Risk Factors for Breach of Contract in Couples with Marital Infidelity

Today, breach of contract in marital relations has become a worrying one of the hidden social harms of society. The aim of this study was to study the process and contextual conditions of contract breaking in marital relationships.

This study was performed qualitatively with the foundation data theory method. The statistical population included couples with experience of breach of contract in marital relations in 2018 that 32 people were selected by purposive sampling and theoretical saturation criteria. Semi-structured interview method was used to collect information. Data were systematically analyzed in three stages of open, central and selective coding.

Analysis of the content of the information obtained from the interviews led to the identification of 10 sub-categories and 3 main categories including risk factors in the premarital life of the contractor (socio-environmental causes before marriage), how to get to know the spouse (get to know the spouse) And risk factors after marriage and during married life (socio-environmental causes after marriage) in the process of contract formation in marital relationships and 18 sub-categories and 3 main categories including intrinsic risk factors (individual and personality factors), interpersonal risk factors (Family and economic factors) and general risk factors (cultural and social) in the context of contextual conditions in the marital relationship.

Although most people considered the unfulfilled expectations of marriage and dissatisfaction with emotional-sexual needs in the marital relationship as the main reason for breaking the contract, but the influence of attitudes and personal characteristics should not be left to chance. In fact, disability breeding is due to several reasons that the formation process begins before marriage and individual, family-marital and social factors affect its.