THE ROLE OF PREGNANCY EXPERIENCE IN WORK LIFE BALANCE AMONG WORKING WOMEN

Abstract

The objectives of present study were; To find out the Role of Pregnancy Experience in Work life Balance among Working Women. Research has demonstrated the benefits of considering the associations between the happy and negative emotions around pregnancy in particular. In the present study Two instruments; Pregnancy Experiences Scale- Brief Version (PES-Brief) (DiPietro, Christensen & Costigan, 2008), and Work life balance (WLB) (Yusuf, 2018) were administered on a sample of (N=200) along with demographic sheet. Results of the study revealed that Positive Pregnancy experience (Uplifts) have negative effect on Work life balance. It was also found that there exists a significant relationship between Negative pregnancy experience and work life balance that Negative Pregnancy experience have negative relation with Work life balance. The findings from this study have great implications for developing programs, and increase the awareness regarding working women pregnancy experience. Since the sample was limited to a single city, it cannot be applied to all Pakistani women. A sample from several cities could be gathered for further research in order to fairly represent the population of pregnant working women.