Identifying the Causes of Divorce of Women without Children (the Initial Stage of the Married Life Cycle)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Mohammad Khaleghi ¹
• amin koraei ²
• Masoud Shahbaza ³

¹ PhD student, Department of Counseling, Khuzestan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran/ PhD student, Department of Counseling, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Masjedsoleyman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Masjedsoleyman, Iran

10.30495/jzvj.2021.23518.3090

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors of divorce and to prepare and construct a questionnaire on divorce factors in the early stages of women's marital life cycle. The statistical population of this study was all divorced women in the early stages of married life who had at least 6 months of joint life experience. In the present study, four samples were used by available sampling method. The first sample was used to find the basic factors and formulate a questionnaire (n = 25), the second sample to check the reliability and validity of the instrument (n = 50), the main sample was used for analysis. The exploratory factor (n = 200) and the fourth sample were selected for confirmatory factor analysis (n = 200). The tool used in the divorce was in the early stages of the marital life cycle. After analyzing the results of this study, it was approved. The research design was correlation covariance matrix analysis which used exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to analyze the results. Results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis showed that divorce factors in the early stages of the marital life cycle for divorced women include sexual problems and marital relations, lack of necessary life skills, family problems of origin and emotional maturity; economic problems and cultural problems and lack of recognition , Are. Identifying divorce factors as a role model and pathway for young couples and ultimately promoting public health.

Keywords

• Divorce
• Marital Life Cycle
• Zilbach Theory

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