What Is Infidelity? Perceptions Based on Biological Sex and Personality

Thornton, Victoria; Nagurney, Alexander

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“…Women consider an intense emotional relationship with a person outside the relationship as unfaithful involvement, even if it does not have a physical component. For men, the priority is to have physical contact, typically sexual, to constitute infi delity, without emotional involvement (Thornton & Nagurney, 2011).The reasons that lead people to become involved with someone outside the relationship are the most varied and complex throughout the life. In the 1990s, Lusterman (1998) pointed out that people are unfaithful for a variety of reasons, which may be related to the family of origin, to beliefs about the opposite sex, or to a sense of vulnerability at some point in the life cycle, such as the birth of a child.…”

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Marital Inﬁ delity: The Experience of Men and Women

Scheeren¹,

Apellániz²,

Wagner³

2018

Temas Psicol.

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This article aims to investigate the experience of infi delity in married or cohabiting men and women, considering the frequency, types of behaviors and reasons for infi delity. Participants of the study were 237 subjects, 106 men and 131 women, aged between 21 and 73 years (M=38; SD=11.22), who reported having been unfaithful to their current partner. Participants answered a sociodemographic and relationship questionnaire, the Infi delity Questionnaire and the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale. The results show the similarity of the infi delity behaviors between men and women, although men were more frequently involved in sexual behaviors and women more in emotional behaviors. The study identifi ed dissatisfaction with the partner or the relationship as the main reason for infi delity for both men and women. These fi ndings highlight the importance of considering infi delity as a relational phenomenon, which reveals the importance of the relational approach in the treatment of couples who experience infi delity.Keywords: Infi delity, marriage, infi delity behavior, reasons for infi delity. Infi delidade Conjugal: A Experiência de Homens e Mulheres ResumoEste artigo visa conhecer a vivência da infi delidade em homens e mulheres casados ou em coabitação em termos de frequência, tipos de comportamentos e motivos para ser infi el. Participaram da pesquisa 237 sujeitos, 106 homens e 131 mulheres com idades entre 21 e 73 anos (M = 38; DP = 11,22) que reportaram terem sido infi éis ao companheiro(a) atual. Os participantes responderam a uma fi cha de caracterização sociodemográfi ca e de dados sobre o relacionamento, o Questionário de Infi delidade e a Escala de Ajustamento Conjugal Revisada. Os resultados revelaram a similaridade dos comportamentos de infi delidade entre homens e mulheres, ainda que os homens refi ram mais comportamentos sexuais Infi delidad Conyugal: La Experiencia de Hombres y Mujeres ResumenEste artículo tiene como objetivo conocer la experiencia de infi delidad en hombres y mujeres casados o que cohabitan en términos de la frecuencia, tipos de comportamientos y motivaciones para ser infi el. Los participantes fueron 237 sujetos, 106 hombres y 131 mujeres con una edad entre 21 y 73 años (M = 38; DE = 11.22) que reportaron haber sido infi el a su pareja actual. Los participantes respondieron a una hoja de datos sociodemográfi cos y de caracterización de la relación, el cuestionario de comportamientos de infi delidad y de la Escala de Ajuste Marital revisado. Los resultados revelan la similitud de comportamientos de infi delidad de hombres y mujeres, aunque los hombres refi eren más comportamientos sexuales mientras las mujeres refi eren involucrarse de manera afectiva en estas relaciones. El estudio identifi có que la principal motivación para la traición para ambos sexos es la insatisfacción con su compañero(a) o con la relación. Estos resultados ponen de relieve la importancia de considerar la infi delidad como un fenómeno relacional. Se destaca la importancia de este enfoque relacional en...

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Wagner³

2018

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“…Example items are, "I always place the needs of others above my own" and "For me to be happy, I need others to be happy." Research reveals this scale to be internally consistent with Cronbach's alpha of .74 (Thornton & Nagurney, 2011).…”

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“…"Not at all helpful to others … Very helpful to others"). Research reveals this scale to be internally consistent with Cronbach's alpha of .76 for the agency subscale, .72 for the UA subscale, and .76 for the communion subscale (Thornton & Nagurney, 2011).…”

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Predicting safe sex practices from gender-related interpersonal variables

Oberle

Nagurney

Jones

2016

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine

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This study investigated whether safe sex practices, including condom use and partner communication, may be predicted from the interpersonal traits of agency, unmitigated agency, communion, and unmitigated communion. Participants were 375 college students (77% women, 23% men), who completed an online questionnaire assessing the variables of interest. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that high-agency individuals employed greater safe sex practices (p = .001) and had greater communication with their partners about safe sex (p < .001) than low-agency individuals, whereas high-unmitigated agency individuals employed fewer safe sex practices (p = .009) and used condoms less often (p = .017) than low-unmitigated agency individuals. Furthermore, high-communion individuals had better partner communication about safe sex (p = .013) than low-communion individuals. These findings are consistent with past research showing the positive impact of agency and communion, as well as negative impact of unmitigated agency, on risky health behaviors. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Para ello, se han tomado como referencia algunos cuestionarios (aunque no validados) que se han centrado en evaluar aspectos similares, como es el caso de The infidelity questionnaire (Thornton y Nagurney, 2011) o The sexual behavior questionnaire (Norona, 2013).…”

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Estudio del concepto de infidelidad en población universitaria

Prades¹,

Lozano²,

Ballester‐Arnal³

2017

AgoraSalut

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= 2,13) equiparados por género. Para la obtención de los datos se ha utilizado un instrumento de elaboración propia que recoge 33 conductas que podrían estar relacionadas con la infidelidad. Cada participante indicó para cada conducta si creía que era una forma de ser infiel y, en el caso de que lo hiciera su pareja, si le parecería que le estaba siendo infiel. resultados: Se ha obtenido que un 31,5 % de la muestra ha sido infiel, al menos, una vez y un 32,8 % ha sido víctima de una infidelidad. Los resultados muestran que existen diferencias significativas en función del género, siendo las mujeres las que consideran un mayor número de conductas como una manera de ser infiel. Además, se encontraron diferencias significativas en la orientación sexual, obteniendo que las personas con una orientación sexual homosexual eran significativamente más infieles. discusión: Contrariamente a la percepción de que los hombres cometen más infidelidades que las mujeres, no se han encontrado resultados que sustenten esta afirmación. Así mismo, las conductas en las que se ha encontrado un mayor consenso en cuanto a ser una forma de ser infiel son de carácter sexual.palabras clave: infidelidad, concepto, género, prevalencia, tipos. Abstract introduction:Currently there is no universal definition of infidelity. Therefore, this study aims to analyse young people's concept of infidelity. method: The participants in this study were 300 university students aged 18-26 years (average = 20.82, sd=2

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What Is Infidelity? Perceptions Based on Biological Sex and Personality

Cited by 8 publications

References 11 publications

Marital Inﬁ delity: The Experience of Men and Women

Marital Inﬁ delity: The Experience of Men and Women

Predicting safe sex practices from gender-related interpersonal variables

Estudio del concepto de infidelidad en población universitaria

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