Correlation of psychological wellbeing of educated women with employment and marital status in India

Author : Bina Srivastava, Indira Pathak, Anika Shrivastava, Harsh Ranjan, Nishant Shrivastava, Rakesh Shrivastava

Abstract :Introduction: Psychological wellbeing can be measured by life satisfaction, social freedom and stress. Life satisfaction is a measure of quality of life. Social freedom is freedom to conduct oneself freely in society without disrupting or sustaining social order. For a woman it also means desire to be free of social constraints, rituals and roles. Educational status, employment and marital status have significant impact on these measures of psychological wellbeing in rural as well as urban India. This study looks at the psychological wellbeing of educated women amongst urban woman in India. Method: This study was done to find out the level of desire for social freedom, level of life satisfaction, and stress amongst postgraduate and undergraduate students based on their employment and marital status. Survey of 320 female students was conducted in an urban setting in Jamshedpur, India, with a population of over 1.6 million. The Women Social Freedom Scale by Bhushan was used to assess social freedom on a scale of 0-24. Life satisfaction scale by Promila Singh and George Joseph was used. The score ranged from 35 to 175. Stress scale developed by Singh. This test is a self-report questionnaire of 40 items and the score ranged from 28-59.

Keywords :Psychological well-being, life satisfaction, social freedom, stress, urban women, education, employment, marital status, gender equality, India, mental health, quality of life, women's empowerment.

Conference Name :INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PSYCHOLOGY, LANGUAGE AND TEACHING (ICPLT-25)

Conference Place Ottawa, Canada

Conference Date 29th Jan 2025