The Relationship between Emotional Divorce and Work-family Conflict in the Clinical Staff of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 MSc, Dept of Nursing, Health Department, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.

2 Associate Prof, Dept of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.

3 Assistant Prof, Dept of Community Health Nurse, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, kerman, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction: Emotional divorce is a hidden problem in life of many couples that can adversely affect their performance. This study aimed at investigating the relationship between emotional divorce and work-family conflict in the clinical staff of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences.
Materials and Methods: This study employed a descriptive-correlational research design. The research population included all medical staff working in Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences in 205. A total number of 300 medical staff was as the respondents in the research sample using stratified random sampling. The required data were collected using a demographic data questionnaire, emotional divorce questionnaire, and work-family conflict questionnaire. The collected data were entered into SPSS software (version 21) and were analyzed by using independent samples t-test and the Pearson correlation coefficient at the significance level of 0.05 (p<0.05).
Results: The findings of this study showed that among the 300 participants, 68 (22.7%) were males and 232 (77/3%) were females. The analysis of the respondents’ emotional divorce scored showed that 58.3% of the respondents were classified in the poor group, 25% in the moderate group, and 16.7% were in the top group. Besides, work-family conflict was found to have a significant relationship with emotional divorce (p=0.001). The results of the study concerning the demographic variables indicated that the couples working as colleagues, financial status, family relations, sexual satisfaction, and the type of marriage were significantly correlated with emotional divorce and work-family conflict (p=0.001).
Conclusion: According to results of this study, it can be concluded that clinical staff are at risk of developing emotional divorce. Also, there was a significant relationship between emotional divorce and work-family conflict.

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