The Role of Cognitive Flexibility and Religious Coping Strategies in Predicting Divorce of Women with Betrayal Experiences

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor., Department of Psychology.,Faculty of Education and Psychology,University of Birjand, Birjand,Iran.

2 MA of Clinical Student, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Sari Branch.

Abstract

Objective Marital infidelity is a very painful phenomenon that can lead to divorce. This study was conducted with the aim of the role of cognitive flexibility and religious coping strategies in predicting the desire for divorce of women with experience of infidelity.
Methods  The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population included all women with experience of infidelity and referring to Rah-e-Naw counseling center in Birjand in 2020 that 89 people were selected by convenience sampling. The instruments used were Divorce Attitude Questionnaire (DTS), Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire (CFI) and Religious Coping Questionnaire (RCOPE). Pearson correlation test, multiple regression and SPSS-22 software were used to analyze the data.
Results   The results of the correlation test showed that there is a negative and significant relationship between the desire for divorce with cognitive flexibility and positive religious confrontation and a positive and significant relationship between the desire for divorce and negative religious confrontation.
Conclusion   Also, the results of regression analysis showed that cognitive flexibility and religious coping strategies together explain 34.8% of the variance of the desire to divorce. According to the findings, education and intervention in improving cognitive flexibility and religious coping strategies can be suggested as an effective method to reduce the desire for divorce.

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Journal of Family Relations Studies
Volume 2, Issue 4
March 2022
Pages 4-12

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  • Receive Date: 19 October 2021
  • Revise Date: 07 December 2021
  • Accept Date: 01 January 2022

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