marital infidelity

Domestic violence and marital infidelity are among the events that, while affecting the relationship of couples in a negatively way, can cause the breakup of the family and the separation of couples from each other. Previous studies have investigated the relationship between emotional deprivation and alexithymia with domestic violence and marital infidelity, but so far, there has been no research that investigates the tendency to domestic violence based on emotional deprivation with the mediation of alexithymia in women affected by marital infidelity.

The purpose of this research was to design a model of the tendency to domestic violence based on emotional deprivation with the mediation of alexithymia in women affected by marital infidelity.

The method of the present study was descriptive-correlation, which was done with path analysis method. The statistical population of the present study included all women involved in the issue of marital infidelity of their husbands who had referred to the counseling centers of District 5 of Tehran in 2023. The data collection tools included four questionnaires: The Infidelity Questionnaire (Yeniceri & Kökdemir, 2006), Toronto Alexithymia Scale (Bagby et al., 1994), Domestic Violence Questionnaire (Mohseni Tabrizi et al., 2013) and Emotional deprivation questionnaire (Young, 1998). Also, SPSS software version 26 and Smart PLS software version 3 were used to analyze the research data.

The results showed that there is a direct relationship between emotional deprivation and domestic violence in women affected by marital infidelity (P< 0.05). There is an indirect relationship between emotional deprivation and domestic violence in women affected by marital infidelity due to alexithymia (P< 0.05). The model of tendency to domestic violence based on emotional deprivation with the mediation of alexithymia has a good fit.

According to the obtained findings, it is suggested that couple therapists use the necessary strategies to reduce the effects of emotional deprivation and adjust alexithymia to prevent domestic violence and subsequent marital infidelity.

The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between the dark triad of personality and marital infidelity with the mediation of self-control. The research method was a descriptive correlation of the path analysis type. Among them, 280 people were selected by targeted sampling method. The statistical population included all the couples referred to counseling centers in Miandoab City in 2021. Among them, 280 people were selected by purposeful sampling method. The questionnaires were Marital Infidelity Questionnaires (MIQ Merami and Khademi, 2012), Self-Control Questionnaire (SCQ, Tanji et al., 2004) and Dark Triad Personality Test (SD3, Jenson and Webster, 2010). Pearson's correlation coefficient and path analysis were used to analyze the data. The results showed that dark personality traits have a direct effect on marital infidelity (p<0.01). Also, dark personality traits have an effect on marital Infidelity indirectly and through mediation self-control (p<0.01). The fit indices also showed that the research model had a good fit. Therefore, it can be concluded that self-control plays a mediating role in the relationship between the dark triad of personality and marital infidelity.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of meta cognitive interpersonal approach training on rumination and self-esteem in women who had been betrayed. The research design and purpose of this study were the foundation for the quasi-experimental and pretest-posttest methodology, which included a control group. The statistical population of the research consisted of all the women who visited the counseling clinic in Isfahan in 2021 as a result of their husband's infidelity. A sample of 30 individuals was selected based on the study's eligibility criteria and subsequently divided into two experimental and control groups of 15 individuals each. Before and after the intervention, participants completed the Ruminative Response Scale (RS) and Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). Subsequently, the experimental group was subjected to eight 90-minute sections of meta cognitive interpersonal therapy. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance) in SPSS-25 software. The analysis revealed that meta cognitive interpersonal approach training resulted in an increase in self-esteem, a decrease in rumination, and a rise in self-esteem in betrayed women. It is suggested that meta cognitive interpersonal approach should be used to reduced rumination and increased self-esteem in betrayed women, in order to improve the mental health of women affected by marital infidelity.

The research method was a fundamental research in terms of its purpose, and a quantitative research in terms of its nature, and a descriptive-correlational research in terms of its implementation method, which was carried out in the form of non-experimental studies and with the structural equation modeling method, and the statistical population included all couples who had at least one experience of virtual infidelity. Text messages or phone calls and sex in Khoi city were in the first six months of 1401. According to the rule of thumb, 480 people were selected by purposive sampling method for each observed variable. The questionnaires of marital infidelity, spouses' attachment styles and cognitive flexibility were used to collect information. Data analysis was done with SPSS27 and AMOS24 software and the results showed that the research model fits the collected data. There is a negative relationship between secure and rejecting attachment styles with marital infidelity, and there is a positive relationship between fearful and preoccupied styles with marital infidelity. Also, the mediating role of flexibility in the relationship between preoccupation with marital infidelity was confirmed. There was a direct and significant effect coefficient between compatibility (-0.38) and sexual satisfaction (-0.49) with marital infidelity (P<0.001). A direct and significant effect was observed between compatibility (0.29) and sexual satisfaction (0.44) with cognitive flexibility (P<0.001). However, due to the non-significance of indirect coefficients, the mediating role of cognitive flexibility in the relationship between adaptation and sexual satisfaction with marital infidelity was not confirmed.

