Türkiye Adalet Akademisi Dergisi

Yazarlar: Ayşegül Sayan KARAHAN, İbrahim YILDIRIM

Konular:Hukuk

Anahtar Kelimeler:Divorce,Post-divorce adjustment,Divorce beliefs.

Özet: Although marriage is a widespread form of relationship which has a long history, as a result of various social changes, divorce rate of marriages has been increasing. Divorce is a crisis situation that requires re-adaptation. In other countries, various theorotical explanations and researches have been made about post-divorce adjustment. In Turkey, there were a limited number of research regarding post-divorce adjustment. In this study, it is aimed to determine the predictors of post-divorce adjustment in a Turkish population. It has been thought that determining the variables predicting post-divorce adjustment can provide resources for preventive family court practices for divorced individuals to have a healthier divorce process. With participation of 504 divorcees in this study, Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale, Divorce Beliefs Scale, which was developed in this study, and Personel Information Form was used.According to multiple lineer stepwise regression analysis findings; it was found that variables such as divorce beliefs, social activity participation, finding divorce desicion accurate, gender, having friendship support, time since divorce are predicting post-divorce adjustment significiantly. The findings were discuused in the light of literature and recommendations regarding court-based psycho-education programes, measures and social assessment reports were made.

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