Abstract:
Background and Aim: Understanding the causes of extramarital relationships and the factors influencing
it is important for both spouses, and included benefits .The purpose of this study was to compare the
loneliness and spiritual well‑being in married men with and without extramarital involvement the married
men. Methods: The present study is a descriptive and type of the causal‑comparative. The statistical
population consisted of all the married men in Isfahan. The sample consisted of 100 married men (50
married men with extramarital and 50 without extramarital) who were selected by convenience sampling
method. Then these instruments were Russell administered loneliness scale and Paloutzian and Ellison
spiritual well‑being scale, which was completed by the participants. The analysis was performed using
the both SPSS‑16 software IBM SPSS analytic server and the covariance analysis. Result: This finding
indicated that the two groups had a difference significantly in regard to loneliness and the spiritual
well‑being (P ≤ 0/05). Conclusions: The results showed that the loneliness of married men with an
extramarital relationship was more than men without extramarital relationship, and spiritual well‑being of
men with extramarital relationship was lesser than married men who have no extramarital relationship
Machine summary:
Result: This finding indicated that the two groups had a difference significantly in regard to loneliness and the spiritual well‑being (P ≤ 0/05).
Key words: Extramarital relationships, loneliness, married men, spiritual well‑being Introduction Family is the main nucleus of society and the focus of health and mental health not only to meet the emotional, physical, and spiritual development of its members, but also is the source of human emotions and the heart of the most intimate relations and interactions between individuals.
Personality, social, and family factors causing extramarital relationships that loneliness and spiritual well‑being are noteworthy.
[5] Peplau and Perlman, knows loneliness as uncomfortable feeling that as a result of shortcomings in the network of social relations in quantity and quality, and the lack of access to good and close relationships with others will occur.
[8] On the other hand, spiritual well‑being, as another variable in this study, review its relationship with extramarital relations and has an important role in improving the mental health and social adjustments of people.
[18] In the present study, differences in the degree of loneliness and spiritual well‑being in men with extramarital relationship and no extramarital relationship was examined.
, noted that religious behavior may be with an emphasis )view the image of this page) International Journal of Educational and Psychological Researches / Vol 2 / Issue 3 / July-September 2016 157 on relationships, commitment to family, commitment to religious values, and convictions relationships outside of marriage affect the reduction of illicit sexual relations.