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Divorce in the Kibbutz: lessons to be drawn
1Kibbutz Child and Family Clinic, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Family Process
|March 1, 1993
Summary
The kibbutz in Israel offers a unique setting to study emotional divorce by minimizing legal and economic barriers. Despite these societal differences, the emotional experience of divorce remains universally similar.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Psychology
- Family Studies
Background:
- The kibbutz societal structure in Israel minimizes extraneous factors in marital dissolution.
- Legal, economic, and co-parenting obstacles are largely neutralized within the kibbutz system.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the essence of an "authentic emotional divorce" in a unique societal context.
- To compare the divorce crisis in kibbutz versus non-kibbutz settings.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative analysis of divorce experiences within the kibbutz.
- Comparative study of emotional responses and influencing factors in divorce.
Main Results:
- Kibbutz settings facilitate a more focused examination of emotional divorce due to reduced external impediments.
- The quality of emotional responses and influencing factors in divorce show similarities across kibbutz and non-kibbutz environments.
Conclusions:
- The kibbutz provides a unique model for understanding emotional divorce.
- Despite societal differences, the fundamental human experience of divorce and its emotional impact is ubiquitous.