Page No 130-139
Gurumayum Melody Sharma and Thiyam Kiran Singh
Nagaland University, Nagaland, India
The purpose of this research was to compare mental health as well as marital adjustment
of unemployed and employed mothers with preschool-aged children. Sixty participants
(30 non-working and working) with a mean age of 35.8 years have been chosen from
Manipur through consecutive sampling for the study. Data was gathered using Mental
Health Inventory, established by Jagadish and Srivastava, and MAQ (Marital Adjustment
Questionnaire), established by Pramod Kumar and Kanchana Rohatgi. SD, Mean, as
well as t-tests, have been used for data analysis and hypothesis testing. The Pearson
Correlation Coefficient was utilized to examine the relationship between both groups’
marital adjustment as well as mental health. Data analysis was done using SPSS
25.0 Version software. Results revealed that there is a significant difference between
working and non-working mothers in their mental health but no significant difference in
marital adjustment. Also, there is no significant correlation between mental health and
marital adjustment among working and non-working mothers of Manipur.