Predicting Attitudes Toward Marital Infidelity Based on Components of Sexual Satisfaction and Intimacy in Couples

The aim of this study was to predict the attitude towards marital infidelity based on the components of sexual satisfaction and intimacy in couples in Kermanshah. Descriptive research is a correlational study. The statistical population of the present study included all couples who referred to counseling centers in Kermanshah in 2020-2021. The sample in the present study, according to Cochran's formula, 200 people were selected by available sampling method from counseling centers and answered the questionnaires of Mark Whitley, Larson (1988) and marital intimacy (MIS). The results obtained using multivariate regression and Pearson correlation coefficient showed that there is a negative correlation between the components of sexual satisfaction including desire for sex, sexual attitude, quality of sexual life, sexual adjustment and intimacy with the attitude of a marital infidelity in couples. And there is meaning. According to the research findings, it can be said that the higher the components of sexual satisfaction and intimacy in couples, there is a negative attitude towards marital infidelity. Therefore, considering the importance and role of the components of sexual satisfaction and intimacy in married life, the attitude to infidelity in couples can be explained.