The Role of Emotional Satisfaction with Spouse and Economic Pressure on getting a Divorce in Iran

Abstract

The stability of the family system is one of the ideals of Iranian culture and consequently the disintegration of the family is a social disaster. The purpose of this research is to study the role of emotional satisfaction and economic pressure on getting a divorce in Iran. The method of the present research was causal-comparative. In this study, at first 50 women completed the questionnaires in the courts and then 50 women with the same characteristics were selected for the study in accordance with the demographic characteristics of getting divorce women for homogenization in Yasouj city. In this study a researcher-made questionnaire was used for data collection. Face validity was used to determine its validity and Cronbach's alpha method was used to determine its reliability. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (logistic regression). The result was that emotional satisfaction, not economic pressure, increased the likelihood of divorce.