1. Infidelity and Cyber Sex Survey
Diana J. Kyle
Fullerton College

2. Background for Survey Internet use in the United States (Gallup, 2004)
Internet romantic relationships
(Albright, 2001; Strong, 1999; Wright, 2002)
Cyber sex and fidelity
(Kyle, 1999)

3. The Survey
Respondents were asked to imagine they were married and that their partner was having a cyber-sex affair on the Internet.
1. To what extent do you feel your partner has been sexually unfaithful to you? (1= not unfaithful, 5 = very unfaithful)
2. To what extent do you feel your partner has been emotionally unfaithful to you? (1= not unfaithful, 5 = very unfaithful)

4. Hypothesis
There would be a strong relationship between respondent’s perception of sexual unfaithfulness and emotional unfaithfulness.

5. Sample 42 respondents (21 male, 21 female)
Marital Status: Single = 58.5%
Cohabitating = 18.2%
Married = %
Divorced = 8.45%
Unknown = 1.00%
Age: Mean = yrs., SD = 1.34 yrs.
Ethnicity: % Caucasian
11,1% Latino/Latina
10.4% African-American
8.2% Asian-American % Other

6. Results

7. Results (con’t)
As predicted, there was a significant positive relationship between the respondent’s perceived sexual unfaithfulness and emotional unfaithfulness in this sample (r40)=.562, p=.001, r2=.316).

8. Validity & Reliability Issues
Representativeness
Realism
Limitations of survey

9. Conclusion Internet Use Changing Definition of Fidelity Future Studies
Questions?

10. Thanks!