Page No.141-144
Sheema Aleem and Lubna Danish
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Over the past two decades there has been a steady increase in women’s
participation in the activities outside the home. This has greatly increased the
number of multiple role women. The women who have paid employment outside
the home live with the continued expectation that they will assume the primary
responsibility for domestic work. Altogether 60 single and dual career women
whose age group ranged from 25 to 45 years were randomly selected using
purposive method of sampling from Delhi. A 30 items Marital Satisfaction Scale
was used to see the level of marital satisfaction among the two groups of women
whereas Sinha Comprehensive Anxiety scale was administered on the sample
to examine their level of anxiety. It has been found that pressure and hassles of
jobs not only affect marital life but also proved to be a major source of anxiety
particularly among women. Marital satisfaction among working women hardly
gets disturbed due to their multiple role but the thought processes seemed to
be disturbed that is manifested in the higher anxiety among them