Family relations: Cognitive emotion regulation in women who hurt from infidelity in Tehran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Afsaneh Eatemadi 1
Iman Laah Bigdeli 2
Ali Mashhadi 3
Zohre Sephri Shamlo 4
1 PhD student of Psychology ,Ferdowsi university of Mashhad
2 Professor of Clinical Health Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, I.R. Iran. corresponding author
3 Professor of clinical psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, I.R.Iran
4 Associate Professor of clinical psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, I.R. Iran
10.22034/jcsc.2021.534852.2435
Abstract
Iranian society has undergone many changes in recent decades, especially in the field of new communication technologies, which have affected family interactions. Unhealthy communication on social media plays a major role in marital infidelity, which is a painful event for women. Unfaithfulness, as one of the main causes of marital incompatibility and divorce, has detrimental effects not only on the family system but also on women's cognitive system. Therefore, the present study seeks to investigate the emotional cognitive impairments of women affected by infidelity. This study was performed quantitatively and the sample consisted of women affected by the unfaithfulness of their husbands living in Tehran. For this purpose, 90 women were selected with a complaint of marital infidelity. All subjects completed the Garnefsky Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. Chi-square 2 was used to compare the two groups. The results showed that women with less experience of husband's infidelity use less effective coping styles and use inefficient coping more. Thus, reforming women's coping styles in the face of this family crisis can reduce its adverse effects on the institution of the family and society as a whole.
Keywords
: communication skills
social media
marital infidelity
family system
Cultural Studies & Communication
Volume 21, Issue 81
Winter 2026
Pages 413-439