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Valery V. Golubev
Kostroma State University
Irina A. Umanskaya
Kostroma State University
Coping with the experience of a partner’s online infidelity in close relationships
Golubev V.V., Umanskaya I.A. Coping with the experience of a partner's online infidelity in close relationships. Vestnik of Kostroma State University. Series: Pedagogy. Psychology. Sociokinetics, 2026, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 70-75 (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.34216/2073-1426-2026-32-2-70-75
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34216/2073-1426-2026-32-2-70-75
УДК: 159.923
EDN: OCNXIS
Publish date: 2026-02-10
Annotation: The article examines the methods of coping behavior and differences in the application of coping strategies for dealing with the experience of online infidelity in close relationships. The connection between coping strategies and the experience of a partner's online infidelity in romantic attachment is shown. The influence of romantic attachment components on the use of specific coping strategies for the experience of online infidelity in close relationships is established.
Keywords: online infidelity, experience, coping behavior, close relationships, adult romantic attachment
Literature list: Golubev V.V., Kisel'kova A.A. Fenomen onlain nevernosti v diadicheskikh otnosheniiakh [The phenomenon of online infidelity in dyadic relationships]. Vestnik Kostromskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Ser.: Pedagogika. Psikhologiia. Sotsiokinetika [Vestnik of Kostroma State University. Series: Pedagogy. Psychology. Sociokinetics], 2024, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 58–62. (In Russ.) Kriukova T.L., Ekimchik O.A., Opekina T.P. Psikhologiia sovladaniia s trudnostiami v blizkikh (mezhlichnostnykh) otnosheniiakh [Psychology of coping with difficulties in close (interpersonal) relationships]. Kostroma, KSU Publ., 2019, 340 p. (In Russ.) McQueen P. Sexual Interaction and Infidelity. The Journal of Ethics, 2021, no. 25 (2), pp. 1–18.
Author's info: Valery V. Golubev, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Kostroma State University, Kostroma, Russia, w.w.golubev@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2686-8433
Co-author's info: Irina A. Umanskaya, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Kostroma State University, Kostroma, Russia, umka44koostroma@yandex.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3710-8421