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Abstract
The well-being of urban and rural women is the central concept of the present study. Indian women have to deal with many psycho-social and cultural barriers which create impact their well-being. The study was conducted in Khandesh. The simple random sampling technique was used for this study. 410 women (225 urban and 185 rural, N= 410) whose age group ranged from 21 to 50 years was selected for the present study.s Based on the nature of the problem and objectives for the present research, two randomized groups and correlation design was used. The tools used in the present research were PANAS inventory by Watson, Clark and Tellegen and PWBS inventory by Ryff and Keyes. Finding shows that urban women feel more negative affect than rural women. It should also be noted that although the positive affect is higher yet the negative affect is also not negligible. According to urban and rural women the term "Psychological well-being" has similar senses. Area wise PWB is also showing an average level.