Treating Infidelity: Considering Narratives of Attachment

Duba, Jill D.; Kindsvatter, Aaron; Lara, Tracy M.

doi:10.1177/1066480708323198

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“…Research by Mikulincer and Shaver (2007) showed that avoidant individuals hold themselves in high regard and therefore reason that through cheating they can share more of themselves with others. Duba, Kindsvatter, and Lara (2008) demonstrated that insecure-anxious individuals, who have a negative view of themselves, are more likely to cheat because they need high levels of attention, approval, and support from others. According to Platt, Nalbone, Casanova, and Wetchler (2008), parents who engage in infidelity are more likely to have children who also participate in extradyadic relationships.…”

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Attachment and Student Success During the Transition to College

Kurland

Siegel

2013

NACADA Journal

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We used 2 studies to examine attachment security and college student success. In the 1st study, 85 first-semester students provided information on attachment dimensions and psychological, ethi cal, and social indices. More anxious students performed worse academically in college than they had in high school and indicated they would be more willing to cheat; they also scored lower on measures of academic locus of control and self-esteem than their peers. Securely attached students reported low levels of depression and anxiety. Findings were supported with regression analysis conducted with controls for attachment avoidance, high school grade-point average, and gender. A 2nd follow-up study showed that college students who had plagiarized papers reported high levels of attachment anxiety. The contribution of attachment theory to academic advising is discussed.

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Section: Study 2 Discussionmentioning

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Attachment and Student Success During the Transition to College

Kurland

Siegel

2013

NACADA Journal

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“…O menor investimento, e consequente menor compromisso com o parceiro, poderão reduzir as barreiras ao envolvimento com terceiros. Além disso, o indivíduo evitante poderá utilizar a infidelidade como forma de reduzir o envolvimento emocional e aumentar o distanciamento em relação ao parceiro (Duba, Kindsvatter, & Lara, 2008).…”

Section: Revista Iberoamericana De Diagnóstico Y Evaluación -E Avaliaunclassified

Os Sete Lados do Triângulo: Desenvolvimento do Questionário Multidimensional de Comportamentos Extrarrelacionais (QMCER)

Viegas¹,

Moreira²

2016

Rev. Iberoam. Diagn. Eval.-Aval. P.

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ResumoA infidelidade nas relações de casal é um acontecimento frequente e com consequências potencialmente gravosas para os envolvidos. Apesar desta importância, existe uma escassez de instrumentos para a sua avaliação psicológica, que importa minorar. Nesse sentido, foi elaborado o Questionário Multidimensional de Comportamentos Extrarrelacionais (QMCER), composto por 6 secções. Análises em componentes principais (N≥156) sustentam a ideia de que o QMCER permite avaliar a ocorrência de 3 tipos de comportamentos extrarrelacionais (envolvimento sexual, envolvimento afetivo e desejo sexual), 7 dimensões associadas às caraterísticas da infidelidade, suas motivações e consequências da mesma, e 4 fatores ligados à motivação para a fidelidade, que se organizam de forma semelhante à postulada pela teoria da autodeterminação. Os valores do coeficiente alfa de Cronbach são geralmente adequados, com exceção de algumas escalas que requerem desenvolvimento futuro. As correlações entre as escalas e com outros instrumentos fornecem dados positivos quanto à validade do QMCER.Palavras-chave: infidelidade, conjugalidade, psicologia evolutiva, vinculação, género AbstractInfidelity in couple relationships is a common event, and one with potentially serious consequences for those involved. In spite of its importance, there is a scarcity of instruments for its psychological evaluation, which it would be important to compensate for. For that purpose, the Questionário Multidimensional de Comportamentos Extrarrelacionais (QMCER; Multidimensional Extra-Relational Behaviors Questionnaire) has been developed, and is composed of 6 sections. Principal components analyses (N≥156) sustain the idea that the QMCER can evaluate the occurrence of 3 types of extra-relational behaviors (sexual involvement, affective involvement and sexual desire), 7 dimensions associated with infidelity characteristics, motivations, and consequences, and 4 factors related to motivations for fidelity, which are organized in a way compatible with self-determination theory. Cronbach alpha values are generally adequate, with the exception of a few scales that need further development. Correlations among the scales and with other instruments provide good indications regarding the validity of the QMCER.Keywords: infidelity, marriage, evolutionary psychology, attachment, gender Este trabalho foi financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia através da BD/61504/2009.

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“…However, in most cases, context was primarily understood as relationship factors along with aspects of individual functioning and family of origin issues: “…exploration of these undercurrents, these unseen foundations [multigenerational roots], will become one of the primary goals of the therapy” (Moultrup, 2005). Culture was also mentioned as a contextual component (i.e., Allen & Atkins, 2005; Duba, Kindsvatter, & Lara, 2008; Dupree et al., 2007) as well as social scripts (Parker, Berger, & Campbell, 2010), but suggestions for how to work with these issues were only included when personal or societal narratives were identified as a clinical focus, as in this example from Duba et al. (2008):…”

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Do Therapists Address Gender and Power in Infidelity? A Feminist Analysis of the Treatment Literature

Williams

Knudson‐Martin

2012

J Marital Family Therapy

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Sociocontextual factors such as gender and power play an important role in the etiology of affairs and in recovery from them, yet it is unclear how current treatment models address these issues. Drawing on feminist epistemology, this study utilized a grounded theory analysis of 29 scholarly articles and books on infidelity treatment published between 2000 and 2010 to identify the circumstances under which gender and power issues were or were not part of treatment. We found five conditions that limit attention to gender and power: (a) speaking (or assuming) as though partners are equal, (b) reframing infidelity as a relationship problem, (c) limiting discussion of societal context to background, (d) not considering how societal gender and power patterns impact relationship dynamics, and (e) limiting discussion of ethics on how to position around infidelity. Analysis explored how each occurred across three phases of couple therapy. The findings provide a useful foundation for a sociocontextual framework for infidelity treatment.

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Treating Infidelity: Considering Narratives of Attachment

Cited by 26 publications

References 20 publications

Attachment and Student Success During the Transition to College

Attachment and Student Success During the Transition to College

Os Sete Lados do Triângulo: Desenvolvimento do Questionário Multidimensional de Comportamentos Extrarrelacionais (QMCER)

Do Therapists Address Gender and Power in Infidelity? A Feminist Analysis of the Treatment Literature

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