Journal of Family Research

Journal of Family Research

The Comparison of Attitudes Toward Infidelity and Religious Orientation in Facebook Social Network users and non-users

Document Type : علمی - پژوهشی

Authors
Seyed Hadi Sayed Alitabar 1
Minoo Pouravari 2
Mojtaba Habibi Askarabad 3
Zeinab Mohammad Alipour 4
1 University of Isfahan
2 Alzahra University
3 Shahid Beheshti University
4 Kharazmi University
Abstract
This study aimed to compare attitudes towards infidelity and religious orientation in users and non-users of Facebook social network. This research was basic in terms of purpose and casual-comparative in terms of data collection. The study population included all married men and women referring to consulting centers of Tehran. A sample of 280 people (109 users an-d 171 non-users) were selected through convenience sampling. Attitude toward Infidelity Scale and Religious Orientation Scale were used to collect the data and analyzed with Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA). Results showed that internal religious orientation (P<0.01) and external religious orientation (P<0.05) were significantly higher among Facebook users than Facebook non-users, but the observed difference in attitude toward infidelity was not significant between two groups (P>0.05). This study suggests that using Facebook does not have any impact on attitude toward infidelity singly, but it can cause differences in internal and external religious orientation among Facebook users.
Keywords
Infidelity- Religious Orientation- Virtual Social Networks
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Journal of Family Research
Volume 11, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
Autumn 2015
Pages 297-308