Pattiwork enterprise is a traditional home-based, handcrafted, textile enterprise of Aligarh. The purpose of the study was to examine psychological well-being (PWB) of women working in Pattiwork enterprises. The locale of the study was Aligarh. In the absence of structured list, snowball sampling technique was used. Sample size was of 100 women working in Pattiwork enterprises. Ryff's psychological well-being (PWB) scale was used to access the psychological well-being of women workers. The collected data was analysed on the basis of Ryff's PWB scale. It was found that majority of women working in Pattiwork enterprise had autonomic personality, environmental mastery, positive relationships and positive attitude towards personal growth. They had positive attitude towards self- acceptance. They hold beliefs that gave purpose to their life. It was also revealed that two of the PWB dimensions had positive correlation whereas autonomy and environmental mastery had negative correlation to environmental mastery and self-acceptance respectively. It was concluded that large numbers of women working in Pattiwork enterprises have positive psychological well-being.
Pattiwork, women worker, enterprise, psychological wellbeing
