Evaluation of the Effect of Virtual Social Networks on Divorce Rate (Case Study of Shadegan City)

It seems that social networks, the widest and fastest communication network, play roles in the phenomenon of divorce and their impact on marital life. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between the rate of using social networks and divorce rate in Shadegan city in 2018. The statistical population of this study includes all divorced among divorced Men and women aged between 20 and 40 years who were studied for the relationship between social networks and divorce rate in Shadegan city. The sample size was 170 individuals of the target population. The survey methodology was used in this research. The questionnaire of the positive and negative effects of social networks and divorce readiness scale have been used in this research. The research showed that there was a significant and direct correlation between the rate of using social networks and divorce in Shadegan city. It was found in this research that there was no significant correlation among the components of virtual communication with friends and others, popular participation, targeted antireligious and internet publicity, the rapid formation of news, false rumors, and divorce, but there is a significant and positive correlation among the components of education, targeted antireligious and internet publicity, individuals’ invasion of privacy, Negative Behavioral Impact and the rate of divorce.