| Abstrakt: |
This study aims to investigate the mediating role of sensation seeking in relation to psychopathy traits and attitudes toward infidelity in married people. path analysis was used to examine the model. The statistical population of married people was 20 to 50 years old in Isfahan in 2021; the statistical sample was 554 married people (288 females and 266 males) who were selected through available sampling. The research instruments include Whately's Attitudes toward Infidelity Scale (2008), Levenson Self Report PsychopathyScale (1995), and Hoyle's brief Sensation-Seeking Scale (2002). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and path analysis. The results showed that disinhibition as one of the dimensions of sensation seeking in the relationship between primary psychopathy traits with attitudes toward infidelity relationships(β= 0.08, p<0.05) plays mediating role, also in the relationship between secondary psychoathic traits and attitudes toward infidelity relationships (β= -0.08, p<0.05) plays a complete mediating role in women. In men, the sensation-seeking variable does not play a mediating role, and only its secondary psychopathy traits directly affect attitudes toward infidelity relationships (β= -0.13, p<0.05). In general, the results show that counselors and therapists in the family field should pay special attention to the category of sensation seeking, especially in women, in addition to considering psychopathic traits, in order to improve the attitude toward couples' infidelity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
