The role of family communication patterns, motivational structure and psychological flexibility in predicting couples' emotional divorce

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of family communication patterns, motivational structure and psychological flexibility in predicting the emotional divorce of couples. Descriptive-correlational research Method and statistical society of all couples in Ardabil city were 75000 people, of whom 400 were selected by available sampling method. Then they responded to Gatman's emotional divorce questionnaire (2008), acceptance and practice of the second edition (2011), Personal Concern Inventory (2002), and a revised family communication patterns questionnaire (1994). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that Emotional divorce with psychological flexibility, adaptive motivation structure, and communication pattern of dialogue have a negative and significant correlation with non-adaptive motivational structure and Conformity communication pattern and Meaningful. Also, the results of regression analysis showed that 45% of variance of emotional divorce variance is explained by the variables of motivational structure, family communication patterns and psychological flexibility. Emotional divorce can be reduced by providing the necessary training to improve family communication patterns, psychological flexibility and adaptive motivational structure of couples who are experiencing the problem of divorce or seeking divorce.