Department of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia.
J Sex Res. 2011 Jan;48(1):29-42. doi: 10.1080/00224490903370602.
This article examines whether associations between marital status and emotional and physical satisfaction depend on jealous conflict associated with expectations about sexual exclusivity. Using data from a representative sample of 681 women and men drawn from the city of Chicago and its inner suburbs, this study estimated logistic regression models of jealous conflict and ordered logistic regression models of adults' reported emotional and physical satisfaction of their relationships. The results show that marriages are less exposed to jealous conflict than cohabiting and noncohabiting relationships. Regarding emotional and physical satisfaction, their associations with marital status were contingent upon whether individuals reported jealous conflict in their relationships. Specifically, in relationships without jealous conflict, married couples were more emotionally satisfied than noncohabiting couples. Married couples, but not cohabiting and noncohabiting couples, had significantly lower emotional and physical satisfaction when jealous conflict occurred. Cohabitors were not less emotionally or physically satisfied than married respondents. Overall, this research supports the argument that sexual exclusivity expectations are important for understanding the link between marital status and relationship quality.
本文探讨了婚姻状况与情感和身体满意度之间的关联是否取决于与性排他性期望相关的嫉妒冲突。本研究使用了来自芝加哥市及其内郊区的具有代表性的 681 名女性和男性的样本数据，估计了嫉妒冲突的逻辑回归模型和成年人报告的关系中情感和身体满意度的有序逻辑回归模型。结果表明，与同居和非同居关系相比，婚姻关系较少受到嫉妒冲突的影响。关于情感和身体满意度，它们与婚姻状况的关联取决于个体是否报告了关系中的嫉妒冲突。具体来说，在没有嫉妒冲突的关系中，已婚夫妇比非同居夫妇更能在情感上得到满足。当出现嫉妒冲突时，已婚夫妇，而不是同居和非同居夫妇，在情感和身体满意度方面明显较低。同居者在情感或身体上并不比已婚受访者更不满意。总的来说，这项研究支持了这样一种观点，即性排他性期望对于理解婚姻状况和关系质量之间的联系是很重要的。
