Study of the Relationship between Personal Factors and Emotional Divorce

Afrasiabi, Fatemeh; Jafarizadeh, Mohammad Rahim

doi:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s6p406

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“…The factor of understanding from our study findings conforms to nurturing fondness and admiration, turning towards one another instead of away, overcoming gridlock, and creating a shared sense of meaning (Finkel, 2018;Gottman, 2015). Similar to our findings, an Iranian study's findings also points to factors like "understanding the spouse" and "understanding the spouse's situation" to be positively correlated with marital stability and satisfaction (Afrasiabi & Jafarizadeh, 2015). Looking at participants' responses, we can see that enlisted relational factors in both, good and successful marriages and reasons for divorce, fit this minding theory of love, particularly respect, reciprocity and continuity, interpersonal skills while the lack of it could be linked to the individualization factor.…”

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“…Studies until now indicate different intra-personal and interpersonal or relational factors associated with marital stability and instability or divorce range personality factors (Boertien & Mortelmans, 2018;Lee & Martin, 2019) and attachment factors (Diamond, Brimhall & Elliot, 2018) to individualization (Strandell, 2018), relationship factors (Finkel, 2018;Gottman, 2015) couples' communication and interaction factors (Afrasiabi & Jafarizadeh, 2015;Mohlatlole, Sithole & Shirindi, 2018;Zaheri et al, 2016), spousal similarities in health behaviors, gene expression, immune profiles and the gut (Kiecolt-Glaser, 2018), social media, (McDaniel, Drouin & Cravens, 2017) and the minding model of love (Boniwell, 2012).…”

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Perceived Relational Factors in Marital (In)stability Among Married and Divorced Bosnians: Do We Understand Each Other?

Draganović

2022

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With an increase in divorce rates worldwide, it seems that marriage loses its importance and popularity. Still, many people seek romantic partners and marry for many reasons. Research points to the beneficial effects of marital and romantic relationships. What factors make a good and successful marital and romantic relationship and why marriages and relationships fall apart remains to be answered. Since the divorce rates in Bosnia and Herzegovina increase, the purpose of this study was to explore factors in good and successful marriages and reasons for divorce. This is a qualitative study in which a survey with open-ended questions was used to explore participants' responses. With the help of convenience sampling technique, 366 participants, N= 167 married and N=199 divorced with a mean age M= 43±11 and M= 41±10 respectively were recruited. A content analysis of participants' responses shows that both a good and successful marriage and reasons for divorce are mostly related to relational interpersonal and intrapersonal factors while external, social factors play a less important role. Married and divorced participants named understanding, love, respect, trust, tolerance, communication skills, agreement and compromise as the top qualities for a successful marriage. As the leading reasons for divorce, divorced participants listed adultery or affairs and other women, alcoholism, violence and aggression, arguments and conflict, and misunderstanding.

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Perceived Relational Factors in Marital (In)stability Among Married and Divorced Bosnians: Do We Understand Each Other?

Draganović

2022

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“…Studies have suggested that the incidence of emotional divorce may be twice that of formal divorce [37]. Although several studies have pointed to the repercussions of official divorce on mental health, both nationally and internationally [13,22], those of emotional divorce on the mental health of couples in more traditionalist societies needs further research attention.…”

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“…Therefore, despite increasing acceptance and incidences of formal divorce globally (18-22%) and in Saudi Arabia (38.38% in 2020) [36], researchers opined that the incidence of emotional divorce would be higher. In fact, Afrasaibi [37] suggested that the incidence of emotional divorce could be double that of formal divorce. The present finding of 78% incidence of moderate to high levels of emotional divorce corroborates this opinion as well as findings of similar studies conducted in countries such as Iran, Jordan, and Palestine [7,27,[55][56][57] Furthermore, considering the patriarchal social structure of Saudi Arabia that affords a weaker social, economic, and legal status for women; the traditionalist religious and cultural beliefs that consider the marital relationship divine, and therefore, discourage divorce; and the social stigma associated with divorce, the high emotional divorce levels among the present sample are understandable.…”

