Attitudes toward and prevalence of extramarital sex and descriptions of extramarital partners in the 21st century

Journal of Family Psychology : JFP : Journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)
Lindsay T Labrecque, Mark A Whisman

Abstract

Using the most recent nine waves of data from the General Social Survey, which consists of in-person interviews of independent probability samples of the adult household population of the United States, the purposes of this study were to (a) provide descriptive information on adults' attitudes toward extramarital sex, lifetime and annual prevalence of extramarital sex among ever-married adults, and the identity of the extramarital sex partner(s) of currently married adults; (b) evaluate temporal trends in attitudes toward and prevalence of extramarital sex from 2000 to 2016; and (c) test for gender differences in attitudes toward and prevalence of extramarital sex and descriptions of the extramarital partner. The percentages of Americans who reported that extramarital sex was always wrong significantly declined from 2000 to 2016, whereas the percentage who reported it was wrong only sometimes significantly increased. There was a statistically significant linear decline in reported lifetime prevalence of extramarital sex from 2000 (17.8%) to 2016 (16.3%), whereas there was no statistically significant change in reported annual prevalence of extramarital sex (3.0%). People most commonly reported having extramarital sex with a clo...Continue Reading

Citations

Jul 11, 2019·Family Process·Lindsay T Labrecque, Mark A Whisman
Aug 14, 2020·Journal of Sex Research·Yueyun ZhangSuiming Pan
Jun 3, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Sara GuerreroTesifón Parrón-Carreño
Jul 10, 2021·Journal of Marital and Family Therapy·Erica A MitchellAdrian J Blow

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