parastoo damercheli; Majid Zargham hajebi; Shokoh Navabinejad
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Mediating Role of Self-Control in the Relationship between Virtual Internet Addiction and Sensation Seeking with Emotional Divorce and Attitudes toward Marital Infidelity in Women with Extramarital AffairsArticle Info.Abstract Extramarital affairs are one of the most important harms that threaten the ...
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Mediating Role of Self-Control in the Relationship between Virtual Internet Addiction and Sensation Seeking with Emotional Divorce and Attitudes toward Marital Infidelity in Women with Extramarital AffairsArticle Info.Abstract Extramarital affairs are one of the most important harms that threaten the cohesion of families in recent years. Identifying factors related to extramarital affairs is important because it can reduce the risk of family breakdown. Extramarital affairs are one of the most important harms that threaten the cohesion of families in recent years. Identifying factors related to extramarital affairs is important because it can reduce the risk of family breakdownThis study aimed to investigate the mediating role of self-control in the relationship between virtual internet Addiction and excitement with emotional divorce and attitudes toward marital infidelity in women with extramarital affairs. Two hundred sixteen women with extramarital affairs in Tehran were selected using the purposive sampling method and participated in this study. Research tools included questionnaires of Virtual Internet Addiction, Sensation Seeking, Self-control, Attitudes toward Marital Infidelity and Emotional Divorce. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and structural equation modeling. Findings revealed that the direct effects of cyber addiction, excitement and self-control on emotional divorce and attitudes toward marital infidelity are significant. The study of indirect coefficients also indicated that self-control has a mediating role in the relationship between Internet addiction and excitement with emotional divorce and attitudes toward marital infidelity in women with extramarital affairs. Based on the research findings, the role of self-control in the occurrence and intensification of emotional divorce and attitudes toward marital infidelity can be confirmed. As a result, by providing the necessary training to improve self-control skills, harms such as emotional divorce and attitudes toward marital infidelity can be reduced.Keywords: Self-control, Virtual Internet addiction, Excitement, Emotional divorce, Attitude towards marital infidelity, Extramarital affairs
