Examining women's life experience of continuing their married life after revealing their husband's breach of contract

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Shima Shafie, Master of Family Counseling, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

2 Afsaneh Ghanbari Panah,, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch

Abstract
This research was conducted with the aim of women's lived experience of continuing married life after the disclosure of the husband's breach of contract. The research method was a qualitative type of phenomenological type. The statistical population of the research was all the women living in Tehran in 1402 who preferred to stay in married life after experiencing their husband's breach of contract. The research sample included 8 women from this community selected in a purposeful sampling. A semi-structured interview was used to collect the data. The obtained information is the steps of information analysis based on the data obtained from the research questions raised in the form of the interview. From the analysis of the data obtained in this research, 2 main themes and 6 sub-themes including intrapersonal (unforgiveness, experience of inner feelings, personal changes) and interpersonal (interpersonal injury, relationship improvement, perception of support) from The view of the participants regarding the experience of breaking the contract of the wife has been revealed, which can show women's understanding of the phenomenon of breaking the contract from the interviewees' point of view. Therefore, it is suggested to design and implement programs in medical centers to reduce the psychological problems of women who had the experience of breaking the contract with their husbands.

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