A Study of Life Satisfaction and Optimism in Relation to Psychological Well-Being Among Working and Non Working Women

Authors: Dr. Fareeda Shaheen

Pages: 81-85

Abstract:

Purpose of the present investigation was to study the life satisfaction and optimism in relation to psychological well being among working and non working women. The sample comprised of 150 (75 working and 75 non working) women of Aligarh. Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS, Diener, Emmons, Larson and Griffin, 1985) was used for measuring Life Satisfaction of women, Life Orientation Scale Revised (sheir and carver; 1994) was used for measuring optimism and Well Being Manifestation Measure Scale (WBMMS, Masse et. al., 1998) was used for measuring Psychological well being of women. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation and t-test were used for analyzing the data by SPSS 16 software. Result showed that there was significant positive correlation between life satisfaction and psychological well being. Result also revealed that there was significant positive correlation between optimism and psychological well being. In group differences, it was found that Working Women scored significantly higher on life satisfaction in comparison to Non Working Women. The result also showed that Working Women scored significantly higher on optimism in comparison to Non Working Women. Similarly, the results also revealed that Working Women scored significantly higher on five dimensions of psychological well being out of six dimensions as compared to Non Working Women. Further, it was found that Working Women also scored significantly higher on composite well being as compared to Non Working Women.