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| Published: August 30, 2017

Stress and Cognitive Functions of Working Women in India

Dr. Yogita Sharma

Project Technical Officer, Div of Socio-behavioral and Health System research, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Baldev Singh Sandhu

Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.087/20170404

DOI: 10.25215/0404.087

ABSTRACT

This study assessed the effects of life stress on cognitive functions in working women. In the present scenario role segregated and segmental identity of women has put them in a situation where females have to perform multiple and adapt to diverse kind of psychological environments. They are always under pressure to rearrange their traditional roles of wife, mother and home maker in order to accommodate their non traditional roles as earner. These pressures tend to predispose them to life stresses, sometimes leading to reduced psychological well being. High stress leads to cognitive dysfunctions as more attention is paid to negative aspects of life. Scores of cognitive functions viz. problem solving, focused attention, concentration & recall in low stressed women were significantly higher than these scores in high stress women. Conclusion: Cognitive functions were disrupted in case of high stress women and sharp in case of low stress women 

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.087/20170404

10.25215/0404.087

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Published in   Volume 04, Issue 4, July-September, 2017