IMPACT OF EMOTIONAL ABUSE ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND COGNITIVE-EMOTIONAL REGULATION OF PROFESSIONAL MARRIED WOMEN

Author Name: 1. Aisha Shakeel 2. Maira Jahangir 3. Hira Mirza

Volume/Issue: 02/10

Country: Pakistan

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/04.2022-74315751/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, Pakistan
2. Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, Pakistan
3. Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, Pakistan

ABSTRACT

The goal of this research was to find out how emotional abuse affects psychological well-being and cognitive-emotional regulation among professional married women of Sialkot – Pakistan. A total of 302 participants were included using a convenient sampling technique to gain the required results of the study. The association between the variables was determined using Pearson's correlation coefficient. The findings revealed a positive association between Emotional Abuse and Psychological Wellbeing (r=.170**, n=302), Emotional Abuse and Cognitive Emotional Regulation (r=.031, n=302), and Psychological Wellbeing and Cognitive Emotional Regulation (r= .466**). Moreover, by using an independent sample t-test, a significant difference among rural and urban areas was observed. Findings of ANOVA showed a significant difference in psychological wellbeing with regards to education and socioeconomic status. In addition to this, cognitive-emotional regulation is significantly different among different levels of married women's education.

Key words: Emotional abuse, Psychological Wellbeing, Cognitive Emotional Regulation, and Professional Married Women.