Mental Health in Women Employees

Stress is worldwide phenomenon, seen across all areas of life and among all age groups. It is a major area of research. Stress has both harmful physical and emotional responses. Due to changes in society many women prefer working. Women still have to perform their traditional role or duties at home which in turn increase the stress, balancing the responsibilities at work and home is making women more

stressed. Keeping the views of previous research the present study aims to assess stress, coping styles and mental health among women employees. The objective of the study was to study the effect of stress, coping styles on mental health among women employees and also to identify areas in which counselling or intervention may be needed for women employees. The present study was conducted on 300 women employees working in city. An information schedule was prepared to collect demographic data. The occupational stress of the subjects was assessed by administering Occupational stress index Developed, Personal stress was assessed using Singh's Personal Stress Source Inventory developed.