Abstract
Objectives:The present research was conducted to investigate the relationship between marital satisfaction and extramarital behavioral intentions in medical professionals.Study Design:Cross sectional research design was used to conduct the present study.Material And Methods:Relationship Assessment Scale constructed by Hendrick in 1988 was used to assess marital satisfaction of the study sample.1 Extramarital behavioral intentions were assessed by using extramarital behavioral intentions scale by Buunk in 1981.2 Cross sectional research design was used in the research. Correlation, hierarchal regression, one way ANOVA and independent sample t-test was applied for analysis using SPSS version 16.0.Results:Overall, the results proved that there is a negative relation among marital satisfaction and extramarital behavioral intentions. Male participants are likely to indulge in extramarital behavioral intentions than female participants. Whereas participants who had love marriage and had lesser number of children were more martially satisfied than those who had arra-nged marriage. Demographic variables collectively accounted for 11% of the variance and extramarital behavioral intentions overall accounted for 5% of variance predicting marital satisfaction.Conclusion:Marital satisfaction and extramarital behavioral intentions in medical professionals are negatively correlated.Keywords:Marital Satisfaction, Extramarital behavioral intentions, Medical Professionals.
Highlights
Among all the interpersonal relationships, marriage is the most important one
Among various desires and attitudes of human beings, extramarital affairs have become very common in modern era which includes dating through internet, at workplace and other means of communication
Extramarital behavioral intentions can be defined according to model presented by Fishbein and Ajzen in 1975 which states that, a behavioral intention is an idiosyncratic probability that someone will exhibit a certain behavior if the opportunity presents itself.[10]
Summary
Among all the interpersonal relationships, marriage is the most important one. People get married at least once in their life.[3] Marriage is expected to be a source of satisfaction.[3,4,5] Marital satisfaction is a psychological phenomenon that imitates the supposed profits and costs of marriage to a specific individual that is known to be as spouse.[6] Medicine is the discipline and art of curing and medical professionals are the individuals who provide the understanding to the patient’s problems and heal them with the help of medicine. Among various desires and attitudes of human beings, extramarital affairs have become very common in modern era which includes dating through internet, at workplace and other means of communication.
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