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Personality Traits and Marital Satisfaction in Predicting Couples’ Attitudes Toward Infidelity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 July 2019

Mentari Namira Pertiwi Isma  and
Sherly Saragih Turnip
Mentari Namira Pertiwi Isma
Affiliation:
Faculty of Psychology, University of Indonesia, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
Sherly Saragih Turnip*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Psychology, University of Indonesia, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
*
Address for correspondence: Sherly Saragih Turnip, Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia, Jl. Lkr. Kampus Raya Jl. Mawar No.5 3 8, Pondok Cina, Kec. Beji, Kota Depok, Jawa Barat, Indonesia. Email: sherly.saragih@gmail.com
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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the role of marital satisfaction and personality traits (openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism) in predicting attitudes toward infidelity. The participants of the study were 438 married men and women ranging in age from 22 to 40 years old (M = 31.02, SD = 4.3). The results from the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), Evaluation and Nurturing Relationship Issues, Communication and Happiness (ENRICH) Marital Satisfaction Scale and Attitudes toward Infidelity Scale used in this study indicate that conscientiousness and neuroticism, followed by marital satisfaction and gender, are significant predictors of attitudes toward infidelity. From these results, it can be concluded that attitudes toward infidelity can be predicted by demographic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal factors.

Keywords

personality traitsFive-Factor modelmarital satisfactionattitude toward infidelityinfidelity
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Research Article
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Journal of Relationships Research , Volume 10 , 2019 , e13
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2019 

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