Rogge Ronald D, Bradbury Thomas N, Hahlweg Kurt, Engl Jochen, Thurmaier Franz
Department of Clinical and Social Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2006 Mar;20(1):156-9. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.20.1.156.
Measures of communication, hostility, and neuroticism taken from 85 couples from Germany before marriage were used to predict marital outcomes 5 years later. Hostility and neuroticism discriminated between couples who separated or divorced after 5 years and those who remained married, whereas communication discriminated between married-satisfied and married- dissatisfied couples. Only hostility and neuroticism predicted marital satisfaction at 18 months, suggesting that these factors contribute to rapid, early declines in marital functioning. The authors conclude that poor communication alone cannot account for the full range of marital outcomes and that skill-based models of marriage can be strengthened by considering relatively rare exchanges between partners (e.g., aggression) and their enduring vulnerabilities (e.g., neuroticism).
研究采用了来自85对德国夫妇婚前的沟通、敌意和神经质测量指标，来预测5年后的婚姻结局。敌意和神经质能够区分5年后分居或离婚的夫妇与维持婚姻的夫妇，而沟通则能区分婚姻满意和婚姻不满意的夫妇。只有敌意和神经质能够预测18个月时的婚姻满意度，这表明这些因素会导致婚姻功能迅速、早期下降。作者得出结论，仅沟通不畅并不能解释所有的婚姻结局，通过考虑伴侣之间相对罕见的交流（如攻击性）及其持久的脆弱性（如神经质），基于技能的婚姻模型可以得到加强。