The betrayal of the spouse is a factor in the fragmentation of the family structure and also eliminating the positive function of this structure is important. The purpose of this study was to investigate the reasons for marital betrayal of men from the perspective of their spouses. In this article, using structural interpretation model, we tried to identify the structural relationship between the reasons for marital betrayal and their impact and impact levels. The results of the leveling of the variables indicate that the psychological reasons are at the highest level and the role that determines the issue. In the next level, factors are economic and environmental factors, on the third level are emotional factors and in the second level there are past events. At the lowest and most affected level, sexual reasons, abuse, abnormal marriage, and the absence of a spouse. MICMAC analysis showed that factors such as psychological reasons, past events, environmental reasons, and economic reasons are independent factors and factors such as emotional reasons, sexual and physical reasons, abnormal marriages, misconduct and lack of presence of the spouse were classified as related factors. None of the agents were identified as interpersonal or autonomous agents.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional therapy on marital boredom, sexual intimacy and sexual performance of women affected by marital infidelity in Tabriz city. This study was a quasi-experimental one with pre-test and post-test including an experimental and a control group with an experimental group and a control group; The statistical population of the research consisted of women who referred to the Metacognitive Counseling Center of Tabriz between 1400 and September 1402 due to their husband's marital infidelity; From among them  them, 30 women who had obtained higher scores in the marital dissatisfaction questionnaire and lower scores in the sexual intimacy and sexual performance questionnaires and who met the conditions for entering the research, were randomly selected and 15 People were placed in the experimental group and 15 people in the control group. The experimental group underwent emotional therapy for 8 sessions. The questionnaires used in this research included the Marital Boredom Questionnaire (CBM), the Standard Sexual Intimacy Questionnaire (Batlani, Ahmadi, Bahrami and Shah-Siah, 2019) and the Women's Sexual Performance Questionnaire (FSFI). The data obtained from the research were analyzed using univariate covariance analysis and the results of the research showed that emotion-oriented therapy was effective in increasing intimacy and sexual performance and reducing marital boredom of women affected by marital infidelity. (a<0/05). It can be concl that emotional group therapy can be effective in increasing intimacy and sexual performance and reducing marital Boredom of women affected by marital infidelity.

Marital infidelity is considered a destructive damage in the life of couples, which affects the lives of children in addition to the husband and wife. This research was conducted with the aim of identifying the experiences of behaviors and coping styles of adult children affected by parental infidelity. The method of the current research was a qualitative phenomenological type. The population of this study included adult children affected by marital infidelity of their parents in Tehran in 2020. Sampling continued in a purposeful manner until the saturation limit and finally 10 adult children were selected. The research tool was in-depth interviews. In order to analyze the data, the Colaizzi theme analysis method was used. Data analysis led to the production of 2 selective themes, 12 central themes and 45 open themes. The theme of behavioral reactions and ineffective coping styles included: ineffective interpersonal and individual behaviors. The second main theme of behavioral reactions and effective coping styles also includes supportive behaviors, neutrality, logical behaviors; it was relationship management, education and employment, spirituality, finding meaning, seeking help from a therapist, problem solving, and sticking to fun and activity. In sum, the results of this research showed that the behavioral and coping experience of adult children affected by parental marital infidelity is both pleasant and practical and unpleasant and changeable.

The aim of this study was to compared effectiveness of the model of preventing marital infidelity based on the approach of enriching marital life and the approach based on acceptance and commitment on the tendency to infidelity and marital adjustment. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test-follow-up and the control group. The statistical population of this study included all married women who referred to counseling centers in Miyaneh city in 1398. Using the available sampling method, 45 of them were selected and randomly divided into three groups of: approach of enriching marital life (n = 15), approach based on acceptance and commitment to tendency (n = 15) and control group (n = 15). Model infidelity prevention Ttraining was conducted in 15 sessions each 90 minutes and acceptance and commitment model training was performed in 12 sessions each 90 minutes, and the control group was placed on a waiting list. Data were collected using whitely betrayal, 2008 and Spanier marital adjustment, 1982 questionnaires. Mixed analysis of variance and multivariate analysis of covariance in SPSS software were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that the model of preventing marital infidelity based on the approach of enriching marital life and the approach based on acceptance and commitment have a effective and significant role in reducing infidelity and increasing marital adjustment. The model of preventing marital infidelity based on the approach of enriching marital life was significantly more effective in reducing the tendency to infidelity than the treatment based on acceptance and commitment(P <0.05), but there was no significant difference between the two methods in increasing compatibility(P >0.05). These findings can be used by experts in the field of marriage and family in premarital centers to prevent couples tending to infidelity, as well as to increase their ability to adapt and in medical centers to solve marital problems.

