The Relationship between Sexual Satisfaction and Emotional Divorce in Iranian Couples

The family is the most primitive and the most universal social institution in terms of age; Appropriate relationships in society are formed based on appropriate relationships in the family, and as a result, the society is more stable The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between sexual satisfaction and emotional divorce in Iranian couples. This study was a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population included all couples seeking divorce referring to family counseling centers under the supervision of Tehran Welfare in the second half of 1399. Using convenience sampling method, 240 people were selected as the sample. Emotional divorce questionnaire and Golombok Rust Inventory of sexual satisfaction (GRISS) were used to collect data. The results show that there is a positive and significant relationship between emotional divorce and sexual satisfaction. Also, the results of regression analysis showed that sexual satisfaction can predict 0.30 variance of emotional divorce. The results of this study emphasize the role of sexual satisfaction in the occurrence of emotional divorce.