The Role of Psychological Factors in Predicting Consensual Divorce and Presenting a Model of Related Factors in Zanjan

Increasing divorce and its negative consequences have led to the studies of effective factors in creating and preventing it. The present study was conducted to determine the role of psychological factors in predicting consensual divorce and a model based on the presneted related factors. The method used in this study was descriptive research and the research type was correlation .The statistical population of divorce clients agreed to participate were from Zanjan family complex in 1396. 120 people were selected by available sampling method and the questionnaires used were as follows: the short form of Big Five Personality Scale (Costa and Mc Crae, 1985), Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (mini malt, Iranian form, 2015), early maladaptive schemas (Young short form, 1988) and divorced inclination scale (Roosevelt, Johnson, and Moreau, 1986) were completed by them. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 22 software and Pearson tests, stepwise regression and independent t-test. The results showed that neuroticism had a significant positive relationship with the desire for consensual divorce and hysteria personality disorder had a significant negative relationship with the desire for consensual divorce. The desire for divorce was not significantly related to the defect and failure schemas but had a significant positive relationship with other early maladaptive schemas. (P <0.05) Stepwise regression showed that 0.34 variance related to consensual divorce based on entitlement variables (β = 0.40, t = 4.32), their neuroticism (β = 0.30, T = 3.27, hysteria (β = -0.29, t = 3.07) and paranoia (β = 0.28, t = 2.90) are predicted. Therefore, it can be concluded that identifying personality traits, personality disorders and maladaptive patterns in premarital counseling can be effective in preventing consensual divorce.