A Mirzaee Jahed - Department of General Psychology, Faculty of Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
H Saberi - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences, Rodehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rodehen, Iran

Aim: The purpose of this study was to predict marital disaffection of women based on the tendency toward dark personality in their husbands and their sexual attitude. Method: The research method was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population of the study included couples of areas two and three of Tehran‘s eighth district in 2017(N = 2911065 households). Out of these, 160( based on (N> 50+ (8M) formula) were selected by two-phase random sampling in such a way that in the first stage, two regions 2 and 3, and in the second stage, four streets and two parks and gardens were randomly selected. The study tools were Couple Burnout measure by Pines 2004; the measure of the dark triad by Jonason & Webster (2010) and Sexual Attitude Questionnaire by Azgoli, Tork zahrani, Vallaee & Khoshabi (2000). After omitting 4 distorted questionnaire and 2 outlier participant, the data were analyzed using hierarchical regression analysis. Results: The results showed that among the components of dark triple personality, psychopathy regression coefficient (β= 0.192, P= 0.001) and Machiavelli (β= 0.299, P= 0.001) with marital disaffection of women were significant and regression coefficient positive and sexual attitude (β= 0.291, P= 0.001) with marital disaffection of women were significant and negative. Conclusion: Considering the importance of quality of life of married women and the determinant role of sexual attitude and their spouse s personality traits in predicting marital disaffection, the importance of informing women about knowledge and sexual attitude and raising desirable personality traits is necessary.

dark personality, disaffection, husbands, sexual attitude, women