School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, 2081 JFSB, BYU, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2010 Nov;39(11):1305-17. doi: 10.1007/s10964-009-9477-x. Epub 2009 Nov 21.
The current study seeks to address the implicit assumption in the developmental literature that marital attitudes are static by investigating how various marital attitudes might change across adolescence. Longitudinal change for three marital attitudes in relation to family structure, educational aspirations, race and gender are examined. Utilizing a sample of 1,010 high school students (53% male; 76% white) recruited from a Midwestern metropolitan area, latent growth models were used to model marital attitude trajectories across adolescence. The sample was followed for 4 years from ages 14 until 18. Results revealed that adolescents placed a higher priority on marriage as they prepared to transition into young adulthood but that gender, race and educational aspirations all altered the degree in which marital attitudes changed across the time period of the study. Results highlight the importance of considering multiple constructs of marital attitudes and the need for more longitudinal work in this area of study.
本研究旨在解决发展文献中隐含的假设，即婚姻态度是静态的，通过调查各种婚姻态度在青春期可能如何变化。研究考察了与家庭结构、教育期望、种族和性别相关的三种婚姻态度的纵向变化。利用从中西部大都市区招募的 1010 名高中生（53%为男性；76%为白人）的样本，使用潜在增长模型来模拟青春期的婚姻态度轨迹。该样本从 14 岁到 18 岁进行了 4 年的跟踪。结果表明，青少年在准备过渡到青年期时，更重视婚姻，但性别、种族和教育期望都改变了婚姻态度在研究期间的变化程度。研究结果强调了考虑婚姻态度的多个结构的重要性，以及在这一研究领域进行更多纵向工作的必要性。
