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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
There are plethoras of anecdotal evidences that indicate that covid-19 pandemic has induced anxiety among people across the globe. Due to various social, cultural and economic factors, the present condition has worsen the situation of already vulnerable group of our society i.e. the women. Therefore the present study intends to explore that how the pandemic has impacted the mental health of working and non-working women. The study was conducted on total 300 married urban women (150 working and 150 non working) during phase 1 of lockdown, data was collected through online survey applying a self structured covid related anxiety scale. The results showed that there are non-significant differences in Anxiety and statistically significant difference (t=4.8) in Coping strategies between working and non-working women. Working women had high mean score for coping strategy proving that working women were mindfully managing the adverse situation of pandemic as compared to non-working women.