چکیده:
The purpose of this study is to propound the structural model of executive functions
and extramarital relationship with the mediating role of marital commitment.
Methods: The samples were selected by convenience sampling method. In experimental
situation, for assessing the executive function of the participants did computerized exams,
including Stroop test, Wisconsin test, Go-No-Go test, N-Back test, completed commitment
questionnaire of Rusbult, and attitudes toward infidelity scale of Whatley. The obtained data
were analyzed using regression and structural equation modeling.
Results: Executive functions, including inhibition, task switching, working memory, and
commitment, directly affect the extramarital relationship through the mediation of commitment.
The model has a suitable fit (average root mean square second approximation error; 0.051,
goodness of fit index; 0.942, normed fit index; 0.926, and comparative fit index; 0.942).
Conclusion: Executive functions (including inhibition, task switching, working memory), and
marital commitment play an important role in extramarital relationships; therefore, they should
be taken into consideration
خلاصه ماشینی:
Research Paper: Prediction of Extramarital Relationships Based on Executive Functions With the Mediatory Role of Marital Commitment Razieh Khorramabadi1* /, Zohreh Sepehri Shamloo1 /, Javad Salehi Fadardi1, Imanollah Bigdeli1 / 1.
147 Article info: Received: 03 Nov 2018 Accepted: 08 Feb 2019 Available Online: 01 Apr 2019 Keywords: Extramarital relationship, Infidelity, Affair, Executive functions, Executive control ABSTRACT Objective: The purpose of this study is to propound the structural model of executive functions and extramarital relationship with the mediating role of marital commitment.
Conclusion: Executive functions (including inhibition, task switching, working memory), and marital commitment play an important role in extramarital relationships; therefore, they should be taken into consideration.
According to our study results, executive functions of inhibition, working memory, and flexibility are directly associated with a tendency toward extramarital relationships, and indirectly through the mediating role of marital commitment.
, 2014), refraining from aggression and intimate partner violence (Finkel, DeWall, Slotter, Oaten, & Foshee, 2009), dero-gation of attractive alternatives (Ritter, Karremans, & van Schie, 2010), remaining faithful (Ciarocco, Echevarria, & Lewandowski, 2012; Meyer, Berkman, Karremans, & Lieberman, 2011; Pronk & Righetti, 2015), and finally engaging in some forms of sacrifice (Pronk & Karremans, 2014).
g. conflict between having relationship with an attractive person outside of the marriage and marital commitment), inhibition seems necessary to prevent automatic behavioral tendency to the tempting stimulus, also a working memory to regulate emotion through attention control, and flexibility to man-age multiple targets at the same time.
The initial conceptual model of the study shows the effect of executive functions with the mediating role of marital commitment on the tendency towards extramarital relationships.