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    Predictors of psychological distress in Pakistani women: comparison between first marriage and second marriage
    (University of Management and Technology, Lahore, 2016) Ansa Akram
    This study investigates the predictors of psychological distress in Pakistani women comparing first and second marriage. Emotional intelligence and spousal rejection would more significantly predict psychological distress in second married women compared to first married women after statistically controlling for demographic variables (respondent age, duration of marriage, family income and respondent education). The sample of the study included second married women (n=50) and first married women (n=51) living in Okara, Faisalabad and Lahore. Participant's age range was between 20-40 years and they belong to low and middle socioeconomic class. The measures that used in this research are Intimate Adult Relationship Questionnaire (IARQ): Husband (Ripoll-Nunez, Comunian, & Brown, 2010), Indigenous Scale of Emotional Intelligence (Batool & Khalid, 2011), Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (Szabo, 2010), and demographics. The tests that used in this study are correlation, hierarchal regression, mean, standard deviation and alpha reliability of scales. Result reveals that second married women consider themselves more rejecting and suffering from psychological distress than first married women. The most significant predictor of psychological distress in first married women was spousal rejection. While emotional intelligence did not significantly predict. But in second married women emotional intelligence was found to be significantly and negatively associated with all indices of psychological distress (stress, anxiety, depression) but not with spousal rejection. Findings also reveal that second married women experience more stress, anxiety and depression than first married women. These findings of study are discussed within Pakistani cultural perspective.