The structural relationships of The Dark Triad of personality, emotional inhibition with extramarital relationships with the mediation of attitude towards marital commitment among women and men with extramarital relationships

The aim of the current research was to investigate the structural relationships of dark personality structure, emotional inhibition with extramarital relationships with the mediation of attitude towards marital commitment among women and men with extramarital relationships. The design of the current research was of a descriptive-correlation type. The statistical population of the research included all the couples who were referred to the counseling centers of Miandoab City in 2021. Among them, 280 people were selected using the purposeful sampling method and they completed the Dark Triad Personality Test (SD-3, Jenson &Webster, 2010) Emotional Control Questionnaire (ECQ, Roger &Nashover, 1987), Marital Infidelity Questionnaire (MIQ, Marami &Khademi, 2012) Dimensions of Commitment Inventory (DCI, Adams & Jones, 1997). Data analysis using the structural equation modeling method showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between dark personality traits and attitudes towards infidelity at the level of 0.01, as well as between emotional control and marital commitment and attitudes towards infidelity at the level of 0.01. There is a negative and significant relationship. The results of the research showed that the dark personality structure and emotional inhibition are related to the mediation of attitude towards marital commitment with extramarital relationships. The findings of this research, in addition to supporting the hypothetical model for extramarital relations, provide a suitable model for its etiology, and finally, the model has a good fit.