Causes and Consequences of Out-of-Marriage Relations (Case Study: Women in Rafsanjan)

Subject Areas : ‌Family

reza akbari ¹ , afsaneh tavassoli ² , bahram ghadimi ³

1 - PhD Student in Sociology of Social Groups, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2020-09-06 Accepted : 2021-02-15 Published : 2021-06-21

Keywords: Foundation Data Theory, family formation, extramarital affairs, finding independence, dream of marriage,

Abstract :

Establishing social interaction between individuals is one of the innate needs of man. Interaction and communication with others is one of the basic needs in human life. Man is looking for someone who feels happier with them and gets more pleasure and benefit from interacting with them. Different human needs make him or her exposed to different communications. The need to communicate with the opposite sex sometimes causes relationships that are outside our country's Islamic culture and custom. The purpose of this study was to investigate the causes and contexts of extramarital relationships among women in Rafsanjan. The research method is the foundation data theory which data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 15 women. The method of selecting participants was targeted and quantified by reaching the saturation stage. Out of 1127 raw data, 875 concepts, 125 sub-categories and 54 main categories were extracted from the preliminary data. Finally, the central concept of the dream of marriage was chosen as the main phenomenon that covered the rest of the categories. Attention-seeking requires the attention and affection of the other party. This attention is more focused on the emotional aspects and emotional needs of participants. The results of this study showed that the most important factor in women's tendency to extramarital affairs is "attention seeking". The most important motivation for women is the tendency to have extramarital affairs, family formation and marriage. Independence, and a desire to break free from family rules and frameworks are among the causes of this tendency.