Explore the Lived Experience of Women in Kermanshah of Marital Instability

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 PhD in Sociology, Razi University,, Kermanshah, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Counseling Department, Razi University,, Kermanshah, Iran

10.22055/qjsd.2022.32781.2180

Abstract

Official reports show that the structure of marriage is at risk of high rates of instability and divorce. The purpose of this research is to explain the lived experience of Kermanshah women of the instability of married life. The qualitative method of phenomenology was used to conduct this research. In-depth interview technique was used to collect data. In this research, 20 women of Kermanshah who were selected purposefully were interviewed. To analyze the data according to the characteristics of this research, the seven-step Claesian method was used. From the data analysis, the three main categories of facilitators of marital life instability (with the subcategories of addiction, unreasonable expectations, unconventional relationship with the opposite sex, gender inequality and unemployment) emotional experience (with the subcategories of feeling of failure, feeling of loneliness, feeling of liberation and feeling frustration) and broken social relations (with the subcategories of reduced social prestige, humiliation by others, non-acceptance by friends and negative stigmas) were obtained. In general conclusion, it can be said that instability as a social problem affects the whole society. Economic programs for change in employment creation, strengthening of ethical foundations, especially social morals, reforming and regulating the normative system in line with expectations, Promoting the culture of referring families to family counseling centers and in the event of disputes, providing various training programs to empower young people to raise awareness about women's rights, education, family, marriage means a proper criterion should be addressed.

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Quarterly Journal of Social Development (Previously Human Development)
Volume 16, Issue 2 - Serial Number 62
Vol. 16, No. 2, Winter 2021
March 2022
Pages 93-118

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