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标题：Psycho-physiological Problems among Dual Career Women: A Cause of Stress
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作者：Seema Kwatra ; Nirmal Kaur ; Payal Raghubansi 等
期刊名称：Studies on Home and Community Science
印刷版ISSN：0973-7189
出版年度：2012
卷号：6
期号：2
页码：71-76
出版社：Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi
摘要：As women enter the work force, they have to face some physical and psychological stresses in the work environment.They have to bear pressure created by the multiple roles they have to play in conflicting situations, which may adversely affecttheir job performance. More than a quarter million working women surveyed and observed difficulty in balancing work andfamily. Keeping in mind the above situation, the study was planned with the objectives to study the effects of stress on physiologicaland psychological parameters and to suggest possible approaches to stress management. For this an experimental researchdesign was chosen. Various physiological and psychological tests and observation sheets were used to ascertain the effects ofstress. Nearby areas of Uttarakhand state were selected for the study and the purposive sampling design was used to select thestudy area and sample size. A total sample size of 125 respondents, having equal representatives (25 each) from the five jobcategories was taken. The major findings of the study are that a considerable average difference in blood pressure (7.9 mmHg)and pulse pressure (5.0 mmHg) was found among the people working in private sector, whereas the difference in heart rate,respiration rate and temperature was found more among the workers of bank/LIC as 9.2 beats/min, 5.8 cycles/min and 0.56oFrespectively. In case of psychological parameters, aptitude test and letter cancellation test was done and found that the performanceof the workers reduces in the evening as compare to morning and the difference was 7.16 and 5.68 respectively, which altogethershows the physical as well as psychological stress among them
关键词：Role Stress. Dual Role. Physiological Responses