Relationship Between Family Conflict and Perceived Stress Among Working Women

Working women are facing various problems after joining the workforce outside home sphere. The lack offamily support generates problems in the way of working women. Married working women are facing thechallenges in their marital relationships, child care and household responsibilities. They are facing thechanging behavior of family members and family conflict, and don‘t have proper time for self-care. Despiteproviding financial support to their families yet they have not any equal participation in decision-making.Role family conflict also affects the mental health and physical health of working women, This study mainlyfocuses on mental health and stress of working women and non-working women. For this, purpose 50working women and 50 non-working women of Delhi were purposively selected and they were administeredWorking Family Conflict Scale (WAFCS) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) t- Test and Pearson’s productmoment were applied to analyze the data. The results as follows: A significant difference between meanfamily conflict scores of working and non-working women was obtained. A significant difference betweenmean stress scores of working and non-working women was obtained. A significant positive relationshipbetween family conflict and stress of working women was obtained. A significant positive relationshipbetween family conflict and stress of non-working women was work out. The study aims in making thewomen and their family members to aware of the various stressors and the different coping strategies thatcan help them deal with the stressors in a better way, and thus maintaining their psychological health. Thereview concludes with a summary of major research findings, as well as a consideration of future directionsand implications for practice and policy.