Money lies and extramarital ties: Predicting separate and joint occurrences of financial deception and extramarital infidelity
IntroductionAlthough spouses frequently financially deceive each other (MFD; i.e., marital financial deception), few studies have examined this relationship behavior. The purpose of our study is to examine predictors of separate and joint occurrences of MFD and extramarital affairs (EMI). We chose t...
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| description | IntroductionAlthough spouses frequently financially deceive each other (MFD; i.e., marital financial deception), few studies have examined this relationship behavior. The purpose of our study is to examine predictors of separate and joint occurrences of MFD and extramarital affairs (EMI). We chose the predictors we tested using social exchange theory (SET).MethodsWe used a national sample of married individuals and multinomial logistic regression analyses to examine how different predictors were associated with membership in three different groups (MFD with no EMI, EMI with no MFD, and both MFD and EMI) relative to the group of participants who reported neither behaviors.ResultsRelationship satisfaction was associated with a lower likelihood of being in the MFD-only group, moral commitment was negatively associated with membership in both EMI groups, and personal dedication commitment was negatively associated with membership in both MFD groups. Flirting with someone other than one’s spouse was positively associated with being in all three groups relative to the reference group. The personal importance of religion was not associated with group membership.DiscussionMoral commitment, personal dedication commitment, and flirting with someone other than one’s spouse predicted these two types of marital deception. It is likely that other issues that affect marital outcomes, comparisons, and monitoring alternatives to the relationship may predict MFD and/or EMI. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-221fe778453648f1a2b1f3cebe56d51c2022-12-22T04:18:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-11-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10381691038169Money lies and extramarital ties: Predicting separate and joint occurrences of financial deception and extramarital infidelityJeffrey P. Dew0Matthew T. Saxey1Alison Mettmann2School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United StatesSchool of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United StatesDepartment of Mathematics Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United StatesIntroductionAlthough spouses frequently financially deceive each other (MFD; i.e., marital financial deception), few studies have examined this relationship behavior. The purpose of our study is to examine predictors of separate and joint occurrences of MFD and extramarital affairs (EMI). We chose the predictors we tested using social exchange theory (SET).MethodsWe used a national sample of married individuals and multinomial logistic regression analyses to examine how different predictors were associated with membership in three different groups (MFD with no EMI, EMI with no MFD, and both MFD and EMI) relative to the group of participants who reported neither behaviors.ResultsRelationship satisfaction was associated with a lower likelihood of being in the MFD-only group, moral commitment was negatively associated with membership in both EMI groups, and personal dedication commitment was negatively associated with membership in both MFD groups. Flirting with someone other than one’s spouse was positively associated with being in all three groups relative to the reference group. The personal importance of religion was not associated with group membership.DiscussionMoral commitment, personal dedication commitment, and flirting with someone other than one’s spouse predicted these two types of marital deception. It is likely that other issues that affect marital outcomes, comparisons, and monitoring alternatives to the relationship may predict MFD and/or EMI.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1038169/fullcommitmentextramarital infidelitymarital financial deceptionrelationship satisfactionaffair |
| spellingShingle | Jeffrey P. Dew Matthew T. Saxey Alison Mettmann Money lies and extramarital ties: Predicting separate and joint occurrences of financial deception and extramarital infidelity Frontiers in Psychology commitment extramarital infidelity marital financial deception relationship satisfaction affair |
| title | Money lies and extramarital ties: Predicting separate and joint occurrences of financial deception and extramarital infidelity |
| title_full | Money lies and extramarital ties: Predicting separate and joint occurrences of financial deception and extramarital infidelity |
| title_fullStr | Money lies and extramarital ties: Predicting separate and joint occurrences of financial deception and extramarital infidelity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Money lies and extramarital ties: Predicting separate and joint occurrences of financial deception and extramarital infidelity |
| title_short | Money lies and extramarital ties: Predicting separate and joint occurrences of financial deception and extramarital infidelity |
| title_sort | money lies and extramarital ties predicting separate and joint occurrences of financial deception and extramarital infidelity |
| topic | commitment extramarital infidelity marital financial deception relationship satisfaction affair |
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