1995/09/01 by Viveca J. Sheppard, Eileen S. Nelso, Virginia Andreoli-mathie · 5 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · Business, Management and Accounting · #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification #Psychology #Developmental psychology #Social psychology #Clinical psychology #Marital status #Demography
paper · doi:10.1080/00926239508404399
openalex publication_date 1995/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
This study of 197 college student participants found that marital infidelity is significantly more unacceptable than dating infidelity. Men tended to be more lenient in their ratings of infidelity than women. Self-esteem scores were significantly higher for individuals who did not become involved in dating infidelity than for participants who did. However, self-esteem was not found to be a significant factor in whether a person remained in a current relationship in which the partner had been unfaithful.