2005/04/01 by Adrian J. Blow, Kelley Hartnett · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Health Professions · Psychology · #Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences #Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health #Intimate Partner and Family Violence #Psychology #Political science #Criminology
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.2005.tb01556.x
openalex publication_date 2005/04/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
This article, a follow-up on our methodological review of infidelity studies, provides a substantive review of the research findings on infidelity in committed relationships. The aim of this article is to present the most conclusive findings available to both researcher and practitioner on the subject of infidelity. We highlight attitudes toward infidelity; prevalence data; types of infidelity; gender dynamics and infidelity; issues in the primary relationship and their relationship to infidelity; race, culture, and infidelity; education, income, employment, and infidelity; justifications for infidelity; individual issues and their relationship to infidelity; same-sex couples and infidelity; attachment and infidelity; opportunity and infidelity; the aftermath and recovery process from infidelity; and clinical practices.