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Volume 21, Issue 117 (12-2022)                   Journal of Psychological Science 2022, 21(117): 1761-1778 | Back to browse issues page


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manouchehrabadi Z, dadgaran M, delavar A. (2022). Predicting divorce in non-divorced and divorce applicant couples based on early maladaptive schemas, communication skills and communication patterns. Journal of Psychological Science. 21(117), 1761-1778. doi:10.52547/JPS.21.117.1761
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Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences, Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran(Responsible author) , mohammad_dadgaran@yahoo.com
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Background: Communication skills, communication patterns, and maladaptive schemas are all key predictors of divorce, and each has been examined separately in numerous studies. However, no research has been conducted to investigate the combined effect of these three factors on divorce applicant couples and non-divorced couples.
Aims: The purpose of this study was to predict divorce based on early maladaptive schemas, communication skills, and communication patterns in non-divorced and divorce applicant couples who went to pre-divorce counseling centers.
Methods: The descriptive method was used to conduct the research (causal-comparative). The statistical population of the study included 400 divorce applicants from Tehran's District 4 in Iran. During the first half of 2021, family courts referred these samples to pre-divorce counseling centers. In addition, 400 non-divorced couples were selected as the control group. The study instruments included the Young Schema Questionnaire (FS-QS), the  Queen Dam Communication Skills (CSTR), and the Communication Patterns (CPQ), which were developed in 1998 , 2004, and 1991, respectively. The responses of the study samples to these questionnaires were analyzed using MANOVA and Logistic Regression tests .
Results: The results of regression analysis showed that 53 to 70% of the variance of divorce is explained by initial maladaptive schemas, 45 to 61% by communication skills and 17 to 22% of divorce by communication patterns. Divorce-seeking couples' communication skills are weaker than normal couples, and communication patterns of withdrawal-expectation and mutual avoidance in divorce-seeking couples are higher than normal couples. The schemes of divorced couples were lower than normal couples in only the first two incompatible schemes of distrust and inadequate self-control, and the average of the other 13 schemes is higher.
Conclusion: According to the findings, consultation, the development of communication skills and patterns, and schema therapy may all aid in the reduction of divorce cases.
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2022/01/25 | Accepted: 2022/10/2 | Published: 2022/11/23

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