Investigating social and cultural factors affecting the tendency towards emotional divorce (Case study: couples referring to counseling centers in Qaemshahr city)

Document Type : Research-Mixed

Authors

1 PHD Student, Department of Sociology, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran

2 Department of Sociology, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran

3 Department of Sociology, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran.

Abstract
Objective: The objective of the present study was to investigate the social and cultural factors affecting the tendency towards emotional divorce among couples referring to counseling centers in Qaemshahr. Research Method: The above study is an applied research in terms of purpose and a descriptive-correlational and survey-type study in terms of method. The data collection tool is a 65-question questionnaire (researcher-made). The statistical population of the study includes all married men and women in Qaemshahr who have referred to counseling centers in this city for family counseling, which numbered 1134 people. In order to determine the sample size in the present study, the Cochran formula was used, and the sample size was 288 people. Findings: The results showed that there is a significant correlation between extramarital relationships of couples and emotional divorce of couples (with a correlation coefficient of 61%), between modern lifestyle of couples and emotional divorce of couples(with a correlation coefficient of 63%), between the individual level and emotional divorce of couples (with a correlation coefficient of 59%), between family social capital transfer and emotional divorce of couples (with a correlation coefficient of 69%), between family cultural capital transfer and emotional divorce of couples (with a correlation coefficient of 67%), and between socioeconomic status and emotional divorce of couples (with a correlation coefficient of 60%). Conclusion: Emotional divorce is one of the harms that many families face. The collapse of marital ties is one of the most prominent examples of developments related to today's family. Therefore, the need to investigate the factors affecting emotional divorce is increasingly felt.

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  • Receive Date 30 April 2025
  • Revise Date 08 June 2025
  • Accept Date 14 July 2025