maryamalsadat fakhri; Rahele mahdavianfard; seyed ali kimiaee kimiaee
Abstract
Iran has been dealing with a worrying and increasing number of divorces in recent years. The current study investigated the predictive role of problem-solving skill, avoidance and anxiety in relationships and predicting divorce. Furthermore, the study employed a correlation method with development purpose. ...
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Iran has been dealing with a worrying and increasing number of divorces in recent years. The current study investigated the predictive role of problem-solving skill, avoidance and anxiety in relationships and predicting divorce. Furthermore, the study employed a correlation method with development purpose. The target population included 400 married women between 20 to 45 years old from Mashhad city, who were selected based on the methodology (correlation method) and the number of variables. They answered surveys about solving family problem, divorce probability, avoidance and anxiety in relationships and finally the sampling was reduced to 388 women. The simultaneous regression test was used to study the predictive role of independent variables such as avoidance, anxiety and problem-solving in divorce probability. According to the results of data analysis , the multiple modified R2 among avoidance attachment, anxiety attachment, and problem-solving variables in divorce probability was 0.33. The predicting variables explained 33 percent of divorce probability variance. Accordingly, the avoidance and family problem-solving could predict the divorce; however, the anxiety variable had no significant role in prediction. The study found that problem-solving skill and avoidant attachment style in women can be an important predicting factor for women divorce. This is due to the fact that problem-solving is one of the moderating factors of the negative events effect in life and the attachment style is an important factor that justifies the healthy and unhealthy marriage functions. It can also provide a solution to incapability of couples.
