University Students'perceptions Of, and Explanations For, Infidelity: The Development of the Infidelity Questionnaire (Infq)

Yeniçeri, Zuhal; Kökdemir, Doğan

doi:10.2224/sbp.2006.34.6.639

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“…Many individuals feel that secretly becoming emotionally involved with an outside party is enough to constitute infidelity. Demonstrating these beliefs in a sample of Turkish university students, Yeniçeri & Kökdemir (2006) found that more than 70 percent of participants thought that either sexual or emotional infidelity could be regarded as an act of betrayal. Because "research that limits the definition of infidelity to sexual intercourse minimizes the devastating effects that other types of sexual involvement and emotional connections can have on relationships" (Blow & Hartnett, 2005, p. A plethora of researchers agree that both infidelity types must be explored in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of this phenomenon, and many have done so in relation to which infidelity type is more distressing or upsetting: emotional infidelity or sexual infidelity.…”

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Effects of Sex, Sexual Orientation, Infidelity Expectations, and Love on Distress related to Emotional and Sexual Infidelity

Leeker

Carlozzi

2012

J Marital Family Therapy

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of participant sex, sexual orientation, infidelity expectations, and love on emotional responses to emotional and sexual infidelity. Participants (72 lesbian women, 114 heterosexual women, 53 gay men, and 57 heterosexual men) completed a demographic form, continuous emotion ratings in response to hypothetical infidelity scenarios, the Infidelity Expectations Questionnaire (IEQ), and the Triangular Love Scale. Sex, sexual orientation, and commitment and intimacy among partners were significant predictors of various emotional responses to sexual and emotional infidelity. Alternatively, passion among partners and expectations about a partner's likelihood of committing infidelity were not significant predictors of emotional reactions to infidelity. Across participants, sexual infidelity elicited more distressing feelings than emotional infidelity. Group differences were also found, with women responding with stronger emotions to emotional and sexual infidelity than men, and heterosexuals rating emotional and sexual infidelity as more emotionally distressing than lesbian and gay individuals. Sex and sexual orientation differences emerged regarding the degree to which specific emotions were reported in response to sexual and emotional infidelity. Clinical implications are offered, including how mental health professionals might use these findings to help clients cope with the negative effects of infidelity on romantic relationships.

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“…After constructing a questionnaire that stated possible reasons for committing infidelity, Yeniçeri & Kökdemir (2006) surveyed 404 students at a university in Turkey who had a mean age of 21.90. When asked if they had ever been unfaithful to a partner, almost 20% of participants admitted to cheating at least once.…”

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Effects of Sex, Sexual Orientation, Infidelity Expectations, and Love on Distress related to Emotional and Sexual Infidelity

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Carlozzi

2012

J Marital Family Therapy

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“…Consistent with the results of this study, other investigations have also suggested that some of the extra-marital relationships originate from marital life frustration. In this regard, sensation-seeking as a reaction against frustration is considered as one of the most important factors in predicting infidelity (Yeniceri & Kökdemir, 2006). It seems that the personality traits of sensation-seeking people are associated with the risk of sexual behaviors which are new, diverse, and impulsive.…”

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Analysis of the Reasons for Infidelity in Women with Extra-marital Relationships: A Qualitative Study

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Etemadi²,

Ahmadi³

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Due to the higher statistics of male infidelity, the focus of previous studies has been on investigating the reasons for infidelity in this gender group. On the other hand; since marital infidelity is a phenomenon that affects every country's culture, people, and even families, the results of research studies conducted overseas cannot be fully implicated to Iranian families. To this end, this study aimed at analyzing the reasons behind infidelity in women with extra-marital relationships in the form of a qualitative study. This study was conducted through a qualitative research approach and by using the content analysis method. Participants included 11 women referred to the counseling centers in the city of Isfahan. Purposive sampling was used and continued until data saturation. Semi-structured interviews were employed as the primary method of data collection. The data were analyzed via qualitative content analysis and constant comparative analysis methods. After the examination and division of the basic concepts, 800 initial codes were extracted from interviews. The categories were created based on the codes following several reviews and summarizations on the basis of similarities. By the nature, these conceptual and abstract themes were named in three categories of intrapersonal factors, marital conflicts, and sexual reasons. The factors affecting female infidelity in this study had three dimensions. These factors included intrapersonal factors, marital conflicts, and sexual reasons. These findings can help psychologists, family counselors, and planners in the field of the social sciences identify the efficient scopes and purposes.

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“…Buna göre bazı erkek ve kadınlar bir kişiden sevgi tatmini bir diğer kişiden ise cinsel tatmin arama eğiliminde olabilirler. Yeniçeri ve Kökdemir (2006) aldatmaya zemin hazırlayan faktörleri inceledikleri çalışmalarında; suçlama, sosyal yapı, baştan çıkarma, cinsellik, intikam ve uyaran arayışı kavramlarını ortaya koymuşlardır. Bu kavramlardan suçlama; daha çok kadınların kocalarını aldatma nedenlerini açıklamak için kullanılmaktadır.…”

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University Students'perceptions Of, and Explanations For, Infidelity: The Development of the Infidelity Questionnaire (Infq)

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Effects of Sex, Sexual Orientation, Infidelity Expectations, and Love on Distress related to Emotional and Sexual Infidelity

Effects of Sex, Sexual Orientation, Infidelity Expectations, and Love on Distress related to Emotional and Sexual Infidelity

Analysis of the Reasons for Infidelity in Women with Extra-marital Relationships: A Qualitative Study

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