Consequences of distance in marital relationships and strategies to deal with it

The aim of this research is to study the outcomes of distance and strategies to deal with it. Thus, applying qualitative methods, with 43 men and women who were willing to participate in the research, in-depth interviews were conducted and were studied the experiences of the couples of distance, outcomes and strategies to deal with it.
After the interviews, coding and date analysis was performed to identify and examine The main topics of research: outcomes of distance and strategies to deal with it.
The strategies were classified in three categories: Maintaining and improving the relationship, indifference to the relationship, and ending the relationship. The mentioned distances have two categories of outcomes: Negative consequences include loneliness, lack of happiness, relative deprivation, etc. and positive consequences are the issues like self-assessment, freedom, skills and self-reliance, etc