Impact of gender of the employee on anxiety, depression and stress

Abstract

Anxiety have become common problem for human. The purpose of this study was to investigate impact of gender on employee’s level of anxiety depression and stress at the Industrial level. The descriptive survey research method was used for the study and the sample consisted of 40 employee (20 male and 20 female) which were selected randomly from Industrial Siddcul area, Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The scale was used for data collection Anxiety, depression and stress scale (ADSS) by Bhatnagar, Singh and Pandey (2011) was used to assess anxiety, depression and stress. Where gender was considered as independent variables and anxiety, depression and stress as dependent variables. data were analysis by Mean, SD and ‘t’ values. The result of the study showed that: (1) There is significant difference between male and female employee in their anxiety level. (2) There is significant difference between male and female employee in their depression level. (3) There is significant difference between male and female employee in their stress level. Based on research findings, researchers suggest that the psychological counselling services of Industrial employee must be functionalized and improved to moderate employee’s anxiety, depression and stress level.