Marital infidelity is usually examined solely in terms of strategies of men and women, with an emphasis on the enhanced payoff for male infidelity (provided he can get away with it). What are not clear are the strategies used, in terms of how often to engage in extra-marital affairs. It has been proposed that female strategies are governed by a “decision” to maximize the genetic diversity of he...

Past research found various immoral conducts that people with higher levels of the Dark Triad traits are more inclined to engage in, including infidelity. Marital dissatisfaction has also emerged as a factor unfaithful behaviors. However, psychological dynamics effects these personality and relational factors on infidelity less clear. This study examined potential mediational role use moral dis...

Parental infidelity largely influences the quality of relationships in family. In previous researches, focus is mainly on dyadic marital relationship couples, subsequently failing to consider how this upbringing and well-being their children. This study aims explore adult Filipino children's discovery parental impacted self-concept. Using purposive sampling, involved fourteen (14) participants,...

An unstable marital relationship, including an Islamic spouse, opens up opportunities for extramarital affairs. This study aimed to understand the dynamics of relationship between a Muslim husband and wife who face wife’s infidelity. research uses qualitative methods with phenomenological approach. The subject criterion is has had affair still married. Three subjects were selected through purpo...

Background and Objectives: Marital infidelity can endanger the mental health of the victims and cause them to hate the cheating spouse; accordingly, it is necessary to identify and reinforce the factors that help relive this painful experience. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of spiritual-religious interventions on increasing the sense of calmness and forgiveness in wo...

aim and background: considering to adverse consequences of infidelity on couples well-being and longevity of marital relationships, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between love schemas and justifications for extramarital involvement and affairs in married women. method and materials: this was a descriptive-correlation study and the samples included 250 married women who...

Introduction: The aim of current paper was to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment group therapy (ACT) and group cognitive therapy (GCT) on Alexithymia and marital boredom (MB) among women affected by marital infidelity in Mashhad. Method: This clinical trial was a double- blind study with a pretest-posttest design in which two intervention groups and one control group were i...