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Title: Couple healing from infidelity: a deductive qualitative analysis study.
Authors: Gossner, Jacob D., Fife, Stephen T., Butler, Mark H.
Source: Sexual & Relationship Therapy. Aug2024, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p843-864. 22p.
Subjects: Qualitative research, Attachment behavior, Couples therapy, Mathematical models, Interpersonal relations, Mental healing, Grounded theory, Theory, Adultery
Abstract: Infidelity is a relationship betrayal that can lead to multiple negative individual and relational outcomes. Multiple clinicians have developed practice-based models of couple healing from infidelity; however, few of these models have been systematically examined. One such model is Butler et al.'s clinical model, grounded in attachment theory and the concept of relational ambivalence. In the present study, we sought to systematically examine and refine Butler et al.'s model of couple healing from infidelity using deductive qualitative analysis of seven publicly available online blogs written by non-straying partners. Informed by the clinically based model, we generated sensitizing constructs and engaged in open, focused, and theoretical coding. Our results support several key components of the original model, while also suggesting refinements to the concept of ambivalence for straying partners as well as couple-level responses. Our results suggest that a meaningful expansion to the original model is non-straying partners' efforts to heal individually throughout the entire healing process. We suggest clinical implications and opportunities for future research based on our analysis. Infidelity is a relationship betrayal that can lead to individual distress and relationship disruption. In this article, we evaluated an existing descriptive model of couple healing from infidelity using seven online blogs. Our results suggest that the existing model of couple healing can be improved by incorporating non-straying partners' individual healing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Infidelity is a relationship betrayal that can lead to multiple negative individual and relational outcomes. Multiple clinicians have developed practice-based models of couple healing from infidelity; however, few of these models have been systematically examined. One such model is Butler et al.'s clinical model, grounded in attachment theory and the concept of relational ambivalence. In the present study, we sought to systematically examine and refine Butler et al.'s model of couple healing from infidelity using deductive qualitative analysis of seven publicly available online blogs written by non-straying partners. Informed by the clinically based model, we generated sensitizing constructs and engaged in open, focused, and theoretical coding. Our results support several key components of the original model, while also suggesting refinements to the concept of ambivalence for straying partners as well as couple-level responses. Our results suggest that a meaningful expansion to the original model is non-straying partners' efforts to heal individually throughout the entire healing process. We suggest clinical implications and opportunities for future research based on our analysis. Infidelity is a relationship betrayal that can lead to individual distress and relationship disruption. In this article, we evaluated an existing descriptive model of couple healing from infidelity using seven online blogs. Our results suggest that the existing model of couple healing can be improved by incorporating non-straying partners' individual healing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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