Representing the Probability of Divorce: A Phenomenological Study

پژوهش های روان شناسی بالینی و مشاوره

Article 4, Volume 8, Issue 2 - Serial Number 16, January 2022, Pages 61-83   

Document Type: پژوهشی

DOI: 10.22067/ijap.v8i2.72569

Authors

Tahereh Sadat Alavi^{* 1}; Ali Moghadamzadeh²; Mohammad Ali Mazaheri³; Gholamali Afrooz¹; Elaheh Hejazi Moghari⁴; Keyvan Salehi⁵

¹tehran

²Tehran

³Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran

⁴Tehran University

⁵University of Tehran

Abstract

Purpose: The present research aimed at identifying the probability of harming divorce
Method: The method of this research is qualitative, which is based on the goal of achieving the lives of marriage applicants and on the basis of divorce applicants, a phenomenological approach has been used. The research field of this study was all marriage applicants referring to the Mashhad Health Center No3 and all divorce applicants referring to the Welfare Center of Mashhad and specialists in the field of family and divorce. The sample consisted of 15 marriage applicants and twenty couples applying for divorce and fifteen specialists in family and divorce sectors selected through by targeted sampling method as criterion type. The criteria for entering the study in applicants were: 1) Aged over 18 and under 40, 2) Educated over 9 years at school 3) First married 4) Willingness to participate in research, and for divorce applicants, whose marital life has lasted less than 10 years. And the criterion for choosing professionals was: 1) Being married, 2) Having family consulting experience for at least 5 years. The interviewing method was deep and semi-structured.
Findings: In six months, interviews were collected, recorded, encoded and compiled in the form of 65 sub-themes and 8 main themes in the individual components, paired components, family components, cultural components, social components, economic components, and belief components.

Keywords

The probability of harming divorce; Marriage applicants; Divorce applicants

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