The risk of physical and psychological abuse with children in families involved in emotional divorce and formal divorce

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Esmat Mehrjoo and Ladan Hashem (Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan Iran)

The main objective of this research is to investigate the difference between bad behavior with children in families involved in formal and emotional divorce. The research sample included a group involved in formal divorce consisting of 39 parents divorced and 39 pre-school and school-aged children and a group involved in emotional divorce consisting of 34 parents divorcing and pre-school and school-aged children. They were selected using targeted sampling in Neyriz City. In order to identify the females involved in emotional divorce, their score was taken into consideration in comparison to emotional divorce scale whose reliability and validity was confirmed. In order to measure the child abuse, the child abuse scale was used. After performing these scales on the sample, data collected was analyzed using SPSS and Multi-variable ANOVA and T-test on the independent groups. The findings implied that in families involved in emotional divorce, the emotional and mental and physical child abuse was more than the families involved in formal one. These findings indicate that the emotional divorce is more damaging for children than the formal one.