This study aims to explore and highlight alternative relationships in relation to the norm of monogamy. The perspective we have had with this study, is of a qualitative and investigative character. We have deeply interviewed four participants who are, or have been, in a polyamorous relationship. We have studied how the respondents see and handle their choices of life. We also wanted to know what kind of reactions they have faced from society. Another issue we have studied deeper is how the participants define jealousy and infidelity. We have anchored the discussion in different relation- and family-related theories to understand and problematize the norm of monogamy. What we come to understand is that the participants found different ways, to satisfy their desires and to fulfill their romantic needs. There have been differences in their desires and needs met in the relationship and we wanted to study how their delimitations seems to vary. Two of our participants have embraced both their romantic and lustful feelings for others and has had a very liberal approach to relationships. The other two participants has only accepted sexual contacts with other people, no feelings involved, and they needed to have an arrangement about this with their partner. Our participants have not experienced any major reactions from the society. However, we have been able to see that they have used various strategies to avoid stigmatization. We could also see that jealousy is often associated with a feeling of ownership.

The thesis "Influence of experience with infidelity on setting the bottom limit of infidelity tolerance in a partner relationship" deals with the issue of determining the bottom limit of partner exclusivity and its possible association with a previous infidelity experience. The main thesis of this work is that setting the limits of infidelity tolerance between partners in a relationship is quite individual and each person may perceive these limits very differently. This work is divided in two parts. The theoretical part focuses on analyzing selected findings about infidelity that have been so far collected in research studies or therapeutic sessions, and methodological shortcomings that arise from these findings. The practical part is a description of the research itself, and its goal to find out if infidelity experience affects the setting of tolerance limit in a relationship. It was examined whether it was an experience with the person"s own infidelity or infidelity if its partner, if it was an experience from a former relationship or a current one and if there is a difference between men and women in being influenced by the experience. Semi-structured interviews with a total of 26 people were conducted for this purpose and then analyzed in a qualitative way. The final part presents results and...

Människor har genom alla tider alltid varit otrogna, även långt innan sociala medier fanns. Det finns idag en uppsjö av sociala medier och appar som människor kan använda sig av för att interagera med varandra och hitta nya bekantskaper. Sociala medier har tveklöst förändrat människors sexuella beteenden, och gjort det lättare än någonsin att skapa sexuella kontakter. Vi ställde oss då frågan om denna tillgänglighet var något som lockade även när det kommer till otrohet? Syftet med studien var således att undersöka människors erfarenheter av att vara otrogna över sociala medier. Vi ville med hjälp av intervjuer få fram hur synen på otrohet ser ut bland personer som använder sociala medier och har egen erfarenhet av otrohet på nätet, samt på vilket sätt de sociala medierna kunde användas för detta ändamål, och hur detta kan förstås ur ett socialkonstruktivistiskt perspektiv. För att få svar på dessa frågor genomfördes tio kvalitativa intervjuer med personer som varit otrogna med hjälp av sociala medier någon gång under de senaste tio åren. Insamlad data har sedan analyserats med en tematisk analys. Resultatet visar att otrohet som sker över sociala medier är svårdefinierat och gör det svårare med gränsdragningarna för vad som klassas som otrohet och inte. Det visar även på att sociala medier har förändrat våra sexuella script, och att de sociala mediernas lättillgänglighet och känsla av anonymitet är en bidragande faktor till detta. Vår studie visar att det behövs mer forskning inom området för att ytterligare undersöka hur den ökande användningen av sociala medier kan komma att påverka etablerade partnerrelationer, och för att få en bredare samsyn kring vad som kan räknas som otrohetspraktiker online. / People have always been unfaithful, even long before social media existed. Today, there is a plethora of social media and apps that people can use to interact with each other and find new acquaintances. Social media has undoubtedly changed people's sexual behaviors, making it easier than ever to make sexual connections. We then asked ourselves if this availability was something that also attracted when it comes to infidelity? The aim of this study was thus to examine people’s experiences of online infidelity. We wanted to interview people who had been unfaithful with the help of social media and investigate their view on online infidelity. And also to get an idea of how the different types of social media were used for this specific purpose, and how it can be understood using a social constructivist perspective. To get the answer to these questions we held ten qualitative interviews with people who had been unfaithful with the help of social media at some point during the last decade. The collected data has been analyzed with a thematic analysis. The results show that infidelity that takes place over social media is difficult to define and makes it more difficult to draw the boundaries of what is classified as infidelity and not. It also shows that social media has changed our sexual scripts, and that social media's ease of access and sense of anonymity is a contributing factor to this. Our study shows that more research is needed in this area to further investigate how the increasing use of social media may affect established partner relationships, and to get a broader consensus on what can be counted as infidelity practices online.

