Abstract
The present research aimed to compare emotional and social problems in divorced and married women. It
was hypothesized that: divorced women are likely to experience more emotional and social problems
compared to married women; there is likely to be a relationship in emotional and social problems in
women; social support and socioeconomic status are likely to predict emotional and social problems in
women. The sample comprised of 80 women (n=40 married women; n=40 divorced women). The
Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS), UCLA loneliness Scale, Social interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS),
State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
(Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet, & Farley, 1988) and Socio-economic status scale (Zafar, Joya, Kausar, 2013) were
used for assessment. Independent sample t test, Pearson Product moment correlation and Step wise
regression analysis were performed. Findings showed that divorced women experienced more depression,
anxiety, stress, loneliness, social interaction anxiety and high level of state anger, anger out and total anger
as compared to married women. Results also showed significant relationship between emotional and social
problems in women. Results further showed that significant others social support predict depression, stress
and loneliness and friends social support predict depression and loneliness in women. Further implications
along with suggestions are being discussed.
