Reader, Govt. Girls P.G. College, Lucknow.
Associate Professor, Deptt. Of Home Science, C.S.A. University, Kanpur.
The modern word which is said to be a word of achievement is also a world of stress. Stress is a external or internal stimulus condition which demand very difficult adjustment. Stress basically originates in the form of an event or condition from the environment that may be purely physical, biological, social or psychological. Stress is a misfit between a persons skill and abilities and demands of the job. The first ranking to different behavioral activities of the respondents were observed as a result of stress among working respondents that is “like to sit alone” (score 1.01), the second rank order effect of stress found “cry easily” (score 0.93) and “loose physical energy” (score 0.93) for working women. The lowest effect of stress showed by working women was “feel difficulty in handling responsibilities and work” (score 0.75). In non-working women respondents the effect of stress showed as a result of behavior were somewhat different to the working women. The top ranked effect found was “non completion ofwork in time” (score 1.29}, second ranked order was “feel ill which effect work” (score 1.27). The lowest ranking effect perceived by the respondents were “feel difficulty in. handling responsibilities and work” (score 0.94), “loose physical energy” (score 0.93).