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Family Studies and Human Services / Anthony Jurich / This study used a qualitative approach as a means of exploring the decision-making process of women's participation in marital infidelity. Due to the growing prevalence and negative effects of marital infidelity, it is important for both clinicians and researchers to understand its occurrence. Although there has been a significant amount of research on marital infidelity in recent years, there is not any significant research that looks at the process occurring in both the marital and extramarital relationships. This study focused on examining the process an individual goes through when making the decision to have an affair, particularly, how they were able to give themselves permission to have an affair. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four female participants who had participated in marital infidelity. The interviews were audio taped, transcribed, and analyzed using the transcendental phenomenological model (Moustakas, 1994). Four categories and 14 themes emerged, regarding the decision-making and permission-giving processes of women’s participation in marital infidelity. The women reported a lack of quality time spent with their husbands, as well as a lack of attention they received from their husbands. The women also discussed an inability to solve conflict within their marriage. The women reported developing relationships, outside of their marriage, either with ex-flames, old friends, or new friends, all of whom became their affair partner. The women reported the support of family and/or friends for the extramarital relationship, along with receiving positive attention from their affair partner. The women discussed the moral values as being a deterrent to marital infidelity, but did not perceive enough barriers or protective factors as preventing them from moving forward with the affair. Finally, the women described ways in which they were able to limit cognitive dissonance as a means of giving themselves permission to move forward with the affair. Clinical and research implications were discussed, as well as, the limitations of the current study.

Master of Science / Family Studies and Human Services / Farrell J. Webb / Relationship and risk factors of infidelity within intimate and romantic relationships were examined using the Relationship and Risk factors influencing Infidelity Model (RRIM). It is based in part on Sternberg’s (1998) theoretical construct known as the triangular theory of love. Relationship factors included demographics, and relationship, development, strengths, and dynamics. Risk factors included sexual compatibility, and relationship problems. Data gleaned from Wave IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) measured a subsample of approximately 1,000 respondents (n = 939) young adults from 24 to 32 years of age (M = 28.64, SD = 1.79, Mdn = 28.61) and was designed to test the accuracy of the RRIM. Hierarchical logistic regression was used to explicate the relationships found across the elements within the RRIM. The overall results revealed that the RRIM correctly classified that 72.2% of the men and 78.8% of women were not likely to commit infidelity. The final results revealed that the level of commitment, the feeling of love, and the frequency of sex within the relationship were statistically significantly likely to influence infidelity between both men and women. Meanwhile, education and believing that one’s relationship would be permanent were statistically significantly likely to influence infidelity for women, but not for men. Although these results are encouraging, limitations were found within the RRIM and problems generated from using the Add Health must be acknowledged as several measures were not reliable. Future investigations should focus on how role models within young adults immediate and external environment influence their participation in committing infidelity.

