Gattis Krista S, Simpson Lorelei E, Christensen Andrew
Western State Hospital Staunton, Virginia 24402-2500, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2008 Dec;22(6):833-42. doi: 10.1037/a0013713.
Little research examines parenting and children's adjustment when couples engage in therapy. We examined how couples with and without children improve with couple therapy and whether they also report improvements in parenting and child adjustment. With up to twenty six sessions of couple therapy, 134 couples, 68 of whom had children, showed improved marital satisfaction during treatment, which was ultimately maintained over the 2-year follow-up, regardless of whether they had children. Couples married relatively longer, both with and without children, evidenced greater improvement. Couples with children reported less conflict over child rearing and better child adjustment during treatment, but only improvements in the former were maintained. Conflict over child rearing mediated the relationship between marital distress and child adjustment over therapy and the 2-year follow-up. These preliminary results suggest that couples in therapy may decrease their conflict over child rearing during treatment and they may be able to maintain these gains for at least two years following treatment; moreover, over the course of treatment, this decreased conflict is tied to improved child adjustment.
很少有研究探讨夫妻接受治疗时的养育方式与孩子的适应情况。我们研究了有孩子和没有孩子的夫妻如何通过夫妻治疗得到改善，以及他们是否也报告在养育方式和孩子适应方面有所改善。通过多达26次的夫妻治疗，134对夫妻（其中68对有孩子）在治疗期间婚姻满意度有所提高，并且在2年的随访中最终得以维持，无论他们是否有孩子。结婚时间相对较长的夫妻，无论有无孩子，改善都更明显。有孩子的夫妻在治疗期间报告在养育孩子方面的冲突减少，孩子的适应情况更好，但只有前者的改善得以维持。养育孩子方面的冲突在治疗期间及2年随访中调节了婚姻困扰与孩子适应之间的关系。这些初步结果表明，接受治疗的夫妻在治疗期间可能会减少在养育孩子方面的冲突，并且在治疗后至少两年内能够维持这些成果；此外，在治疗过程中，这种冲突的减少与孩子更好的适应情况相关。
