Social and Psychological Aspects of Marital and Non-marital Relationships.

这项研究将采用横断面调查数据，探讨与婚姻不忠相关的各种社会和心理因素。这项研究有三个目标：（1）发展和检验假设，将性不忠与a）性价值观和品味，B）主要关系的风险，以及c）非法性行为的机会联系起来;（2）调查性不忠中有据可查的性别差异;（3）分析第二性伴侣的特征，以阐明性别差异和匹配过程。这项研究将零碎的发现整合到一个理论框架中。性行为被认为是在决策的背景下，一种将注意力集中在偏好，约束和机会上的方法。由此得出了一系列关于与不忠相关的因素的可检验的假设。1992年全国健康和社会生活调查将提供数据。它提供了一个大的，具有全国代表性的样本，使用几种不同的不忠措施。虽然该项目的动机是一个广泛的理论问题，即，尽管两方结合用于促进合作和管理冲突的机制，艾滋病毒和其他性传播疾病通过第二性伴侣的传播强调了这项研究的实际重要性。

The proposed study will employ cross-sectional survey data to explore a variety of social and psychological factors associated with marital infidelity. The study has three goals: (1) to develop and test hypotheses linking sexual infidelity to a) sexual values and tastes, b) risks to the primary relationship, and c) opportunities for illicit sex; (2) to investigate well-documented gender differences in sexual infidelity; and (3) to analyze characteristics of secondary sex partners to illuminate gender differences and matching processes. This study integrates piecemeal findings into one theoretical framework. Sexual behavior is considered in the context of decision-making, an approach directing attention to preferences, constraints, and opportunities. From this follows a set of testable hypotheses on the factors associated with infidelity. The 1992 National Survey of Health and Social Life (NSHSL) will provide data. It offers a large, nationally representative sample using several different measures of infidelity. Although the project is motivated by a broad theoretical issues, i.e., the mechanisms which two-party unions use to foster cooperation and manage conflict, the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases via secondary sex partners underscores the study's pragmatic importance.