This study identified differences emerging in three psychological processes among Kuwaiti females who identify with traditional or modern roles. The variables were: (a) directionality of locus of control, (b) level of depression, and (c) level of stress. Three hypotheses were tested: (a) Directionality of locus of control will be related to the societal roles of females in a changing Kuwaiti society; (b) level of depression of females in Kuwait will differ in emphasis according to the societal roles with which females identified in a changing Kuwaiti society; and (c) nature of stress experienced by Kuwaiti females will differ on the basis of the social role--modern or traditional--with which they identified. None of the hypotheses tested were supported by the results of the quantitative analyses performed. There is little question of the contention that Kuwaiti society generally and Kuwaiti women are in a state of change. The Kuwaiti social environment is so dynamic in the contemporary period that definitive conclusions as to the eventual outcome of this change are not feasible. While the hypotheses tested were not supported, the research uncovered some statistically significant relationships between dependent variables included in these hypotheses and some demographic variables. Statistically significant relationships were found to exist between role orientation and subject's age, marital status, occupation, income, educational attainment, and birth order. Subject's age was found to be significantly related to levels of stress, depression, and to an external powerful other locus of control orientation. Subject's occupation was found to be significantly related to levels of depression, and to both an external powerful other locus of control orientation and to an external locus of control orientation. Subject's educational attainment was found to be significantly related to an external powerful other locus of control orientation.