The Causal Model of Emotional Divorce Trend Based on Self-Differentiation through Marital Affliction Mediation

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• jahanbakhsh khosravi ¹
• omid moradi ²
• Hamzeh Ahmadian ³
• naser yoosefi ⁴

¹ Ph.D Consulting Student, Educational Unit of Sanandaj, Islamic Azad University, Snandaj, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Consulting, Sanandaj Branch, Iislamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Sanandaj Branch, Iislamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran

⁴ Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Iran

10.30495/jzvj.2021.24337.3168

Abstract

Emotional divorce is the most important cause of family hopelessness and can cause a family emotional split. The purpose of this study was to develop a causal model of the tendency for emotional divorce based on self-differentiation through marital attachment mediation.This study is a descriptive-correlational one with regard to its purpose and its implementation. The statistical population of this study included all couples who referred to welfare counseling center of Qasrshirin city. Among them, 100 were selected using multistage random sampling method. Data were then collected using Gutman's Emotional Divorce Questionnaire (1999), DSI-SF Self-Diversity (2011), and Paines' Marital Dissatisfaction Questionnaire (1996).The results of data analysis using Pearson correlation and structural equation tests showed that there was a significant relationship between tendency to divorce based on self-differentiation and mediation of marital burnout.The findings showed that marital attachment mediates the relationship between the tendency to emotional divorce and its differentiation. Marital attachment is one of the important factors affecting the level of mental health promotion and identifying the factors along with proper planning can lead to decrease in emotional divorce and increase self-differentiation.

Keywords

• Emotional divorce
• Self-differentiation
• Marital affliction

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