Author/Authors :
Hosseinian Simin نويسنده , Bakhshani Saeed نويسنده Department of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran , Nooripour Roghieh نويسنده Department of Counselling, Faculty of Education and
Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, IR Iran , Abdi Mohamad Reza نويسنده Family Counseling, Avaye Omid Counseling Center, Rasht
City, IR Iran , Alikhani Mostafa نويسنده Psychiatry Department, Substance Abuse Prevention Research
Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IR
Iran , Pour Ebrahim Taghi نويسنده Faculty of Education and Psychology, Department of
Counselling, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IR
Iran
Abstract :
Background Today the internet has become a part of our everyday
life; communicating online has made it easy for people to begin and
develop interpersonal relationships. Certain problems, however, appear
to result directly from relationships online. One of these problems
which has been prevalent among couples and families is extramarital
internet relationships or internet infidelity. Study of this phenomenon
in Iranian users’ needs a tool for evaluation. Objectives This study has
been done to validate the internet infidelity questionnaire among
internet users in Iran. Patients and Methods The internet infidelity
questionnaire was translated and verified by experts and was conducted
via the Internet on 481 Iranians (255 males) who were members at Iranian
sites and chatrooms and were selected through sampling. Results
Exploratory factor analysis was conducted on obtained data, resulting in
a Persian internet infidelity questionnaire with 43 items as well as
three main factors. Conclusions This internet infidelity questionnaire
is a valid and reliable tool to assess the betrayed partner of internet
infidelity. This questionnaire can justify 65.89 percent of common
variance.
