Nataša Rijavec Klobučar, Emotional Changes after Divorce in Women, [in:] Faces of Women, ed. by Marcin Godawa, Stanko Gerjolj, Kraków 2015, p. 89–100. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15633/9788374384919.08 Emotional Changes after Divorce in Women 1 Nataša Rijavec Klobučar University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Abstract Divorce has been rated as one of the most stressful life events, strongly impacting the lives of all family members (Amato 2000, 1274; Holmes and Rahe 1967). Research shows that the consequences of a divorce are negative as well as positive, afecting various aspects of the lives of those involved. Te article focuses on the experience of divorced women, especially on dealing with emotional changes afer divorce as one of potential changes, and presents the results of qualitative study with female participants who had experienced divorce. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 8 women who ranged in age from 31 to 48. Te study’s fndings are similar to already existing fndings about negative as well as positive changes afer divorce. Women attribute diferent meanings to the experience of divorce, and in the period of adapting to a new life situation, when they part with a very important relationship and work on themselves to improve their lives, they face negative emotions as well as positive responses. Keywords: divorce, consequences, emotional changes, women 1 Te author acknowledges the fnancial support from the Slovenian Research Agency (project No. J5–6825).