A Comparative Study about Cognitive Emotional Regulation between Working and Non-working Women

The objective of the study is to find out the cognitive emotional regulation among working and non working women. The hypothesis of the study is that there will be a significant difference between working and non working women in the dimensions of cognitive emotional regulation. The study is about the cognitive emotional regulation among working and non-working women. The total number of study participant is 90. 45 working and 45 non-working women (aged 30-55) were selected for this study. Purposive sampling method is used for slecting sample. Cognitive emotional regulation scale used for the purpose. The study shows that there is a significant difference in cognitive emotional regulation in working and non-working women. The working women show more positive and negative cognitive emotional regulation than nonworking women. Working women showed more positive and negative cognitive emotional regulation to solve their problem. Working women scored high in “put into perspective” and “catastrophaizing”. It is evident from the results that both working women and non-working women employ the negative variable "self blame" to a fair extent. They utilize both the positive variable "Positive Reappraisal" and the negative variable "Rumination" in approximately equal amounts to help them deal with their problems or as a coping mechanism.