• Dr. POONAM CHAND
• ANJALI GAUTAM

Gratitude has been conceptualized as an emotion, an attitude, a moral virtue, a habit, a personality trait or a coping response. Gratitude has been defined in numerous ways throughout history. Gratitude is an expression of admiration, thankful, and appreciation of possessing something. People who are grateful to be always optimistic and positive thinking in dealing with problems or stressful situations (Emmons & McCullough, 2003). The aim of the present study was to compare working and non-working women on gratitude. The respondent in the present study were 80, which were further divided in 40 working and 40 non-working women of the age range of 30-45 year, from the AGRA city of U.P state. Simple random sampling method was used to select the samples. The working women in different organization of ‘Agra City’ were selected for the sample. The Gratitude Questionnaire- Six Item Form (GQ6) developed by Michael E. McCullough, Robert A. Emmons, and Jo-Ann Tsang (2002) was used to collect the data. Descriptive research method was used to collect data for the research. For statistical analysis of data Mean, S.D and Critical Ratio were used. The results of this study found significant difference between gratitude among working and non-working women. Keywords: - Gratitude, Working women and Non-Working women.

Keywords: - Gratitude, Working women and Non-Working women.

"A Comparative Study on Gratitude Among Working and Non-Working Women", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no.f475-f483, August-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208550.pdf

"A Comparative Study on Gratitude Among Working and Non-Working Women", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no. ppf475-f483, August-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208550.pdf