Female infidelity as a result of domestic violence

Authors

  • Holguer Romero Doctor en Psicología Clínica, Máster en Salud Mental y Clínica Social, PhD (c) en Ciencias de Salud. Docente Titular en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Estatal de Milagro, Ecuador; Orcid.Org/0000-0002-0877-033
  • Lenin Romero Interno de Medicina humana, Facultad de medicina, Universidad Politécnica del Chimborazo, Ecuador
  • Johanna Arellano Psicóloga Clínica, Máster en Gerencia Educativa, Docente Ministerio de Educación, Distrito de Milagro, Ecuador

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v78i2.13198

Keywords:

Physical Abuse, Spouse Abuse, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Mental Disorders.

Abstract

Introduction: Infidelity is the product of breaking couple agreements. Family violence causes psychological symptoms that impact the woman’s affective behavior and cause collateral effects in the family. Objective: To determine the causes that produce infidelity in battered women. Design: Mixed design study of process integration, sequential exploratory, derivative type. Setting: Judiciary Council, Santa Elena, Ecuador. Participants: 220 women who reported aggression by their partner. Interventions: From February to December 2015, in-depth interviews were applied, and with this data the quantitative instrument was developed and validated by judges and experts. Main outcome measures: Infidelity at home, and infidelity at work. Results: Two categories were identified: infidelity at home, and infidelity at work. The symptomatology determining the causes for women being unfaithful on each context was obtained. 43% of women had a male friend to share life with, 20% were sexually dissatisfied, 71% reported that their sexual relations were boring, and 29% were unfaithful in order to maintain their social economical condition. Conclusions: For women, the violence context produced emotional vulnerability that induced them to find compensation through diverse illusions conducing to infidelity; even so, they remained with their partner to keep personal and familiar welfare.

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Published

2017-07-17

Issue

Vol. 78 No. 2 (2017)

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Artículo Original

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Romero H, Romero L, Arellano J. Female infidelity as a result of domestic violence. An Fac med [Internet]. 2017 Jul. 17 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];78(2):161-5. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/13198