Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
J Fam Psychol. 2011 Aug;25(4):615-9. doi: 10.1037/a0023996.
The purpose of this 16-year prospective follow-up study was to investigate the association between parental divorce in childhood and intimate relationship quality in adulthood. The mediating role of psychosocial resources (parent-child relationships at 16 years, self-esteem and social support at 32 years) in this association was also studied. All 16 year olds of one Finnish city completed questionnaires at school and were followed up by postal questionnaires at 32 years of age (n = 1,471). Results showed that women and men from divorced families were more often divorced or separated at the age of 32 years than those from nondivorced families. However, parental divorce was associated with poorer intimate relationship quality only among women. Women from divorced families also had poorer relationships with their father and mother in adolescence, and they had lower self-esteem and satisfaction with social support in adulthood than women from intact families. No such associations were found among men. The impact of parental divorce on intimate relationship quality among women was partially mediated by mother-daughter relationship, self-esteem, and satisfaction with social support. The mediating role of mother-daughter relationship was not direct, however, but was mediated via self-esteem and satisfaction with social support. Our findings indicate that parental divorce affects daughters more than sons. In the context of parental divorce, the mother-daughter relationship in adolescence is important for the development of later psychosocial resources and, via them, for intimate relationship quality.
这项为期 16 年的前瞻性随访研究旨在调查儿童时期父母离异与成年后亲密关系质量之间的关系。本研究还探讨了心理社会资源（16 岁时的亲子关系、32 岁时的自尊和社会支持）在这种关联中的中介作用。芬兰某市所有 16 岁的青少年在学校完成问卷调查，并在 32 岁时通过邮寄问卷进行随访（n=1471）。结果表明，与来自完整家庭的人相比，来自离异家庭的女性和男性在 32 岁时更有可能离婚或分居。然而，父母离异仅与女性的亲密关系质量较差有关。来自离异家庭的女性在青少年时期与父母的关系也较差，她们的自尊心和对社会支持的满意度也低于来自完整家庭的女性。在男性中没有发现这种关联。父母离异对女性亲密关系质量的影响部分通过母女关系、自尊和对社会支持的满意度来介导。然而，母女关系的中介作用不是直接的，而是通过自尊和对社会支持的满意度来介导的。我们的研究结果表明，父母离异对女儿的影响大于儿子。在父母离异的背景下，青少年时期的母女关系对后期心理社会资源的发展很重要，而这些资源又对亲密关系质量起着重要作用。
