A Comparative Study to Assess the Emotional problems among Children of working mothers and Nonworking mothers studying in selected schools of Mehsana District

Introduction: The childhood period is vital because of socialization process s by the transmission of attitude customs and behaviour through the influence of the family and community. Emotional problem refers to anxiety problems, depressive problems, and behavioral problems such as depressed mood, eating pattern, social problems, mental changes (difficulty thinking and concentrating), poor school grades, running away from home and aggressive behavior. Objective: To assess the emotional problems of children of working mothers, to assess the emotional problems of children of non – working mothers, to compare the emotional problems between the children of working mothers and non- working mothers. To find the association between emotional problems among children of working mothers and non-working mothers and their selected demographic variables Design: non-experimental desrciptive comparative research design was utilized for this study. 30 children of working and 30 children on non working mothers were selected by non probability convenient sampling technique. Results: Statistical analysis revealed that mean % of children of working mothers was 10.3% significantly higher than the non working mothers score 6.8% There was significant association between demographic variables, type of family, no of sibling with emotional problems of children of working mothers as the calculated value was higher than tabulated value at 0.005 level of significant. Conclusion: emotional problems are more exciting in the children of working mothers than the children of non working mothers