A feeling of guilt experienced by a working woman is shown to be one o
f the most marked determinants in her role conflict and a source of he
r role tension. Compensatory behavior due tofeeling guilty is analyzed
in four spheres: woman's interrelations with her children; profession
al career; marital interrelations; sense of self. Close connection of
feeling guilty with the sense of self and own life model is underlined
. Relief of guilty feeling and of role tension can be achieved by psyc
hocorrection.