Authors : Mohammad Reza Pirmoradi, Fatemeh Sadeghi Poya, Mana Tabatabaee Rad, Fathemeh Veisy, Bahram Gheitarani, Reza Davoodi and Shahrbanoo Ghahari
Abstract: Because of stressful conditions, divorced women are vulnerable of psychiatric problems. The main purpose of this study is to compare anxiety, depression, stress and emotion self-regulation in divorced and normal women. The present study is a kind of analytical-comparative research and statistical population consists of all divorced women of Tehran referred to several counseling centers by 2015. From these women, 42 women were volunteered to participate in the study. Inclusion criterion was having divorce history for at least 2 years. The individuals were compared to 38 married women with no history of divorce in terms of anxiety, depression and stress and emotion self-regulation. All samples fulfilled depression, anxiety, stress and emotion regulation questionnaires. To compare depression, anxiety and emotion self-regulation between two groups of normal and divorced women, parametric independent t-test and Mann-Whitney nonparametric test has been applied. The data analyzed by SPSS22. Obtained results showed that there is significant difference between normal and divorced women in terms of emotion self-regulation (p = 0.005). However, no significant difference was observed in scores of depression, anxiety and stress in two groups. Emotion dysregulation is a severe problem in divorced women.
Mohammad Reza Pirmoradi, Fatemeh Sadeghi Poya, Mana Tabatabaee Rad, Fathemeh Veisy, Bahram Gheitarani, Reza Davoodi and Shahrbanoo Ghahari, 2016. Comparison of Anxiety, Depression and Stress and Emotional Self-Regulation in Normal and Divorced Women. International Journal of Tropical Medicine, 11: 159-164.