Prediction of Emotional Divorce based on Family Communication Patterns with the Mediating Role of Marital Burnout in Married Female Teachers of Darab City

Faraji, Zakiye; Ghavaminia, Zahra; Kalantari, Jalal

doi:10.22034/jmp.2024.467134.1114

Prediction of Emotional Divorce based on Family Communication Patterns with the Mediating Role of Marital Burnout in Married Female Teachers of Darab City

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Zakiye Faraji ¹

Zahra Ghavaminia ¹

Jalal Kalantari ²

¹ Master of Clinical Psychology, Department of Medicine, Shiraz Branch, Pardis Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, FASA Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran

10.22034/jmp.2024.467134.1114

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to predict emotional divorce among married female teachers in Darab City by analyzing family communication patterns and examining the mediation effect of marital burnout.
Methods: Descriptive and correlational analyses were used. All married female instructors employed at the Darab primary schools during the academic year 2023-2024 were the study's population. The census technique was employed to estimate the sample, estimating the population of 176 individuals. The Revised Family Communication Patterns Scale (RFCP), Couple Burnout Measure (CBM), and Gottmanns Emotional Divorce Scale (GEDS) were used to collect data. The data were analyzed using structural equations (SEM) and Pearson's correlation test, and the findings were examined using Lisrel 9 and SPSS25 statistical software.
Results: Marital boredom had a direct and significant association with emotional divorce, and it had an inverse and significant relationship with communication orientation and compliance orientation. There was a direct and significant correlation between emotional divorce and conformity orientation, and an inverse and significant correlation between emotional divorce and communication orientation. Marital boredom also acted as a mediator in the interaction between emotional divorce and family communication styles (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Thus, it can be anticipated that as the family's conformance orientation increases, the rate of marital discontent will rise as well, and that as this variable rises, so too will the emotional divorce rate.

Keywords

Emotional Divorce

Family Communication Patterns

Marital Burnout

Subjects

Social Psychology

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