This research was conducted with the aim of developing a causal model for predicting marital infidelity based on attachment styles with the mediating role of cognitive flexibility in couples. The present research method is part of fundamental research in terms of its purpose, quantitative research in terms of its nature, and descriptive-correlational research in terms of implementation method, which was conducted in the form of non-experimental studies and with structural equation modeling method. The statistical population included all couples who had at least one experience of infidelity in virtual form, SMS or phone call and sexual intercourse in Khoi city in the first six months of 1401. According to the rule of thumb, 480 people were selected by purposive sampling method for each observed variable. In order to collect information from the marital infidelity questionnaires of Yenisari and Kokdemir (2006), spouses' attachment styles (1991) and cognitive flexibility of Dennis and Vanderwaal (2010) was used. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling using SPSS27 and AMOS24 software. The results showed that the research model fits the collected data. There is a negative relationship between secure and rejecting attachment styles with marital infidelity, and there is a positive relationship between fearful and preoccupied attachment styles with marital infidelity. Likewise, the mediating role of flexibility in the relationship between busyness and marital infidelity was confirmed.

The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of emotion-focused couple therapy (EFCT) on forgiveness and sexual intimacy of women affected by marital infidelity. This study was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest & follow-up control group design. The statistical population consisted of women affected by marital infidelity in Tabriz city in 2023. In total, 30 people were selected by the purposeful sampling method and randomly divided into two groups (15 people in each group). Members of experimental group received their treatment in 10 sessions of 1.5 hours; however, the control group did not receive any treatment. The measurement tools include were Rye et al's forgiveness and Bagaroozi's sexual intimacy questionnaires. Analysis of findings through repeated measures analysis of variance test. The results showed that, compared to the control group, EFCT forgiveness and sexual intimacy of women affected by marital infidelity in the post-test. The effect of EFCT on forgiveness and sexual intimacy was lasting in the follow-up phase. It seems that emotion-focused couple therapy can increase the forgiveness and sexual intimacy of women affected by marital infidelity, so it can probably be a useful therapeutic strategy to improve the marital relationship of women affected by marital infidelity.

The present study was conducted with the aim of modeling the tendency to marital infidelity based on dark personality traits and the mediating role of Internet addiction. This research is practical in terms of purpose; From the point of view of the type of data, it was quantitative, and from the point of view of the implementation method, it was descriptive-correlation of the type of structural equations. The statistical population of this study was made up of all married men and women of Mashhad city in 1402, and based on the entry criteria, 312 of them were selected by convenience sampling. Data collection tools Marital Infidelity Scale (ATIS); Dark Personality Traits Questionnaire (SD-3) and Internet Addiction Test (IAT). The method of data interpretation was Pearson's correlation test and structural equations with the help of SPSS-27 and AMOS-20 software. The findings of the research showed that the proposed model has a good fit. In addition, the results showed that all the observed effect on the tendency of couples to commit marital infidelity is caused by the dark traits of the couple's personality. According to the results of this research and the effect of dark personality traits, this factor can be used in the intervention programs of counselors and family therapists in pre-marriage and post-marriage programs.

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of functional psychoanalytic treatment on attachment styles and primary maladaptive schemas in women affected by marital infidelity. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this research included all women affected by marital infidelity who were referred to the counseling centers of District 5 of Tehran in 2021. Based on this, 30 women were selected by random sampling and 15 were randomly assigned to the experimental group and 15 to the control group. The data collection tools in this research were the Hazan & Shaver Adult Attachment Style Questionnaire (AASQ, 1987) and Young's Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ-SF, 1998). the functional analytical psychotherapy protocol in 12 sessions of 90 minutes, twice a week A group was conducted for the experimental group. To analyze the data, the multivariate covariance test (MANCOVA) was used. The research findings showed that the pre-test effect between the post-test mean in attachment styles and initial maladaptive schemas was controlled. There was a significant difference at 0.05 in the two experimental and control groups. As a result, functional psychoanalytic therapy can be effective as an effective intervention for women affected by marital infidelity.

in the healthcare sector affected by marital infidelity in Lorestan Province during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

Methods and Materials: 

This quasi-experimental study was conducted using a pre-test and post-test design with control and experimental groups. The statistical population included working women in the healthcare sector of Lorestan Province who had sought counseling due to their spouse's marital infidelity during the COVID-19 period. Thirty women were randomly divided into three groups: Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, ACT, and a control group. Data collection tools included the Positive Feelings Toward Spouse Questionnaire and the Roselt Divorce Desire Questionnaire. The therapeutic interventions were conducted over eight 90-minute sessions across two months.
 

The results indicated that both approaches, Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy and ACT, significantly increased positive feelings toward the spouse and reduced the desire for divorce compared to the control group. Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy relatively showed more effectiveness in enhancing positive feelings toward the spouse. Repeated measures ANOVA indicated significant differences between groups and interactive effects of time and group.
 

The present study demonstrated that both therapeutic approaches, Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy and ACT, can effectively improve positive feelings toward the spouse and reduce the desire for divorce in working women in the healthcare sector affected by marital infidelity. These findings can aid counselors and therapists in providing more effective interventions and facilitate the improvement of quality of life and marital relationships.