Editing Intimate relationship (section)

=== Infidelity ===
Infidelity and sex outside a monogamous relationship are behaviors that are commonly disapproved of, a frequent source of conflict, and a cause of relationship dissolution.<ref name="Blow-2005">{{Cite journal |last1=Blow |first1=Adrian J. |last2=Hartnett |first2=Kelley |date=2005 |title=Infidelity in Committed Relationships II: A Substantive Review |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-0606.2005.tb01556.x |journal=Journal of Marital and Family Therapy |language=en |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=217–233 |doi=10.1111/j.1752-0606.2005.tb01556.x |pmid=15974059 |issn=0194-472X|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Low relationship satisfaction may cause people to desire physical or emotional connection outside their primary relationship.<ref name="Blow-2005" /> However, people with more sexual opportunities, greater interest in sex, and more permissive attitudes toward sex are also more likely to engage in infidelity.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Treas |first1=Judith |last2=Giesen |first2=Deirdre |date=2000 |title=Sexual Infidelity among Married and Cohabiting Americans |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1566686 |journal=Journal of Marriage and Family |volume=62 |issue=1 |pages=48–60 |doi=10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00048.x |jstor=1566686 |issn=0022-2445|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In the United States, research has found that between 15 and 25% of adults report ever cheating on a partner.<ref name="Institute for Family Studies">{{Cite web |title=Who Cheats More? The Demographics of Infidelity in America |url=https://ifstudies.org/blog/who-cheats-more-the-demographics-of-cheating-in-america |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=Institute for Family Studies |language=en}}</ref>

When one member of a relationship violates agreements of sexual or emotional exclusivity, the foundation of trust in the primary relationship is negatively impacted, and individuals may experience [[Depression (mood)|depression]], low [[self-esteem]], and emotional dysregulation in the aftermath of an [[affair]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rokach |first1=Ami |last2=Chan |first2=Sybil H. |date=2023 |title=Love and Infidelity: Causes and Consequences |journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |language=en |volume=20 |issue=5 |pages=3904 |doi=10.3390/ijerph20053904 |issn=1660-4601 |pmc=10002055 |pmid=36900915 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Infidelity is ultimately tied to increased likelihood of relationship dissolution or divorce.<ref name="Institute for Family Studies" />