Quran and Medicine

Quran and Medicine

Predicting Marital Conflicts Based on Emotional Divorce, Marital Compatibility, and Attachment to God in Female Students with an Emphasis on Quranic Teachings

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
fateme nasiri balakoolaee 1
shahrbanoo دهرویه 2
1 Master's degree, Department of Psychology, Adib Mazandaran Institute of higher education ,Sari, Iran.
2 Assistant professor, Department of Psychology, Adib Mazandaran Institute of higher education ,Sari, Iran.
Abstract
Objective: The present study aimed to predict marital conflicts based on emotional divorce, marital adjustment, and attachment to God.
Method: In terms of purpose, this study was fundamental research, and regarding the method of data collection and analysis, it was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population consisted of all female seminarians of Al-Zahra and Narjes seminaries, totaling 600 individuals. Based on the Krejcie and Morgan table, the sample size was estimated to be 234 participants who were selected through simple random sampling. Data collection instruments included four standardized questionnaires: the Kansas Marital Conflict Questionnaire, the Gottman Emotional Divorce Questionnaire, the Locke–Wallace Marital Adjustment Scale, and the Beck and McDonald Attachment to God Questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted in two sections: descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, and charts) and inferential statistics (Kolmogorov–Smirnov test and regression analysis) using SPSS software.
Findings: The results indicated that there was a significant relationship between marital conflicts and emotional divorce (r = 0.502), marital adjustment (r = −0.621), and attachment to God (r = −0.58) among female seminarians.
Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that the stability of marital relationships among female seminarians is influenced not only by emotional and relational factors but also by their spiritual structure and value system.
Keywords
Marital conflicts
emotional divorce
marital adjustment
attachment to God
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