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Impact of emotional divorce on the mental health of married women in Saudi Arabia

AL-shahrani,

Hammad

2023

PLoS ONE

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Emotional divorce occurs when physical, psychological, mental, and spiritual separation occurs between spouses despite the fact that they live in the same house and exercise their marital duties. Emotional divorce has adverse effects on the mental health of those involved, as evidenced by the higher incidence of depression, anxiety, and loneliness among such couples. Saudi women are particularly vulnerable to emotional divorce owing to social, legal, economic, and cultural factors. Therefore, it is important to examine the relationship between emotional divorce and mental health issues (depression, anxiety, and loneliness) in married women in Saudi Arabia. Using scales that assess emotional divorce, depression, anxiety, and loneliness, data were collected from 241 married Saudi women (Mage = 34.41 years; SDage = 5.23 years). Findings revealed a statistically significant correlation between emotional divorce, depression, anxiety, and loneliness. One-way ANOVA confirmed that those with high levels of emotional divorce concurrently scores higher on the depression, anxiety, and loneliness tools, followed by those with moderate and low emotional divorce scores, respectively. Linear regression analysis indicated that depression, anxiety, and loneliness were strong predictors of emotional divorce, explaining 61% of the variance in the emotional divorce scores in this sample. These findings highlight the need to focus on the mental health outcomes of individuals experiencing emotional divorce, especially in societies where legal divorce may not be acceptable or encouraged. The need for regular evaluation and timely interventions for individuals struggling with mental health problems, and for restoring a healthy marital relationship is also highlighted.

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The relationship between Emotional Divorce and Motivation for Achievement among Working Women

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2021

Egyptian Journal of Social Work

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This study aims to determine the relationship between emotional divorce and achievement motivation for working women. It aims to identify the indicators of the role of social workers in dealing with emotional divorce and achievement motivation for working women. We selected a targeted sample of (100) working women.The study concluded that there is an inverse correlation relationship with statistical significance between emotional divorce in its various dimensions (physical, psychological, social, emotional, and professional) and achievement motivation for working women at a significance level (0.01). There is a direct, statistically significant relationship between the variables of age and family income for the working woman and her emotional divorce at a significance level (0.01) There is no statistical indication of the educational status of the working woman, the educational status of the husband, the employment status of the working woman. Key words:(Emotional divorce -Achievement motivation -working woman) IntroductionThe emotional divorce between the spouses is called false social harmony, as the relationship between the partners seems to have prevailed in permanent peace, keeping respect for ach other. However, it is in fact unbearable for the spouses, and this is what happens in developing countries such as Arab societies, where it is difficult to isolate the family from society (Khoury, 2008).Statistics of marriage in Egypt indicate a continuous increase in all governorates. In 2014, it reached (909,350) marriage contracts, while in 2019 it reached (927840) marriage contracts. On the other hand, the rate of divorce in 2014 increased to (2.6) per thousand of the population. Then in 2018 it had a ratio of (2.9) per thousand of the population, and the highest divorce rate is in the age group. (Central Agency for Mobilization and Statistics, 2019).The results of Afrasiabi. & Jafarizadeh, (2015) research show that individual factors are not equally effective on an emotional divorce. There is a significant relationship between emotional divorce and these factors: sex, understanding of spouse, using nice words by spouse, spouse expectations, understanding spouse situations and using drugs. However, there is not any significant relation between emotional divorce and these factors: doubt and pessimism, misplaced

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Study of the Relationship between Personal Factors and Emotional Divorce

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Perceived Relational Factors in Marital (In)stability Among Married and Divorced Bosnians: Do We Understand Each Other?

Perceived Relational Factors in Marital (In)stability Among Married and Divorced Bosnians: Do We Understand Each Other?

Impact of emotional divorce on the mental health of married women in Saudi Arabia

The relationship between Emotional Divorce and Motivation for Achievement among Working Women

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