GENERAL VARIATIONS IN DEFINING CHEATING
A Research Project
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ABSTRACT
GENERAL DIFFERENCES IN DEFINING INFIDELITY
The purpose of this study was going to examine sexuality difference in determination of infidelity behaviours. Fifty participants completed a survey through which they were presented a list of twenty-one behaviors and asked if they would consider their partner " unfaithful” if that they engaged in this sort of behaviors with another person. 3 categories of hypothetical behavior had been presented: intimate contact, on the web interaction, and emotional/romantic interaction. We examined the hypothesis that women establish emotional actions as infidelity more than men and that females define on the web behaviors as infidelity much more than men. General, women did classify more online and emotional behaviors because infidelity than men. However , in an item-by-item analysis, 12-15 items showed no big difference by male or female. Additionally , sexual orientation had a small impact on both emotional and online infidelity id, as well as an interaction with gender upon emotional infidelity. Relationship position also a new small impact on the number of items identified as emotional and online infidelity. There have been no variations with regard to physical/sexual infidelity. The findings are useful for doctors as they demonstrate the number of on the web and emotional behaviours that lack a clear general opinion to their status as cheating.
TABLE OF ARTICLES
ABSTRACT........................................ 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................... several
LIST OF TABLES...................................... 5
PART I: INTRO AND LITERATURE REVIEW............ six
Emotional Infidelity............................ 8
Cheating and Internet.......................... 9
Male or female Differences in Thinking to Infidelity........... 10
Male or female Differences in Attitudes to On-line Infidelity...... 12
Theories about Infidelity......................... 13
Evolutionary Theory....................... 13
Dual Shot Speculation.................... 14
Definitions of Cheating........................... 15
PART II. ASSERTION OF THE ISSUE...................... 16
Present Study................................. 18
Hypotheses................................... 19
CHAPTER 3. METHOD..................................... 20
Participants................................... 20
Instrumentation................................ twenty-one
Procedure.................................... twenty-two
Risks........................................ twenty-three
CHAPTER 4. RESULTS...................................... twenty-four
CHAPTER V. DISCUSSION.................................... thirty four
Theoretical Framework.............................. 37
Medical Implications.............................. 39
Limitations and Suggestions for Long term Research......... forty one
Conclusion.................................... 43
REFERENCES............................................. 44
APPENDIX A. Infidelity Questionnaire.....
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