Doctoral Research: Case Studies of Wives Who Remained with Their Unfaithful Husbands

Abstract "Case Studies of Wives who Remained with their Unfaithful Husbands upon the Discovery of Adultery" This research was carried in 1999 in pursuance of a doctoral degree in Conflict Management The purpose of this study was to find out why wives remained with their unfaithful husbands, and what types of conflict skills they used to resolve the conflict associated with infidelity. I interviewed fifteen married women, fourteen of whom are Christians and one from another religious organization. Initially, the women were mainly reluctant to reveal information about their situation because of the humiliation, shame and embarrassment of acknowledging that their husbands had violated the marital trust, and the expectations they had in their marriage. Furthermore, the women were not only reluctant to disclose their lives, but they were also very guarded in doing so. For this reason, some of them met me with suspicion.... --------- Dr. Stuart is an Ordained Minister, Licensed Pastoral Counsellor, and Radio host. For archived programs go to Talkshoe Radio www.talkshoe.com/tc/11171 and Blog Talk Radio www.blogtalkradio.com/DrBTMC. Website www.frministry.org - You may also want to visit Faith Restoration Bible Institute at http: //www.frbi.org for Online Christian Education