Emotional Divorce in Married Teachers in Sirjan during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The main purpose of this article is to investigate the sociological factors affecting emotional divorce in married teachers in Sirjan during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The research method is quantitative-descriptive and the technique is questionnaire. The statistical population, due to the importance of the subject and belonging to the teachers' community, are couples working in the education sector. According to the statistics of the Sirjan Education Organization, the number is 3,000, whereas based on Cochran's formula, 321 people were randomly selected. The Descriptive and inferential statistics and also the SPSS and Amos 18 software were used in data analysis. Findings indicate that among the variables affecting emotional divorce, the highest mean was sexual satisfaction and the lowest mean was burnout. The variables of sexual satisfaction, marital unity after coronation, democratic structure of power in the family, social capital (cognitive within the group) have a significant and inverse effect on emotional divorce. 92% of the variance of the emotional divorce variable can be explained by the mentioned variables. There is a significant difference between the average emotional divorce of couples in terms of number of children.