Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

B. Prasad Babu ¹, C. Mohana Sundari ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology Indira Gandhi National Open University, Regional Centre, Vijayawada, A. P, IN
2 Counselling Psychologist Manamadurai, Sivagangai Dt. TN, IN

Abstract

The present study was conducted to examine the level of stress among pregnant women. The study was conducted on a sample of 50 pregnant women among them 16 were below twenty five years of age, 22 were between 25 to 30 years of age and 12 were more than thirty years of age. The mean age of the total patients is 27.79 years. They were administered Stress Assessment Questionnaire developed by Allen Cameron's (2002). The results indicated that there was significant difference in the level of stress among pregnant women in first, second and third time pregnancy and also there was no significant differences observed in their age, and different stages of pregnancy.

Keywords

Stress Pregnant Women

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B. Prasad Babu ¹

Affiliations
1 Indira Gandhi National Open University, IN

Abstract

The present study was conducted to assess the level of stress among women teachers working in normal and special schools. The study was conducted on a sample of 100 women teachers. Among them 30 teachers were from government schools, 35 teachers were government aided schools and 35 teachers remaining were drawn from private schools. They were administered a questionnaire on stress by Latha. The results indicated that there was a significant difference in the level of stress among women teachers handling normal and special children and also significant differences were observed in their age, experience and for teachers who are working under different management schools.

Keywords

Stress, Women Teachers, Schools.

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