Consequences of Marital Infidelity in Iran; Meta-Synthesis Study

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Marital Infidelity, Sexual Infidelity, Emotional Infidelity, Extramarital Involvement, Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.

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The purpose of this research was to identify and classify the consequences of marital infidelity in Iranian society. In this research, 78 scientific articles in Iran that deal with the issue of marital infidelity were identified and analyzed by qualitative meta-synthesis method. All the findings of these articles were extracted and analyzed and classified in a multi-stage coding process. The results of this research showed that marital infidelity in Iran has various consequences. These consequences can be categorized into at least eight different categories, which include the following: 1. Emotional and Psychological Consequences, 2- Cognitive Consequences, 3- Family Consequences, 4- Social Consequences, 5- Economic Consequences, 6- Individual Consequences, 7- Physical Consequences, and 8- Consequences on Children. Each of these 8 categories of consequences is itself divided into smaller types of consequences. The present study has tried to study and analyze these consequences. Finally, these consequences and its subcategories are presented in the form of a conceptual model.    

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Two Quarterly Journal of Contemporary Sociological Research
Volume 12, Issue 22
October 2023
Pages 165-204

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