Infidelity and Its Associated Factors: A Systematic Review

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2019, Pages 1155-1169

  Haseli, Arezoo ^a   Shariati, Mohammad ^b   Nazari, Ali Mohammad ^a   Keramat, Afsaneh ^c   Emamian, Mohammad Hassan ^d  

^a SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Affair; Ecological Model; Extradyadic; Infidelity; Unfaithful

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COUNSELING; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PREFERRED REPORTING ITEMS FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSES; REVIEW; SCOPUS; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 85066943164     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2019.04.011     Document Type: Review

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