When it comes to serial cheaters, awareness of the impact of their actions and a desire to forge new, positive behaviors are necessary to promote change in a relationship.

In most circumstances, cheating, or infidelity, involves the formation of an emotionally intimate or sexual bond, or both, with someone other than your primary partner.

The connection occurs in a way that breaks your current relationship boundaries and redirects your attention away from your original partner’s needs.

Cheating once study found people who cheated in a previous relationship were almost three times more likely to cheat in another relationship. Cheating that happens multiple times is known as serial cheating.

Serial cheating isn’t restricted to a length of time, either. Multiple, separate situations of unfaithfulness – no matter how far they’re spaced apart- can be defined as serial cheating.

If you’re wondering about whether or not a serial cheater can change, the answer often lies in why someone repeats cheating behaviors.

Dr. David Tzall, a licensed psychologist in New York City, explains serial cheating can emerge from complex causes like trauma and insecure attachment. Cheating can also occur from psychological conditions of:

• narcissism
• impulsivity

Sometimes, serial cheating may be a reflection of the overall health of a relationship. (mai mult…)