Psychological well-being and work family conflict of married couples

Abstract

Family conflict and mental health: It has been hypothesized that important mediators of the relationship between work-family conflict and mental health are perceived stress and negative affect. In particular, stress was described as an experience of either short-term or long-term psychological or physical strain that results in adverse alterations in the person. The present was conducted in three districts of Haryana with a sample of 360 adults of age group 25- 35 years. Present study concluded that more than one fourth of rural and urban population are having moderate level of psychological wellbeing. More than one fourth of rural population is having moderate level of work family conflict, on the other hand 29% of urban population is having very high level of work family conflict. A significant difference is shown in mean score of mental health among districts. Significant difference is found in sociability and satisfaction according to area wise distribution. It also shows that there were statistically significant differences in sociability, satisfaction, efficiency, mental health and interpersonal relations. The results of the analysis reveal a significant mean difference in work-family conflict among the respondents across the aforementioned districts. This finding suggests that there are notable variations in the experiences of work-family conflict among individuals residing in Kurukshetra, Hisar, and Gurugram.