Relationship satisfaction and infidelity-related behaviors on social networks: a preliminary online study of hispanic women

• Juan Aníbal González-Rivera ^[1] ; Francisco Aquino-Serrano ^[2] ; Emily M. Pérez-Torres ^[1]
  1. [1] Ponce Health Sciences University

     Ponce Health Sciences University

     Puerto Rico

     
  2. [2] Carlos Albizu University

     Carlos Albizu University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: EJIHPE: European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, ISSN 2174-8144, ISSN-e 2254-9625, Vol. 10, Nº. 1, 2020, págs. 297-309
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.3390/ejihpe10010023
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  • The purpose of this online study was to develop an explicative model regarding the origin of infidelity-related behaviors on social networks for Hispanic women. We propose that sexual satisfaction and emotional intimacy have a direct impact on the satisfaction of couple relationships, and an indirect impact in the development of infidelity-related behaviors on social networks. To investigate this proposal, we used a non-probabilistic sample of 341 Hispanic women living in Puerto Rico. Statistical analyses confirmed that satisfaction and ambivalence in couple relationship completely mediate the association between sexual satisfaction and infidelity-related behaviors on social networks, as well as the relationship between emotional intimacy and infidelity-related behaviors on social networks. Overall, women who practice infidelity-related behaviors on social networks showed less sexual satisfaction, less emotional intimacy, less relationship satisfaction, and greater ambivalence. Our results provide theoretical and empirical evidence on how infidelity-related behaviors on social networks develop in couple relationships, and these results could help to inform possible forms of prevention and intervention.

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