Relationship between emotional divorce and alexithymia among married women in Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emotional divorce occurs when a couple continues to live together due to necessity and coercion but they do not have a positive or constructive relationship, which negatively affects the stability of married life. Due to the low social acceptance of a formal divorce in the Saudi society, emotional divorce is common in several families. The rigidity of feelings and emotions within the family and the inability to express them may indicate the presence of alexithymia, which could result in the collapse of the family system and place the people involved at risk of mental health problems such as depression. Therefore, it is important to determine the prevalence of emotional divorce among married women in Saudi Arabia and to examine the relationship between emotional divorce a

SUBMITTER: Al-Shahrani HF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10398916 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature