Divorce and Post-divorce Reconstruction types among Iranian Divorced Individuals

The purpose of this research is to study the effect of different types of divorce on different post-divorce reconstruction types among Iranian divorced people. Based on this aim, we employed a qualitative approach to find the different types of divorce and post divorce experience and also semi-structured, one-on-one in-depth interviews were used to collect data from 36 divorced men and women.
The results show that divorced individuals experience different types of divorce and there are significant differences in post-divorce experiences between these different types of divorce. We explored three major types of divorce (rational divorce, forced divorce, hasty divorce) and three main types of post-divorce reconstruction (active reconstruction, double side reconstruction and passive reconstruction). The findings show that the people who experience forced divorce have the most difficult reconstruction process, and that most of them confront their post-divorce life passively, while the people who experience rational divorce spend their post-divorce reconstruction constructively and more easily than the others. The results show that we have different types of reactions and adjustments to divorce, and every category has its own characteristics.
Implications of the findings for program support and divorce interventions are discussed.