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No cenário atual, as transformações sócio-culturais e tecnológicas vêm ampliando as fronteiras culturais entre as nações, acentuando a individualidade e redefinindo práticas afetivas. Assistimos a pulverização dos ideais de verdade, a desagregação das estruturas tradicionais de normatização, o excesso de liberdade, o hiper-consumismo, a valorização do novo e do hedonismo. Na aparente efemeridade das relações afetivas, buscamos compreender que significados homens e mulheres atribuem a vivencia da infidelidade amorosa da(do) parceira(o) e como re-significam suas relações amorosas após estes(estas) lhes terem sido infiéis. Entrevistamos 05 mulheres casadas pela Lei Civil e Igreja Católica, sendo que uma delas se separou após a infidelidade do parceiro e depois se reconciliou com ele; 04 homens, sendo que um deles se casou pela Lei Civil e Igreja Católica e se separou após a infidelidade da parceira; outro se uniu pelo contrato de conjunção marital e se separou após a infidelidade da parceira; e os outros dois, solteiros, se separaram das namoradas após a infidelidade delas. Utilizamos o método fenomenológico descritivo proposto por Rezende (1990) e obtivemos as descrições dos(das) colaboradores(as) mediante a questão: Fale a respeito da sua relação afetiva e sexual no decorrer do seu casamento (namoro) e, em especial, após seu (sua) marido (esposa/namorada) lhe ter sido infiel. Submetemo-as aos momentos da análise propostos por Giorgi (1978) e Bruns (2003) e situamos o fenômeno em sua temporalidade e construção sócio-histórica, bem como realizamos sua compreensão psicológica à luz do referencial psicanalítico. Ao analisarmos as descrições compreendemos que, embora vivenciamos no campo familiar, a transgressão de regras, a ruptura de modelos e a pluralização de formas de se relacionar, presenciamos a persistência de elementos tradicionais coexistindo com os comportamentos contemporâneos, como o ideal de amor romântico que imprime as idealizações de felicidade nas parcerias. Percebemos que os desencantos vivenciados por homens e mulheres exprimem a quebra da idealidade frente à figura amada e se manifestam também, nas insatisfações sexuais. A dor psíquica desencadeada pela vivência da infidelidade do(a) parceiro(a) expressa a comoção pulsional ou autopercepção do eu sobre o tumulto interno desencadeado pela perda ou ruptura da imagem que o parceiro traído tem de quem lhe foi infiel e, ao mesmo tempo, pela ruptura de sua própria imagem, que gera confusão mental e dúvidas sobre a própria identidade e sanidade mental. A irrepresentabilidade da dor psíquica pelo eu é expressa tanto pela marca da subtaneidade da descoberta da infidelidade do(a) parceiro(a), quanto pela negação da realidade. A manifestação exterior de sintomas são refletidos em dores psicogênicas e revelam sentimentos como culpa, menos-valia, impotência, insegurança, mágoa, ressentimento, solidão, abandono, rejeição, falta de apoio familiar e social e falta de perspectiva futura, bem como a projeção da dor psíquica no(a) parceiro(a). Os valores, as regras e os mitos que regem um grupo familiar são transmitidos de pais para filhos e há uma relação entre a preocupação com os filhos e o desejo de separar-se do(da) parceiro(a). A dramática ligação entre ciúme e violência compõe o cenário das relações infiéis. Contudo, as re-significações existenciais frente à vivencia da infidelidade podem percorrer territórios psíquicos que se dirigem para duas instâncias, a reconstrução e/ou dissolução do relacionamento amoroso, na busca de vivencias prazerosas; o aprisionamento da dor que encerra o eu em um dilaceramento sem fim, preso a uma antiga imagem não re-significada do eleito amado. / In the current scenery, socio-cultural and technological changes have been increasing cultural borders among the nations, accentuating individuality and redefinig affective practicals. We have watched the pulverization of the ideals of truth, the disaggregation of the traditional structures of normatization, the excess of freedom, the hiper-consumerism, the valorization of the new and of the hedonism. In the apparent efemerity of affective relationships, we attempt to understand which meanings men and women attribute to the existence of love infidelity of male or female partners and how they resignify their relationships after their partners´ infidelity. We interviewed 05 women, married in the Civil Law and Catholic Church; one of them separated after the partner\'s infidelity and later reconciled to him; 04 men; one of them got married in the Civil Law and Catholic Church and separated after the partner\'s infidelity; another one joined in the contract of marital conjunction