Infidelity in romantic relationships

FD Fincham, RW May - Current opinion in psychology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•2–4% of spouses report having sex with a secondary partner in the preceding 12
months.•Males and females are now engaging in infidelity at similar rates.•Infidelity shows …

Sex drive: Theoretical conceptualization and meta-analytic review of gender differences.

J Frankenbach, M Weber, DD Loschelder… - Psychological …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Few spheres in life are as universally relevant for (almost) all individuals past puberty as
sexuality. One important aspect of sexuality concerns individuals' sex drive—their …

Sociosexuality, commitment, sexual infidelity, and perceptions of infidelity: Data from the second love web site

D Rodrigues, D Lopes, M Pereira - The Journal of Sex Research, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This study explored the association between sociosexuality (behavior, attitudes, and desire)
and commitment to understand sexual infidelity in current relationships. We also explored …

The mating game: A primer on love, sex, and marriage

PC Regan - 2016 - books.google.com
Pamela C. Regan's The Mating Game: A Primer on Love, Sex, and Marriage, Third Edition is
the only introductory text about human mating relationships aimed specifically at a university …

“You make me a better/worse person”: A two‐dimensional model of relationship self‐change

BA Mattingly, GW Lewandowski Jr… - Personal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
For better or worse, relationships have the potential to affect individuals' self‐concepts;
however, currently no integrative model exists to explain the variety of these self‐concept …

Sexual narcissism and infidelity in early marriage

JK McNulty, L Widman - Archives of sexual behavior, 2014 - Springer
There is theoretical reason to believe that narcissism is associated with infidelity. Yet,
studies that have examined this association have yielded inconsistent results. Given that …

Linking infidelity stress, anxiety and depression: evidence from Pakistan married couples and divorced individuals

A Azhar, J Abbas, Z Wenhong, T Akhtar… - International Journal of …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the moderating role of marital status
between infidelity and development of stress, anxiety and depression. Additionally, to …

Exploring the associations between narcissism, intentions towards infidelity, and relationship satisfaction: Attachment styles as a moderator

A Altınok, N Kılıç - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The ultimate goal of this research was twofold:(1) to investigate the associations between
narcissism, intentions towards infidelity, and relationship satisfaction; and (2) to explore the …

What fantasies can do to your relationship: The effects of sexual fantasies on couple interactions

GE Birnbaum, Y Kanat-Maymon… - Personality and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Research addressing the underlying functions of sexual fantasies has mainly focused on
variables associated with frequency and content of fantasies. Relatively less is known about …

The webs we weave: Predicting infidelity motivations and extradyadic relationship satisfaction

J Hackathorn, BK Ashdown - The Journal of Sex Research, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The current study examined relationships between sociosexual constructs and motivations
for infidelity in a currently cheating sample. Members of the AshleyMadison. com website …