Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Addiction. 2009 Jul;104(7):1201-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02614.x.
The objective of this work was to examine the relation between patterns of substance use among newly married couples and marital satisfaction over time. In particular, this work examined if differences between husbands' and wives' heavy alcohol use and cigarette smoking, rather than simply use per se, predicted decreases in marital satisfaction over the first 7 years of marriage.
Married couples (n = 634 couples) were assessed on a variety of substance use and relationship variables at the time of marriage and again at the first, second, fourth and seventh years of marriage.
After controlling for key socio-demographic variables, discrepancies in husband and wife cigarette smoking and heavy alcohol use were related to significant reductions in marital satisfaction. Importantly, couples who were discrepant on both substances experienced the greatest declines in marital satisfaction over time.
Patterns of substance use among newly married couples are important predictors of changes in marital functioning over time. It was not simply the heavy alcohol use or cigarette smoking that predicted dissatisfaction but, rather, differences between husbands' and wives' substance use that impacted the relationship.
本研究旨在考察新婚夫妇物质使用模式与婚姻满意度随时间的变化关系。具体而言，本研究检验了丈夫和妻子大量饮酒和吸烟差异（而非单纯的使用行为）是否会导致婚姻满意度在婚后头 7 年持续下降。
在新婚时以及婚后第 1、2、4 和 7 年，对 634 对已婚夫妇进行了各种物质使用和关系变量的评估。
在控制了主要的社会人口变量后，夫妻双方在吸烟和大量饮酒方面的差异与婚姻满意度的显著下降有关。重要的是，在这两种物质上都存在差异的夫妇，其婚姻满意度随时间的推移下降幅度最大。
新婚夫妇的物质使用模式是预测婚姻功能随时间变化的重要因素。导致不满的不是丈夫或妻子大量饮酒或吸烟本身，而是丈夫和妻子之间在物质使用上的差异对婚姻关系产生了影响。
