Abstract

RIVERA ARAGON, Sofía; DIAZ LOVING, Rolando; VILLANUEVA OROZCO, Gerardo Benjamín Tonatiuh  and  MONTERO SANTAMARIA, Nancy. Conflict as a Precouser of Infidelity. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2011, vol.1, n.2, pp.298-315. ISSN 2007-4719.

In order to study the association between relationship conflict and infidelity set forth by Platt, Nalbone, Casanova and Wetchler (2008) and assess the effect size of conflict as a predictor of infidelity (Sánchez & Cortes, 1996), among Mexican subjects, 903 volunteers, 412 men and 491 women, responded to the Relationship Conflict Scale (Rivera, Cruz, Arnaldo & Díaz-Loving, 2004), The Unfaithful Behavioral Scales (Romero, Rivera & Díaz Loving, 2007) and the Consequences of Infidelity Scale (Romero, Rivera & Díaz Loving, 2007). Statistical analysis significantly confirms that relationship of conflict and infidelity are correlated both in men and in women. In addition, when participants had conflicts related to jealousy, sexual relationships children and personal needs and activities, it increased the probability of engaging both emotional and sexual infidelity.

Keywords : Conflict; Infidelity; Couple; Culture; Fidelity.

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