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Present study was conducted to examine the nature of life stress and coping behaviour in working women. The sample consisted of 100 working women and 100 non - working women aged between 25 to 35 years selected from a cross-section of society. Research tool consisted of Roy�s (2008) stress scale. Results indicated that compared to non-working women, the working women had experienced more stress; Urban working women had ; Upper cast working women experienced more stress than their middle cast and scheduled cast working women. Their coping behaviour to reduce also differed significantly. Working women used more often-the coping stretcher or coping skills like-problem centered, psychology Resilience, family support, cognitive restructure and other kinds of proactive coping strategy for behaviour and escape sahuviou (medications); Where as non-working women moit drepuentiy used emotional founed, support, seeking. It was also found that both working as non-working women used a mixture of several coping strategies which may change over time. To conclude, using problem focused coping strategies were found both for reducing stress and enhancing better for reducing stress enhancing better adjustment to life.