Divorced/Separated Adults More Likely to Commit Adultery
by Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D. & Althea Nagai, Ph.D.
Adults who are currently married are less likely to have committed adultery than adults who are divorced or separated.
Description
According to the General Social Surveys (GSS), adults in always-intact marriages have the lowest adultery rate (10.4 percent), compared to 22.9 percent of married, previously-divorced adults and 32.5 percent of divorced or separated adults.[1]
Related Insights from Other Studies
Paul Amato and Denise Previti of Pennsylvania State University reported that infidelity was "the most commonly reported cause of divorce."[2] This finding follows up a previous study by Paul Amato and Stacy Rogers of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln that infidelity was one of the "most consistent predictors of divorce," along with jealousy, drug use, drinking, and spending money foolishly.[3]
As the evidence indicates, adults in always-intact marriages are less likely to have committed adultery than adults who have divorced.
Dr. Fagan is senior fellow and director of the Marriage and Religion Research Institute (MARRI) at Family Research Council. Dr. Nagai is a visiting fellow at Family Research Council.
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[1] This chart draws on data collected by the General Social Surveys, 1972-2006. From 1972 to 1993, the sample size averaged 1,500 each year. No GSS was conducted in 1979, 1981, or 1992. Since 1994, the GSS has been conducted only in even-numbered years and uses two samples per GSS that total approximately 3,000. In 2006, a third sample was added for a total sample size of 4,510.
[2] Paul R. Amato and Denise Previti, "People's Reasons for Divorcing: Gender, Social Class, the Life Course, and Adjustment," Journal of Family Issues 24 (2003): 602-26.
[3] Paul R. Amato and Stacy J. Rogers, "A Longitudinal Study of Marital Problems and Subsequent Divorce," Journal of Marriage and the Family 59 (1997): 612-24.
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It is important to understand that cheating is not always bad. Having a relationship outside marriage provides you the dicovery process of exploring your own freedom. Sex is a TABOO in some contries. In my country India, it is acceptable to have sex and use it to enhance your thoughts of expression.
It does not have to reason with the institution of marriage. Marriage was defined to provide a secular base for social life within a cililized world. However if the sex can improve a person and his ability to share his mind and body oustside some HOLY relationship, one must not be afraid to do so. I have lived a life of free sex. Even though I did not succeed in marriage, i feel I did the right things.
Divorced/Separated Adults More Likely to Commit
If you are divorced... sex isn't adultery or extramarital!
Who cmae up with this topic heading?
If you do not think having sex out of wedlock with your partner is extramarital sex or adultery, why don't you define extramarital sax and adultery? I think you are thinking 'infidelity'.
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
Extramarital sex : Sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another but are married to someone else.
Adultery: Extramarital sex that wilfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
Infidelity: The quality of being unfaithful.
*Marriage is not a factor to be unfaithful.
If you are divorced it isn't extramarital.
are you that ignorant?
No personal attacks?
No poorly written zingers?
No gay jokes?
(That's right, folks. Gay jokes.)
http://www.opposingviews.com/comments/get-help-from-your-gay-room-mate
When are you going to admit that you are wrong AGAIN?
I'll be waiting.
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
Divorced/Separated Adults More Likely to Commit Adultery is the topic. The author made the mistake by not knowing the definition of adultery, which is;Extramarital sex that wilfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations. So his premise that a divorced person can commit adultery is wrong!
Stick that in your empty head you dumb F...!
Because you think you are smarter than Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D. & Althea Nagai, Ph.D, right?
This is more laughable than you suddenly refraining from obscenities.
On behalf of this community, I thank you for not making fun of gays in your post. Well done!
I guess I /can/ teach an old dog new tricks after all.
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
It is a rareity to see such a dumb, literally, person as you.
Google adultery, you will come up with;
Adultery: Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse.
Simple... "a married person" divorced people cannot commit adultery.. if they are banging a married person, the married person is the adulterer!
you M O R O N !
Would you agree that my position is clearly established?
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.