Afsaneh Moradi

Marital infidelity means having sexual and emotional intercourse with someone other than your spouse, which is one of the main reasons for divorce and the breakdown of marriage. The aim of this study was to predict the direct and indirect role of early maladaptive schemas on the tendency to marital infidelity mediated by emotional regulation and sexual schemas on women of different Iranian ethnicities. The statistical population of this study consists of Persian, Turkish and Kurdish married women from Isfahan, Tabriz, Miandoab, Mahabad and Kermanshah, where 519 people were selected by convenience sampling method. In order to collect information, Jones, Oldbark and Figorudo marital infidelity scale questionnaires, Bashirpour et al. The information obtained from the questionnaires were analyzed at two levels of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Findings from data analysis showed that, in addition to initial maladaptive schemas, emotional regulation and sexual schemas also have a significant effect on the tendency to marital infidelity (p <0.05). Out of 5 areas of incompatible schemas, only the areas of separation and rejection and other areas have a significant effect on the tendency to marital infidelity. Sexual schema with a correlation coefficient of 0.441 is significantly associated with the tendency to marital infidelity. Sexual schemas 42.7% have a significant effect on the tendency to marital infidelity (p <0.05). Emotion regulation skills with correlation coefficient (-0.369) are significantly associated with the tendency to marital infidelity. Emotion regulation skills -26.1% have a significant effect on the tendency to marital infidelity (p <0.05).