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Women make almost half of the population of Pakistan. Unfortunately the majority of this huge reservoir does
not share the development process. The reason lies behind the fact that socio-cultural set-up of Pakistan
confines women to homes, and makes them psychologically less empowered. The present study focused on
investigating the economic and psycho-social determinants of psychological empowerment among women in
Pakistan. Sample of 500 women of reproductive age ranged between (21-49) years was selected from Lahore
city. The demographic data sheet, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965), Berlin Social Support
Scales (BSSS: Schwarzer & Schulz, 2003), Internal Locus of Control: a sub-scale of Locus of Control Scale
(Reid & Ware, 1974) and Global Psychological Empowerment Scale for Women (GPESW: Batool, 2017) were
used to measure the study variables. Stepwise regression was run to measure the relative strength of variables in
the prediction of psychological empowerment in women. The results supported our hypothesized model and it
was revealed that self-esteem, social support, husband’s support, internal locus of control, paid job, dowry and
education significantly predicted Psychological Empowerment in women, and 24 percent variance was
accounted for by these variables. Limitations and implications of the study have been discussed
Syeda Azra Batool, Hafiz Khalil Ahmed, Shazia Noureen Qureshi. (2016) Economic and Psycho-social Determinants of Psychological Empowerment in Women, Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Volume 14, Issue 1.
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