The Predictive Ability of Marital distress in Emotional Divorce among married teachers in Karak Governorate

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the predictive ability of marital distress in emotional divorce among married teachers in Karak governorate. In order to achieve the study objectives, sample that consisted of (268) married teachers, two scales were also developed and applied (marital distress scale and emotional divorce scale), and their psychometric properties were verified. The results indicated that the level of marital distress and emotional divorce for the sample was moderate and collectively explains the contribution of (78%) of the variation in emotional divorce. As for the contribution of each dimension of marital distress in emotional divorce, the contribution of emotional relationships was (74.3%), while the contribution of the communication and interaction revealed (2.8%), and finally the contribution of the cognitive structure reached (0.09%). The results also found that married female teachers don't differ in marital distress and emotional divorce according to the variables of the number of years of marriage and educational level. The study included a number of recommendations, including holding courses and counseling programs for married and prospective married to develop their awareness to alleviate marital distress and to reduce emotional divorce.