Predicting the divorce tendency through internet addiction, internet infidelity and computer game addiction in people seeking divorce

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of internet addiction, computer game addiction  and internet infidelity in predicting the divorce tendency. The research method was descriptive-correlational and its statistical population included all married people seeking divorce referred to the Center for Intervention in the Crisis of Justice and Welfare in 1398, from which 130 people were selected and responded the research questionnaires including the Internet addiction (Young, 1999), computer game addiction (Aniotavern, 2008), the tendency to divorce (Roosevelt, Johnson, & Moro, 1986), and Internet infidelity (Alge, 2009). The research data were analyzed using SPSS23 statistical software and correlation analysis and multivariate regression analysis. Findings showed that the relationship between of internet addiction, computer game addiction and internet infidelity with the divorce tendency was positive and significant. Also, all three variables of computer game addiction, internet infidelity and internet addiction have been able to predict the divorce tendency in divorce applicants, respectively.