TY - JOUR
T1 - Reasons That Could Lead People to Divorce in an Evolutionary Perspective
T2 - Evidence from Cyprus
AU - Apostolou, Menelaos
AU - Constantinou, Constantinos
AU - Anagnostopoulos, Stavros
PY - 2018/5/9
Y1 - 2018/5/9
N2 - In the current research, we aimed to identify the reasons that could drive people to get a divorce. In Study 1, we employed qualitative research methods, and we identified 62 reasons that could potentially drive people to get a divorce. Using quantitative research methods, in Study 2 we classified these reasons into 7 broader factors. We found that being a harmful spouse was the most important factor for divorce, followed by incompatibility and in-law problems. We also found significant sex differences in several factors such as women indicating a higher willingness than men to divorce a harmful spouse. In addition, participants with children were less willing to divorce a harmful spouse than those who had no children. Finally, using second-order principal components analysis, we classified the 7 factors into 2 broader domains of reasons for getting a divorce.
AB - In the current research, we aimed to identify the reasons that could drive people to get a divorce. In Study 1, we employed qualitative research methods, and we identified 62 reasons that could potentially drive people to get a divorce. Using quantitative research methods, in Study 2 we classified these reasons into 7 broader factors. We found that being a harmful spouse was the most important factor for divorce, followed by incompatibility and in-law problems. We also found significant sex differences in several factors such as women indicating a higher willingness than men to divorce a harmful spouse. In addition, participants with children were less willing to divorce a harmful spouse than those who had no children. Finally, using second-order principal components analysis, we classified the 7 factors into 2 broader domains of reasons for getting a divorce.
KW - divorce
KW - evolutionary perspective on divorce
KW - qualitative research methods
KW - quantitative research methods
KW - reasons for divorce
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85046657563&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10502556.2018.1469333
DO - 10.1080/10502556.2018.1469333
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046657563
SP - 1
EP - 20
JO - Journal of Divorce and Remarriage
JF - Journal of Divorce and Remarriage
SN - 1050-2556
ER -