Qualitative investigation of divorce withdrawal experience in couples: a data-based research: A Grounded Research

Document Type : Original Article

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1 student of PHD in Counseling /atu

2 Associate Professor of Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to develop a model of divorce withdrawal based on the lived experience of couples returning to marital relationship. Method: This study was conducted using Strauss and Corbyn Grounded Research method. The participants were selected by purposive sampling, and 7 couples (14 people) who had returned to married life without compulsion were selected as the sample. The data collection tool was semi-structured interviews. Interviews were conducted with the participants in accordance with the entry and exit criteria and ethical standards. To analyze and analyze the data, open, axial, and selective coding steps were performed. Finally, causal, contextual, nuclear categories, facilitating and intervening factors, strategies and consequences in the pattern of divorce withdrawal in the Kurdish life-world. Results: As a result of the coding process. 1) Causal conditions and factors: (11 open codes and 3 central codes 2) Nuclear category: (15 open codes and 1 axial code / 1 selective code), 3) Contextual conditions and factors: 6 open codes and 1 pivot code), 4) Facilitator/Intervening Conditions and Factors, a) Facilitative Conditions and Factors: (31 Open Codes and 4 Pivotal Codes), b) Interventionist conditions and factors: (18 open codes and 3 axial codes), 5) Strategies: (13 open codes and 3 axial codes), and 6) Consequences: (12 open codes and 1 axial code/ 1 selective code) were achieved. As a result, the components of six factors, with a coherent formulation, portrayed the renunciation of divorce in the Kurdish lived experience.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 26 August 2025
  • Receive Date: 30 October 2024
  • Revise Date: 17 February 2025
  • Accept Date: 26 August 2025
  • Publish Date: 26 August 2025