and separated after the partner\'s infidelity; and the other two single men, separated after their girlfriends´ infidelity. We used the descriptive phenomenologic method proposed by Rezende (1990) and we obtained the descriptions by asking: \"Talk about sex and love during your relationships an especially after your partners´ infidelity. We made our analysis according to Giorgi (1978) and Bruns (2003) and we placed the phenomenon in its temporality and socio-historical construction and also accomplished its psychological understanding according to phyco analysis. To analyze the descriptions we understood that although we live in the familial field, the transgression of rules, the rupture of models and the pluralization relationships, we witness the persistence of traditional elements coexisting with contemporary behaviors, such as the ideal of romantic love in the idealization of happiness in the relationships. We noticed that disapointments experienced by men and women express the break of the ideal love and also appear in their sexual dissatisfactions. Psycic pain revealed by the existence of the partners´ infidelity expresses the pulsional commotion or autoperception of the internal tumult resulting from the the loss or rupture of the image that the betrayed partner has of the unfaithful one, and at the same time, from the rupture of his/ her own image, which generates mental confusion and doubts about their own identity and mental sanity. The irrepresentability of the psychic pain is expressed in the discovery of partners´ infidelity as well as in the denial of reality. The external manifestation of symptoms is reflected in the psycogenic pain which reveal feelings such as blame, low self-confidence, impotence, insecurity, sorrow, resentment, solitude, abandonment, rejection, lack of family and social support and lack of future perspective, as well as the projection of the psychic pain to the partners. The values, the rules and the myths that govern a family group are transmitted from r parents to children and there is a relation between the concern with the children and the desire of separation. The dramatic connection between jealousy and violence composes the scenery of unfaithful relationships. However, the existential re-significances in the experience of infidelity can go through psychic territories that lead to two instances, the reconstruction and/ or breakup of the love relationship, in the search of pleasure; the imprisonment of pain that leads to endless suffering due to the non re-signified image of the partner.

Embora o ciúme romântico e a infidelidade amorosa sejam dois importantes temas que afetam vários relacionamentos humanos e, também, um desafio para muitos destes, seus mecanismos de gênese, ação, associação e conseqüências que podem acarretar para os desdobramentos amorosos ainda não foram totalmente esclarecidos. O presente trabalho teve por objetivo verificar possíveis associações entre estes dois fenômenos. Participaram desta pesquisa 45 casais de namorados heterossexuais com média de idade de 24,6 anos recrutados por meio de um anúncio colocado no site da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Para avaliar os graus de ciúme dos participantes utilizou-se a Escala de Ciúme Romântico – ECR (versões masculina e feminina) de Ramos. Para avaliar a infidelidade dos participantes foi utilizado o Inventário de Comportamentos Relacionados à Infidelidade, confeccionado especialmente para este trabalho. Para poder analisar os resultados a seguir foram utilizadas as seguintes ferramentas estatísticas: média, desvio padrão, máximo, mínimo, o Teste t para comparação de médias e o teste não paramétrico Mann-Whitney para a comparação das medianas. Os softwares utilizados foram o Excel e o Minitab. Os resultados obtidos mostram que (1) ainda que de forma fraca, o ciúme é um agente de profecia auto-realizadora para a infidelidade (r= 0,25; 90 gl; p< 0,05 e r= 0,21; 90 gl; p< 0,05), de tal forma que há uma associação entre a infidelidade em ambos os parceiros (r=0,36; 45 gl; p< 0,05; r= 0,30; 45 gl; p< 0,05; r= 0,36; 45 gl; p< 0,01), (2) a partir dos dados analisados, pode-se afirmar que, para a nossa amostra, os sexos não diferem quanto à exibição do ciúme em termos de intensidade, (3) o sexo masculino tem tendência a trair mais do que o sexo feminino, provavelmente por razões ligadas à sexualidade (Teste W = 894,5; 826,0; 1496,5; p< 0.0001), (4) foi refutada a hipótese freudiana para a existência de um ciúme de natureza projetiva em homens e para as mulheres, (5) os comportamentos de infidelidade que mais se destacam entre os participantes são relacionados à rede internet (utilizar salas de bate papo, e-mails, mensagens on-line, dentre