چکیده (انگلیسی):

The purpose of this research was to discover the prediction of divorce between Zanjan couples based on
mental disorders and demographic characteristics. The research design was casual–comparative. As divorce prone
couples, 60 males and females (30 couples), were selected who were initially referred to divorce crisis Intervention Centre
in Zanjan. As for normal couples sampling, 30 students from Zanjan schools, whose parents were members of normal
couples, were selected. The Inventories were SCL-90 and demographic Questionnaire. From the dimensions of SCL-90,
the groups were significantly different at all (p<0.05). The results of Logistic Regression analysis for SCL-90 showed that
overall Somatization, depression and paranoid significantly predicted divorce in couples. So Somatization, depression and
paranoid increase the probability of divorce. Also results of Logestic Regression analysis for demographic variables
showed that increasing the number of children, income and the education decrease it. The findings underline the
importance of mental disorders and demographic characteristics in divorce.