performed using SV26|IBM SPSS Statistics 26. Chi- Square test & Unpaired t-Test was used to find out association of Level of stress and Level of Coping with selected demographic variables.Stress Level among working women is significantly high and there is significant association between Level of stress & Level of Coping among married working women. The results of the study proclaimed association was found between Age and Level of Coping among married working women. Whereas no association was found between other demographic variables and coping among married working women. After study, we conducted that Maximum of working women have High stress level and no one had high Coping level.