outros) e ter pensamentos relacionados aos comportamentos infiéis; ambos estão associados com o aumento das oportunidades que as pessoas têm de se engajarem em comportamentos amorosos infiéis, (6) há uma tendência, ainda que fraca, de quanto maior a auto-atribuição do escore “Nota física para si" menor será o número de comportamentos relacionados à infidelidade de seu(sua) parceiro(a) (r= -0,261; 90 gl; p< 0,01), (7) há uma tendência, ainda que fraca, de quanto a Nota física atribuída para o parceiro menor será o escore de ciúme, para ambas as etapas desta pesquisa (r= -0,217; 90 gl; p< 0,05 e r= - 0,205; 90 gl; p< 0,05, respectivamente), (8) nada se pode concluir com relação àqueles que se auto-atribuem notas quanto aos fatores psicológicos, em relação aos parceiros no que diz respeito ao ciúme, ou mesmo no que tange à infidelidade (9) quanto maior a idade dos participantes maior é o seu grau de comprometimento dos mesmos (r= 0,27; 90 gl; p< 0,01). Assim, pode-se concluir que os presentes resultados apoiaram algumas das hipóteses estabelecidas pelo autor desta pesquisa e foram consistentes com pesquisas anteriores, embora tenha refutado outras. Ainda pouco se conhece a respeito de quais os indivíduos são mais suscetíveis à infidelidade, mas este estudo permitiu identificar alguns fatores que promovem a infidelidade, algo que era muito pouco tratado pela literatura acadêmica até então. Dessa forma, o presente possibilitou uma melhor compreensão da dinâmica interpessoal amorosa, principalmente, referente a estes dois temas. Este estudo ainda, pode contribuir para outros estudos com o “Inventário de Comportamentos Relacionados à Infidelidade" que é útil para medir a freqüência de ocorrência de comportamentos amorosos infiéis. / Although the romantic jealousy and the loving infidelity are two important subjects that affect some human relationships and, also, a challenge for many of them, its origin mechanisms, action, association and consequences that can contribute to loving unfolding occur, haven’t had pretty well clarified. The present work has the intention of to verify possible associations between these two phenomena. Forty-five straight couples participated of this research with the average of 24.6 years enlisted by un announcement in the website of the University of São Paulo (USP). To evaluate the degrees of jealousy of the participants it was used the Scale of romantic jealousy - ECR (masculine and feminine versions) of Ramos, Yazawa & Salazar (1994). To evaluate the infidelity of the participants the “Inventory of Behaviors Related to the Infidelity" was especially elaborated for this work. To be able to analyze the results the following statistical tools had been used: average, standard deviation, maximum, minimum, the “T" test for comparison of averages and the test no parametric Mann-Whitney for the comparison of the medium ones. There were used Excel and Minitab soft wares. The results show that (1) although in a weak way, the jealousy is an agent of self-fulfilling prophecy for the infidelity (r= 0,25; 90 gl; p< 0,05 and r= 0,21; 90 gl; p< 0,05), in such a way that there is an association among the infidelity in both partners (r= 0,36; 45 gl; p< 0,05; r= 0,30; 45 gl; p< 0,05; r=0,36; 45 gl; p< 0,01), (2) starting from the analyzed data, it can be affirmed that, for our sample, the sexes don't differ as for the exhibition of the jealousy in intensity terms, (3) men usually tend to trail much more than women, maybe because of reasons connected to sexuality (“W" test = 894,5; 826,0; 1496,5; p< 0.0001), (4) the Freudian hypothesis was refuted for the existence of a jealousy of projective nature in men and for the women, (5) the infidelity behaviors that more they stand out among the participants are related to the use of the net internet (to use chats-rooms, e-mails, on-line messages, among other) and to have thoughts related to the behaviors infidels; both are associated with the increase of the opportunities that the people have of if they engage in behaviors loving infidels, (6) there is a tendency, although weak, of as larger the attribution of the score physical "Evaluation for itself" minor will be the number of behaviors related to his own infidelity (r= -0,261; 90 gl; p< 0,01), (7) there is a tendency even it is not strong, of as larger the physical Note attributed for the partner, smaller will be the jealousy score, for both stages of this research (r= -0,217; 90 gl; p<0,05 and r= - 0,205; 90 gl; p< 0,05, respectively), (8)There is nothing to conclude in relation to those people who give themselves superior or inferior grades, if the adopted criteria are the psychological factors, in relation to the partners in what it says respect