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Emotionally Stable, Extraverted, Conscientious, and Unambivalent: Iranian Women Successfully Navigating Divorce Adjustment
Journal
Journal of Family Issues
Volume
42
Number
9
Pages / Article-Number
2181-2206
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to explore the extent to which the combination of the Big Five personality traits and adult attachment styles are associated with a broad array of divorce adjustment (DA) indicators. A total of 200 Iranian divorced women took part in the study. Participants completed a series of self-rating questionnaires covering socio-demographic, the Big Five, adult attachment styles, and indicators of DA. The results showed that higher levels of the Big Five (with neuroticism reverse-coded) were collectively associated with higher levels of feeling of self-worth, disentanglement of love relationships (DLRS), social self-worth, rebuilding of social trust, lower levels of symptoms of grief, and feelings of self-anger. Higher levels of secure attachment were associated with higher levels of self-worth and DLRS. Lower levels of ambivalent attachment were associated with higher levels of DLRs, rebuilding of social trust, and lower levels of grief symptoms and feeling of self-anger. The role of Iranian culture on post-DA is discussed.
