Divorce and Its Psychological and Social Effects on the Children of Divorced People from Their Viewpoint in the Jordanian Society

Safia M Jabali,Sami Salameh Al-Massarweh

doi:10.5539/mas.v16n2p1

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the psychological and social effects of divorce on children from their viewpoint, and to achieve the aim of the study A questionnaire was developed consisting of (17) items that were distributed to a sample of (100) children of the divorced, and they were randomly selected. The researchers used the descriptive and analytical method for the study. The study concluded that feeling fear and anxiety about the future and the accumulation of worries and diseases is one of the most psychological effects that children of divorced men are exposed to, and it leads the individual to a feeling of inferiority and lack of self-esteem. While the most social factors affecting the members of the study sample were that divorce leads children to bad company due to poor family control over them. Then society viewed them as an inferior view that they are not socially qualified. The results of the study also showed that there were no statistically significant differences attributed to the age or gender variable, while statistically significant differences appeared due to the scientific qualification variable.

Highlights

Divorce is a social phenomenon since the emergence of humanity and the rise of ancient human civilizations, and its names have multiplied, such as separation, divorce, abandonment, neglect and others
The social, economic, political and technological changes have played a major role in the disintegration of marital life and the increase in divorce cases, which generate negative effects on the individual, the family and society
The children of divorced people are the victims of divorce and family disintegration, as they face many problems such as frustration, anxiety and psychological diseases

Summary

Introduction

Divorce is a social phenomenon since the emergence of humanity and the rise of ancient human civilizations, and its names have multiplied, such as separation, divorce, abandonment, neglect and others. Marital status and the increase in divorce rates every year, both in the Arab community in general and the Jordanian society in particular as the cases of divorce for the year 2020 reached (22780) in the Jordanian society, according to what was stated by the Chief Justice Dr Abdel-Hafez Al-Rabtah on Wednesday 3/2/2021 in a press conference. That this phenomenon has become threatening the stability of the family and society, both in terms of social, economic and psychological (Khudair, 2004). On the life of children, their upbringing, their care and their psychological, cognitive and behavioral development, and for this reason the phenomenon of divorce has become in need of treatment and attention through educational, social, psychological and legal studies carried out by a team of specialists and those interested in this field to work on rehabilitating and educating young people coming to marriage about the concept of marriage and its importance and the rights of each one They are for the sake of family cohesion and the success of marital life, which reduces divorce cases in society

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