Risk Factors Associated with Women's Marital Infidelity
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2014
Abstract
This study used a qualitative approach to explore the complexity of marital infidelity and understand issues within the marriage that could increase the risk of having a marital affair. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore women's participation in an extramarital affair(s). The information gathered was audio taped, transcribed, and analyzed using the transcendental phenomenological model (Moustakas in Phenomenological research methods, Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1994). All four of the women described a lack of quality time, inability to resolve conflict, and a lack of attention within the marriage as predisposing factors to the affair(s). Clinical and research implications are discussed. © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Publication Title
Contemporary Family Therapy
Volume
36
Issue
3
First Page
327
Last Page
332
Recommended Citation
Jeanfreau, M.,
Jurich, A.,
Mong, M.
(2014). Risk Factors Associated with Women's Marital Infidelity. Contemporary Family Therapy, 36(3), 327-332.
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