PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING BETWEEN WORKING AND NON-WORKING WOMEN OF MUZAFFARPUR DISTRICT IN BIHAR
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i2.2024.2206Keywords:
Psychological Well-Being, Autonomy, Environmental Mastery, Personal Growth, Positive Relations, Self-Acceptance, Purpose in Life, Working, Non-WorkingAbstract [English]
The objectives of this study are to understand the present level of psychological well-being and to examine the difference in psychological well-being and its six dimensions between working and non-working women of Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. Data is collected from 50 working and 50 non-working women using well-designed questionnaire. Convenient sampling technique is used for data collection. Hypothesis testing research design is in this study. Data analysis is done with SPSS 21. One sample t-test is used for present level and results reported that psychological well-being and it five dimensions – Autonomy, Environmental mastery, Personal Growth, Positive Relations and Self-acceptance; are significantly above average among women of Muzaffarpur district of Bihar while significant above average is not reported in case of Purpose in life between working and non-working women of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar. Independent sample t-test is used for analyzing difference in psychological well-being and its dimensions and results reported that psychological well-being, personal growth, positive relations and self-acceptance are higher in working women while autonomy, environmental mastery and purpose in life are higher in non-working women of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.
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