Predicting Marital Infidelity Proneness Based on ‎Conscientiousness, Life Satisfaction and Independency in Employees Married Women in Cultural Context‎

The purpose of this research was to predict the marital infidelity proneness among employees married women based on conscientiousness, life satisfaction, and independency in cultural context. The statistical population included all married women working in the executive administrations of Urmia City in 2023. The sample comprised 267 individuals whom were selected via convenience sampling procedure. The research method was descriptive-correlational. To collect data Drigotas & et al. (1999) Infidelity Proneness Scale, Diener & et al. (1985) Satisfaction with Life Scale, Rammstedt & John (2007) The Ten-Item Personality Inventory & Hui (1988) Individualism and Collectivism Scale were implemented. Data analysis was conducted by applying Pearson’s correlation coefficient test, regression analysis. The findings indicated that conscientiousness and life satisfaction were significantly and negatively related to the proneness to marital infidelity, while a positive and significant relationship existed with independency among employees married women. Furthermore, the results also demonstrated that the three variables, conscientiousness, life satisfaction and independency could predict 59% of the variance in the proneness to marital infidelity among the participants. This study identified that conscientiousness and life satisfaction were as protective factors against the proneness to marital infidelity in working married women, and the independency as a risk factor. Therefore, concerning the cultural norms, public awareness of the causes and conditions of cultural, social and psychological vulnerability of marital infidelity, could play critical role in preventing it in the society.