Presenting a causal model of divorce in married men referred to counseling centers based on irrelevant communication beliefs and individual differentiation with the mediating role of sexual function and marital frustration

Communication irrational beliefs, individual differentiation, and marital frustration are factors that cause divorce in men. But the main question is whether there is a meaningful relationship between irrational beliefs and differentiation mediated by sexual function and marital frustration with the tendency to divorce men?

To present a causal model of divorce tendency of married men referred to counseling centers based on irrational communication beliefs and individual differentiation with mediating role of sexual function and marital frustration.

This was a correlational and analytical survey. The statistical population consisted of all married men referring to counseling centers throughout the city of Tehran. A sample of 240 individuals was selected by random sampling method. The instruments are: Adelson & Epstein Communication Standardized Beliefs Questionnaire, Individual Differentiation (1982), Rosen et al. (2000), Men's Sexual Function (FSEI), Nihuis & Bartel Marital Disappointment, and Roosevelt, Johnson & Divorce Tendency Moreau (1986). data were analyzed using multiple regression and path analysis.

The components of irrational beliefs about communication and individual differentiation were correlated with the mediating role of sexual function and marital frustration in the tendency to divorce in men (p<0/05).

Reducing marital frustration and irrational communication beliefs can have a positive effect along with increasing individual differentiation and sexual function of men in decreasing divorce tendency of men with marital problems.