Predicting the attitude of extramarital relationships based on the dark dimensions of personality and the quality of attachment in married women

The aim of this study was to predict attitudes toward extramarital relationships based on the dark dimensions of personality and the quality of attachment in married women. The present study was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of this study included married women who referred to Razi Counseling Center in Karaj in 1400. 191 people were considered as a sample through available sampling method. For data collection, the extramarital relationship attitude questionnaire (Watley, 2008), the Dark Triple Personality Scale (Johnson and Webster, 2010), the adult attachment style questionnaire (Collins and Reed, 1996) were used. The data of this study were analyzed using Pearson correlation test and multivariate regression analysis. The results of regression analysis showed that the total score of the dark personality triangle and the psychopath dimension separately can predict attitudes toward extramarital relationships in married women. But Machiavellian traits and narcissism as well as attachment styles are not able to predict the attitude of extramarital affairs in married women. Based on the findings of the present study, it can be said that the level of honesty, happiness and sense of humanity in psychopaths is low and has a great relationship with overnight relationships and types of sexual infidelity without creating a sensory and emotional relationship. Relationships are short-lived and due to lack of commitment, betrayal is high in such people.Keywords: Attitude towards extramarital affairs, dark dimensions of personality, quality of attachment.