The role of social networks and women's identity styles in marital instability

The overall goal of the present study is to determine the role of addiction to social networks, feminist tendencies and identity styles in marital instability among women in Arak. The statistical population of this study is all married women in this city and the statistical population was assumed to be unlimited and 384 samples were selected by the sampling method available in the spring of 1398 and the data were used in questionnaires. The Stability of Marriage Index, the Identity Style Scale, the Internet Addiction Questionnaire, and the Feminist Orientation Questionnaire were obtained from married women present in public places, offices, universities, and libraries. The results of the study showed that addiction to social networks indicates that women have a detrimental dependence on the Internet and social networks. Findings also show that among identity styles, information identity style has the highest and normative identity style has the least intensity of relationship with instability of marriage.