predicting emotional divorce based on decision- making styles and power structure of the family among employed women

The aim of current study was predicting emotional divorce based on decision- making styles and power structure of the family among employed women of the Shahrood city. In this descriptive-correlational study, all employed women in Shahrood city were considered as statistical population and among them 384 people were considered as statistical sample using Morgan table and also multi-stage sampling. Data were collected using standard questionnaires of decision making styles of Scott and Bruce (1995), Power Structure of Mahdavi and Khosroshahi (2003), as well as Gottman's emotional divorce (1995). After collecting questionnaires, data was analyzed using correlation and regression tests. The results of this study showed that The results of this study showed that the beta coefficient for immediate, avoidance, intuitive and dependent decision making styles is positive, but negative for rational decision making style. Also, the outcomes revealed that among the various dimensions of decision making styles, intuitive and rational decision-making styles are one of the most important predictors of emotional divorce. It was also founded that there is a meaningful relationship between the subsystems of power structure and emotional divorce, and all three dimensions of "method of exercising power", "building power relations" and "domains and scope of power" have ability of predicting emotional divorce. Considering the high average score in emotional divorce, appropriate measures are needed to reduce the effects and symptoms of emotional divorce to improving the marital relationships of employed women in Shahrood