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Life Sketches of Female Domestic and Self-Employed Workers in Kolkata


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1 Department of Psychology Bijoy Krishna Girls' College, Howrah, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Psychology, Indira Gandhi Open University, India
3 Department of Psychology, Victoria Institution College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
     

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A sample of 100 female workers (50 were domestic workers &50 belonging to self employed groups) was selected for the present study. The variables selected for the study were anxiety (both state & trait) and anger expression. Results revealed interesting findings that significant differences were found only in case of anxiety, anger out and anger temperament. Basically the insecurity regarding job status and flow of wage structure at the end of month made these two subsamples distant from each other. Due to excessive conflict and pressure of family domestic female workers sometimes were abounding to suppress their feelings and hence becomes the worst victim of anxiety. Self employed individuals though suffer from inadequacy feelings but due to better economic homeostasis able to manifest their anger when needed as a result may develop comparatively better personality pattern.

Keywords

Domestic Workers, Anxiety, Anger Expression, Anger Temperament.
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Sraboni Chatterjee
Department of Psychology Bijoy Krishna Girls' College, Howrah, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Mandabi Bhattacharyya
Department of Psychology, Indira Gandhi Open University, India
Phooljani Ghosh
Department of Psychology, Victoria Institution College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Abstract


A sample of 100 female workers (50 were domestic workers &50 belonging to self employed groups) was selected for the present study. The variables selected for the study were anxiety (both state & trait) and anger expression. Results revealed interesting findings that significant differences were found only in case of anxiety, anger out and anger temperament. Basically the insecurity regarding job status and flow of wage structure at the end of month made these two subsamples distant from each other. Due to excessive conflict and pressure of family domestic female workers sometimes were abounding to suppress their feelings and hence becomes the worst victim of anxiety. Self employed individuals though suffer from inadequacy feelings but due to better economic homeostasis able to manifest their anger when needed as a result may develop comparatively better personality pattern.

Keywords


Domestic Workers, Anxiety, Anger Expression, Anger Temperament.