Attitude of Married Couples Towards Divorce: A Comparative Study

Divorce is a term not so commonly used in our society but is closely related to a phenomena which is celebrated magnificently i.e., marriage. It is a process which involves changes which are life altering for some and to some which just give a sense of freedom. This study analyses the attitude towards divorce by married couples comparing two groups viz., newly-wed couples and couples who have been married for a longer duration. This comparative study chose 60 participants majority being women through purposive sampling and administered the Attitude Towards Divorce Scale (Kinnard & Gerrard, 1986) along with gathering other relevant information to understand their attitudes and analysed the results using SPSS. It was revealed that in today’s time there was no significant difference in the attitudes towards divorce by these two groups after performing the independent t-test but also revealed that Poor communication with partner or family members and Lack of support from them could be reasons to consider divorce between these two groups.