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Sari Mentser¹, Lilach Sagiv²

¹Hebrew University Business School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. sari.mentser@mail.huji.ac.il.

Communications Psychology

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Cultural and personal values significantly influence divorce rates. Nations and individuals valuing autonomy show higher divorce rates, while those valuing tradition and conformity show lower rates.

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Area of Science:

Social Psychology
Sociology
Cross-cultural Psychology

Background:

Divorce rates vary significantly across nations and individuals.
Understanding the underlying motivations for marital dissolution is crucial for social sciences.
Value systems are known to influence societal norms and individual behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the role of cultural and personal values in motivating divorce.
To examine how value systems explain cross-national and within-nation variations in divorce.
To explore the interaction between cultural and personal values in relation to divorce.

Main Methods:

Utilized three archival studies involving over 100,000 participants from more than 55 countries.
Analyzed both attitudes toward divorce and actual divorce rates.
Applied comprehensive value frameworks to assess cultural and personal values.

Main Results:

Nations and individuals emphasizing autonomy values (e.g., self-direction, stimulation, hedonism) exhibited higher divorce rates.
Nations and individuals emphasizing embeddedness values (e.g., tradition, conformity) exhibited lower divorce rates.
The influence of personal values on divorce was more pronounced in cultures prioritizing autonomy.

Conclusions:

Value systems are significant predictors of divorce justification and likelihood.
Cultural context moderates the impact of personal values on divorce.
Understanding value congruence may be relevant for relationship longevity.