Compilation and pathological evaluation of cultural factors underlying the spread of divorce from the perspective of experts in developing countries (case study - women in Tehran Region 1)

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

sanaz golijanimoghadam ¹ , seyed reza salehiamiri ² , محمدخانی mohamadkhani ³ , Abbas Ali Ghayomi ⁴

1 - PhD in Cultural Management and Planning, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran
2 - Department of Cultural Management and Planning and Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
3 - Vice-Chancellor for Management and Economics, Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran
4 - Associate Professor and Faculty member of Department of Management and Cultural Planning, Islamic Azad University of Tehran North Branch, Iran

Received: 2021-11-10 Accepted : 2022-03-02 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: divorce of women, Cultural development, pathology of cultural factors, Developing Countries,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study is to compile and pathologically evaluate the cultural factors underlying the spread of divorce from the perspective of experts in developing countries (case study - women in region one of Tehran). The research is qualitative in terms of data and information and applied in terms of purpose and exploratory descriptive in terms of method with Delphi technique. The size of the statistical population and the statistical sample, including 30 experts and academics in the field of culture, was done purposefully. In this study, the Delphi technique (obtaining expert opinion), with the help of a questionnaire and interviews with experts, was conducted to obtain and compile the validity and content validity of cultural factors and components underlying the spread of women's divorce in District One of Tehran. Qualitative findings of the research with regard to the consensus of experts in the subset of each of the 11 factors and components (information and communication technology, media, education, cultural invasion, cultural conflict, lifestyle, urban life luxuries, migration, tourism, Religious beliefs, inequality), in the form of pathology of all cultural factors underlying the spread of women's divorce in the form of pathology approach (behavioral, structural, contextual), and the dimensions of systemic components (individual, family, government, society), formulated and It was finalized and provided the basis for the development of a researcher-made questionnaire for future quantitative and qualitative (mixed) research of researchers in this field.