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- Relational recovery from infidelity is portrayed as a multi-stage process, with interviews from 25 injured partners revealing key elements that aid in healing.
- Thematic analysis identified four main themes: communication (talking), honesty (the truth), rebuilding trust, and addressing ethical imbalances.
- Participants experienced a push-and-pull dynamic between feeling connected and disconnected, leading researchers to propose a dual process model that captures the complexities of their recovery journeys.
Article Abstract
In the literature, relational recovery after infidelity is often described as a process going through different consecutive stages towards a reconciliation. We interviewed 25 injured partners and invited them to look back and talk about what helped them to recover from the pain and the conflicts caused by the relational infidelity of their partner. From their stories-through thematic analysis-four themes emerged: 1. talking, 2.the truth, 3. trust and 4. ethical imbalance. It furthermore struck us how the participants described their recovery process as an experience of being oscillated between connection and disconnection. These findings pointed us in the direction of developing a dual process model that fits with our participants' experiences of recovering after infidelity, while emphasizing the dynamic nature of their stories.
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