Objective: To study the qualification of divorce main factors so that it would be clarified proper
consultation-intervention solutions to decrease it by counseling methods in the courts and counseling
clinics. The divorce is categorized as the most tragic of social phenomenon, the damages and problems
of which undergone by the couple and their families before and after divorce and the effective factors of
this phenomenon incidence have been studied for many years. Divorce has different factors and it can
never clarify a specific one as the main factor of divorce.
Materials and methods: This survey studied the divorce creating factors in divorce applicants in Tehran
Family courts (Shahid Mahalati-Vanak) during 2010-2011. The applicants of sampling group were
including 300 referred ones from the courts, and the research method was descriptive and crosssectional
accomplishing by structured interview. Findings were shown as frequency and percent.
Results: The results showed that the important factors of divorce request are including in order of
psychic factors (93.3%), social and cultural factors (87.3%), sexual factors (88%), economical factors
(80.3%), and violence (84.3%), and it may be multi-factors as well.
Conclusion: In addition to recommendation for more study in these fields, the results of this survey
suggest to apply the necessary programming in teaching and counseling before the marriage as well as
the necessity of informing the couple in receiving professional consults in time of problem incidence and
proceeding for divorce in order to prevent from divorce incidence.