Structural Equation Modeling of Divorce Tendency with Emphasis on Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, and Marital Problems

Aim and Background:

Social developments in the past few decades globally, the family system has faced many changes, challenges and issues and by degrading the biological, social, cognitive and emotional functions of the family and gradually reducing the satisfaction of family members, causing psychosocial disruption and increasing cases such as tendency Divorced. The aim of this study was to Structural Equivalence Modeling of Divorce Tendency with Emphasis on Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, and Marital Problems.

Methods and Materials:

The statistical population of the study included all couples in Kashan, 383 of whom were studied using cluster sampling method and data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software. The instruments used were Qaderzadeh et al.'s Divorce Tendency Scales (2012), Rahim Conflict Resolution Scale (1983) and Communication Skills and Problem Solving Scale by Yarmohammadi Vasel et al. (2010).

Findings showed that communication skills, problem solving and conflict resolution and marital conflicts have a significant and inverse relationship with the tendency to divorce (P <0.05). Also, communication skills were related to the tendency to divorce through problem solving skills and conflict resolution skills and marital conflicts (P <0.05. (P analysis of the relationship between indicators showed that problem solving skills have the most direct impact). (-0.34) and general (-0.40) on the tendency to divorce and the most indirect effect on the tendency to divorce has belonged to communication skills (-0.09).

Interactions between couples and the reduction of issues that ultimately lead to conflict between husband and wife reduce the desire for divorce.