JPSIM Journal of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine J Pak Soc Intern Med 2709-8729 2710-0804 Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine 10.70302/jpsim.v3i4.2266 jpsim.v3i4.2266 Original Research Association between Depression, Anxiety, Quality of Life and Satisfaction with Life Among Children of Divorced Couples Abbas Saira Abbas Salbia salbia.abbas@gcwus.edu.pk * Latif Muhammad Razzaq Amna Sarwar Mahnoor University of Management and Technology, Sialkot Govt.College Women University Sialkot *Correspondence: Salbia Abbas (salbia.abbas@gcwus.edu.pk) 18 12 2022 2022 3 4 336 338 31 07 2022 02 10 2022 Copyright © 2022 The Author(s) 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective

The aim of this study is to identify the association between depression, anxiety and quality of life (QOL) among children of divorced couples.

 Methodology

A random sample comprised of 198 individuals, 07 to above 20 years of age. An organized self-report questionnaire based on 6. Segments was administered; 1. Consent form, 2. Demographic information sheet of participants, 3. Beck anxiety inventory (BAI), 4. Beck depression inventory (BDI), 5. Satisfaction with life-scale, 6. Quality of life Scale.

 Results

The current research reveals that the Beck anxiety inventory has a non-significantly positive correlation with the Beck depression inventory (r= .77, p> .05) and a non-significantly negative correlation in Satisfaction with life scale (r= -.26, p> .05), and has a significantly negative correlation with Quality of life scale (r= -.026, p< .05). Beck depression inventory has a non-significant negative correlation with satisfaction with life scale (r= -.279, p> .05) and has a significant negative correlation with Quality of life scale (r= -.015, p< .05). Satisfaction with life scale has a non-significant positive correlation with Quality of life scale (r= .340, p> .05).

 Conclusion

Analysis of the current research study indicates that divorce is a predictive factor in the life of children who have separated parents. Divorce is a strong factor which affects the level of depression, anxiety and quality of life and satisfaction with life.

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