The mediating role of sadness caused by separation and perceived stress in the relationship between the quality of parental involvement and release from the previous relationship in divorced women with children

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1 Mohsen Golmohammadian, Family counselor & psychotherapist(Ph.D). Department of counseling.Faculty of social sciences & education. Shahid Beheshti Blv, Razi university, Kermanshah. Iran. P.O.BOX:67149-67346

2 Master of Family Counseling, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran

10.22098/jpc.2025.16082.1272

Abstract

Aim: Parenting after divorce is one of the most important tasks for divorced parents. This research was conducted to investigate the mediating role of grief and sadness caused by separation and perceived stress in the quality of parental participation and release from the previous relationship in divorced women with children in Yasuj city. Method: Research method This correlation study and was based on structural equation modeling. the population of included all the women in divorcees with children who were referred to the counseling centers of Yasouj city, 314 people who in 2023 voluntarily declared their readiness to participate in this research. From among the volunteers, 202 people who were eligible to participate in the research responded to the indicators of release from the previous relationship (DFPR, Fisher and Bierhaus, 2007), perceived stress (PSS, Cohen et all, 1983), Quality of parental Coparental Communication (QCCS, Constance and Aarons, 1981) and sadness caused by separation (SCS, Fisher and Bierhaus, 2007). The data were analyzed using the path analysis of structural equations method.

Finding: The results showed that the proposed model is a good fit. The results showed that the two variables of perceived stress and sadness caused by separation had an indirect and significant effect on the relationship between the quality of parental involvement and separation from the previous relationship (p = 0.001) and also found shows a direct effect on the quality of the shared relationship on separation of the previous relationship (p = 0.001). According to the obtained findings,

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Preventive Counseling

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Available Online from 11 September 2025

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