Narcissistic personality, love styles and love satisfaction as predictors to infidelity

Love without loyalty cannot prove the purity of love, while loyalty without love, on the other hand, does not give happiness nor love pleasure itself to someone. Infidelity affects the overall functionality and stability within a relationship. For individuals who are married, infidelity is among the...

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Main Authors: Muhamad Ariff Ibrahim, Normahwati Mohamad, Mohd Ahsani A. Malek, Suzana Mohd Hoesni, Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
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author Muhamad Ariff Ibrahim,
Normahwati Mohamad,
Mohd Ahsani A. Malek,
Suzana Mohd Hoesni,
Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman,
author_facet Muhamad Ariff Ibrahim,
Normahwati Mohamad,
Mohd Ahsani A. Malek,
Suzana Mohd Hoesni,
Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman,
author_sort Muhamad Ariff Ibrahim,
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description Love without loyalty cannot prove the purity of love, while loyalty without love, on the other hand, does not give happiness nor love pleasure itself to someone. Infidelity affects the overall functionality and stability within a relationship. For individuals who are married, infidelity is among the factors of divorce. This study focused on the predictor factors on infidelity according to narcissistic personality, love styles and love satisfaction. A number of 160 students Malay Muslims from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia took part in this research was selected using purposive sampling method. Inferential statistics were applied to analyze the data which was collected. Results showed that there was a significant correlation between narcissistic personality and Ludus love style with infidelity. Conversely, results showed that love satisfaction was not significantly correlated with infidelity. Findings also indicated that narcissistic personality was a significant predictor to infidelity however, Ludus love style and love satisfaction was not a significant predictor to infidelity. Besides that infidelity associated with a long-distance relationship, relationship problems such as lack of communication between spouses, dissatisfaction in relationship and responsibility problem.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:200592022-10-07T08:43:12Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20059/ Narcissistic personality, love styles and love satisfaction as predictors to infidelity Muhamad Ariff Ibrahim, Normahwati Mohamad, Mohd Ahsani A. Malek, Suzana Mohd Hoesni, Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman, Love without loyalty cannot prove the purity of love, while loyalty without love, on the other hand, does not give happiness nor love pleasure itself to someone. Infidelity affects the overall functionality and stability within a relationship. For individuals who are married, infidelity is among the factors of divorce. This study focused on the predictor factors on infidelity according to narcissistic personality, love styles and love satisfaction. A number of 160 students Malay Muslims from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia took part in this research was selected using purposive sampling method. Inferential statistics were applied to analyze the data which was collected. Results showed that there was a significant correlation between narcissistic personality and Ludus love style with infidelity. Conversely, results showed that love satisfaction was not significantly correlated with infidelity. Findings also indicated that narcissistic personality was a significant predictor to infidelity however, Ludus love style and love satisfaction was not a significant predictor to infidelity. Besides that infidelity associated with a long-distance relationship, relationship problems such as lack of communication between spouses, dissatisfaction in relationship and responsibility problem. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20059/1/35116-109864-1-SM.pdf Muhamad Ariff Ibrahim, and Normahwati Mohamad, and Mohd Ahsani A. Malek, and Suzana Mohd Hoesni, and Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman, (2019) Narcissistic personality, love styles and love satisfaction as predictors to infidelity. e-BANGI: Jurnal Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, 16 (7). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1823-884x https://ejournal.ukm.my/ebangi/issue/view/1208
spellingShingle Muhamad Ariff Ibrahim,
Normahwati Mohamad,
Mohd Ahsani A. Malek,
Suzana Mohd Hoesni,
Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman,
Narcissistic personality, love styles and love satisfaction as predictors to infidelity
title Narcissistic personality, love styles and love satisfaction as predictors to infidelity
title_full Narcissistic personality, love styles and love satisfaction as predictors to infidelity
title_fullStr Narcissistic personality, love styles and love satisfaction as predictors to infidelity
title_full_unstemmed Narcissistic personality, love styles and love satisfaction as predictors to infidelity
title_short Narcissistic personality, love styles and love satisfaction as predictors to infidelity
title_sort narcissistic personality, love styles and love satisfaction as predictors to infidelity
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20059/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20059/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20059/1/35116-109864-1-SM.pdf