to the jealousy, or even in what it refers to the infidelity (9) as the participants get older, the more they increase the level of commitment (r= 0,27; 90 gl; p< 0,01). So, it can be concluded that the results had supported some of the hypotheses established for the author of this research and had been consistent with previous research, although it has refuted others. There is a lot to know, regarding which individuals are more susceptible to the infidelity, but this research allowed, inside of its references, to identify and to discuss a little on some factors that promote the infidelity, something that has not been a common subject for the academic literature until then. This way, it was also possible to have a better understanding of the interpersonal love dynamics, mainly, referring to these two themes. This research can still contribute to other researches related to the “Inventory of Behaviors Related to the Infidelity" that is useful to measure the frequency the infidel love behaviors occur.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:39:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rachel Lilienfeld Aragao.pdf: 1587803 bytes, checksum: b0605f5805a8a8ec5a308a66af5954ca (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-20 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The way of thinking of the world and social relationships has changed in the last 60 years. The relativism of values generated an ambiguity that is evidenced in romantic relationships that have also changed and taken multiple configurations, becoming more liquid and fluid. In this context, this work was developed from a systemic perspective with the objective to understand the meanings of marriage, romantic relationships and infidelity among single young adults. This work intersects the horizontal and vertical flows from current and intergerational perspectives in family life cycle. To obtain these results, this paper consisted of qualitative research, developed by semi-structured interviews and genograms with two men and two women, between 25 and 34 years, which represent Generation Y, currently in the university or with a university degree. The results indicate that marriage, as well as stable union are seen as a choice not an obligation. Romantic relationships are guided by partnership and equality, governed by the concept of pure relationship that provides mutual satisfaction and the possibility of separation when these conditions are not fulfilled. Infidelity presents itself with traditional meanings and some gender issues emerge, given that the male lightness enables an easy break up, against female insecurity, marked by ambiguity that is observed in different meanings assigned to commitment. When considering the intersection of horizontal and vertical flows, it is evident that these representatives of Generation Y were raised in new families arrangements and their idea of intimate relationships were constructed based on cultural concepts of pure relationships and the beliefs and values that came from their families. This process reveals that the relationships are not as liquid as they should appear and not that pure as imagined / Nos últimos 60 anos modificaram-se as formas de pensar o mundo e as relações sociais. Em meio à ambiguidade gerada pela relativização dos valores, os relacionamentos amorosos acompanharam essa mudança e se desdobraram em múltiplas possibilidades, tornando-se mais líquidos e fluidos. Nesse contexto o presente trabalho foi desenvolvido a partir de uma visão sistêmica e teve por objetivo compreender os significados atribuídos ao casamento, relacionamentos amorosos e à infidelidade por jovens adultos solteiros, na intersecção entre o fluxo horizontal e o fluxo vertical, ou seja de uma perspectiva atual e intergeracional no ciclo vital da família. Para tal, foi desenhada uma pesquisa qualitativa, desenvolvida por meio se entrevistas semi-estruturadas e genogramas. Foram entrevistados dois homens e duas mulheres, com idade entre 25 e 34 anos, representantes da assim denominada Geração Y, com grau universitário completo ou em curso. Os resultados indicaram que o casamento, assim como as uniões estáveis, são vistos como escolha e não obrigação. Os relacionamentos amorosos estão pautados na parceria e igualdade, regidos pela concepção de relacionamento puro, igualitário, que propõe a satisfação mútua e a possibilidade de rompimento quando tais condições não são atendidas. A infidelidade se apresenta com significados tradicionais e emergem questões de gênero, dado que à leveza masculina, que permite um rompimento fácil, se contrapõe a insegurança feminina frente à ambiguidade que pode ser observada nos diferentes significados atribuídos ao compromisso. Ao considerarmos a intersecção entre os fluxos horizontal e vertical, tornou-se patente que esses representantes da Geração Y se desenvolvem nas novas organizações familiares e concebem as relações de intimidade a partir dos horizontes culturais, que oferecem a ideia dos relacionamentos puros, e as crenças e valores apropriados de suas famílias de origem em um processo pelo qual as relações se afiguram não tão líquidas quanto deveriam parecer nem tão puras como imaginadas

