In the study “The Relationship Between Self-Worth and Marital Infidelity: A Pilot Study”, it goes over the reasons on why people in marriages cheat on their spouses. This looks at different studies that have already been conducted along with conducting their own study. There have been many studies that focused on why individuals feel the need to step out on their partners and the general answers were almost always the same. “Possible answers include (a) unhappy family lives, (b) addictive behavior, (c) loneliness, (d) revenge, (e) the need for excitement, (f) the inability to resist temptation, (g) the need to stroke egos, (h) fear of too much intimacy with one’s spouse, (i) the need for more emotional closeness, (j) feeling of neglect, (k)
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By looking at the reasons to why people would cheat, it would give researchers, counselors and therapists a better understanding of the subject. And by having a better understanding of the subject preventative measures could be taken to stop individuals from stepping out on their spouses. By seeing the patterns and causes it would allow a decrease in infidelity. Even though there are many factors for cheating, this study looked at self worth as a factor in determining infidelity among couples. By looking at needs, feelings and behaviors this study hopes to look deeper into the reasons on why self worth would have an impact on …show more content…
Out of the 230 participants 35% were male and 65%were female. The people in the study were inhabitants of Mississippi and others were random from the Internet. The feedback from the participants was that 74% were married, 20% were divorced and 6% were widowed. The questionnaire given allowed the respondents to fill out if they had an affair in their marriage. The questionnaire defined what infidelity was because individuals may have different opinions on what cheating in a relationship is. Along with the questionnaire was a self esteem scale that the participants filled out to determine how they rated. The self-esteem scale was the Rosenburg scale. The scale asked about how the participants felt about their appearance, capabilities and
By looking at the reasons to why people would cheat, it would give researchers, counselors and therapists a better understanding of the subject. And by having a better understanding of the subject preventative measures could be taken to stop individuals from stepping out on their spouses. By seeing the patterns and causes it would allow a decrease in infidelity. Even though there are many factors for cheating, this study looked at self worth as a factor in determining infidelity among couples. By looking at needs, feelings and behaviors this study hopes to look deeper into the reasons on why self worth would have an impact on …show more content…
Out of the 230 participants 35% were male and 65%were female. The people in the study were inhabitants of Mississippi and others were random from the Internet. The feedback from the participants was that 74% were married, 20% were divorced and 6% were widowed. The questionnaire given allowed the respondents to fill out if they had an affair in their marriage. The questionnaire defined what infidelity was because individuals may have different opinions on what cheating in a relationship is. Along with the questionnaire was a self esteem scale that the participants filled out to determine how they rated. The self-esteem scale was the Rosenburg scale. The scale asked about how the participants felt about their appearance, capabilities and