Cohen O, Savaya R
Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Fam Process. 1997 Sep;36(3):225-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1997.00225.x.
This article presents the findings of a preliminary, qualitative, exploratory study of divorce in Israeli-Arab society from the perspectives of divorced women living in Jaffa, Israel, and of Arab professionals engaged in therapeutic work. It explores the causes of divorce, the women's coping with the divorce process, and what constitutes post-divorce adjustment, based on the experiences of nine divorced Moslem Arab women and the input of six Arab professionals. The women attributed their divorces to extreme external factors: their husband's substance abuse, mental illness, and/or severe physical violence against them, as well as to interference by their husband's family of origin. They told of coping by relying on their inner resources and the strength their children gave them, while their own families of origin were almost uniformly critical and rejecting. They defined post-divorce adjustment as passing the test of female honor posed by their community, which they did by downplaying their femininity and immersing themselves in housework and childcare. The findings were compared with the research and clinical knowledge that has accumulated on divorce in Western society.
本文呈现了一项初步的、定性的、探索性研究的结果，该研究从居住在以色列雅法的离异女性以及从事治疗工作的阿拉伯专业人士的角度，对以色列阿拉伯社会中的离婚现象进行了探讨。基于九位离异的穆斯林阿拉伯女性的经历以及六位阿拉伯专业人士的意见，研究探讨了离婚的原因、女性应对离婚过程的方式，以及离婚后适应的构成要素。这些女性将她们的离婚归因于极端的外部因素：丈夫的药物滥用、精神疾病和/或对她们的严重身体暴力，以及丈夫原生家庭的干涉。她们讲述了依靠自身内在资源以及孩子给予的力量来应对，而她们自己的原生家庭几乎都持批评和排斥态度。她们将离婚后的适应定义为通过社区对女性贞操的考验，她们通过淡化自己的女性特质并全身心投入家务和育儿来做到这一点。研究结果与西方社会积累的关于离婚的研究和临床知识进行了比较。