Este trabalho objetivou compreender os fatores envolvidos na infidelidade em homens e mulheres casados ou coabitando a partir de quatro domínios importantes para sua compreensão: características pessoais, características do companheiro(a), casamento e contexto. Para responder aos objetivos, o tema foi desenvolvido ao longo de cinco estudos. O primeiro artigo tratou de uma revisão sistemática da literatura sobre a infidelidade nos últimos cinco anos no cenário nacional e internacional e buscou identificar a maneira como a temática vem sendo pesquisada. Constatou-se deficiências nas pesquisas, tais como a não explicitação da definição da infidelidade, grande diversidade de instrumentos e baixo rigor metodológico. Desta forma, o segundo estudo teve por objetivo propor uma medida de infidelidade a partir do que homens e mulheres consideram comportamentos de infidelidade emocional, sexual, virtual emocional e virtual sexual. Este artigo demonstrou a não existência de diferenças significativas entre os comportamentos de infidelidade de homens e mulheres e sugeriu tratar a infidelidade como um fenômeno único, pois as tipologias acabam por gerar uma visão reducionista do constructo O estudo subsequente tratou de investigar a vivência da infidelidade em homens e mulheres, descrevendo frequência, tipos de comportamentos e motivos de busca da infidelidade. Ambos os sexos tiveram comportamentos de infidelidade semelhantes e o principal motivador foi a insatisfação com a relação e com o companheiro(a). Em seguida, os dois últimos estudos visaram investigar a diferença entre homens e mulheres que foram infiéis daqueles que se mantiveram fiéis ao parceiro(a) e delinear os preditores da infidelidade. Os achados apontaram para o domínio casamento tendo uma grande importância na diferenciação dos grupos, além de ser um preditor da infidelidade juntamente com as variáveis contextuais. Desta forma, dada a importância do domínio casamento para a compreensão da temática, conclui-se que a infidelidade se trata de um fenômeno relacional, demonstrando a necessidade de clínicos avaliarem a qualidade da relação e o contexto que predispõe ao risco de infidelidade. / This study aimed to understand the factors involved in infidelity in married or cohabiting men and women considering four important domains: personal characteristics, partner characteristics, marriage and context. To answer the objectives of this thesis, the manuscript was developed over five studies. The first article performed a systematic review of the national and international literature about infidelity in the past five years to identify the infidelity research scenario. The results show some shortcomings in the researchs, such as lack of infidelity definition, great diversity of instruments and low methodological accuracy. The second study aimed to propose an infidelity mesure considering wich behaviors men and women define as emotional, sexual, emotional-virtual and sexual-virtual infidelity. This article evidences the absence of significant differences between the behaviors that men and women consider infidelity and suggest treating infidelity as a unique phenomenon, as far as the typology generates a reducionist view of the construct. The subsequent study investigated the experience of infidelity in men and women, describing frequency, types of behaviors and reasons for infidelity The results show similarites between men and women considering the infidelity behaviors and point to the main raison for infidelity was the partner and relationship dissatisfaction for both men and women. Then the last two studies aimed to investigate the differences between men and women who were unfaithful from those who remained faithful to the partner and to delineate the predictors of the infidelity. The findings pointed that the marriage variables have a great importance in differentiate the groups, besides being a predictor of infidelity with contextual variables. Thus, given the importance of the marriage domain for understanding the phenomenon, it is concluded that infidelity is a relational theme, demonstrating the need for clinicians to assess the quality of the relationship and the context that predispose to the risk of infidelity.