ABSTRACT

The present research paper conducted by the investigator in the district Srinagar of the Kashmir division and tried to find out the problem of anxiety among the women in Srinagar. The sample consisted of 55 down town non-working educated women and 55 civil line non-working educated women from district Srinagar. The data for the present investigation was collected with the help of Sinha’s Comprehensive Anxiety Test (SCAT). From nineties onwards downtown has become the centre of all violent forces. These situations arouse the feeling of insecurity in downtown women leading to high stress and anxiety. Urban women are under tremendous social pressure and economic constraint. These problems add to her mental tensions. It was revealed  that the anxiety level of women belonging to down town area was 68% whereas anxiety level of women belonging to civil lines was 52%. It was also found that there is significant difference between mean scores of Anxiety of women belonged to down town and civil line areas. Further it was found that 60% urban women generally remain in anxiety.