Demaris Alfred, Mahoney Annette, Pargament Kenneth I
Department of Sociology., Bowling Green State University.
J Fam Issues. 2010 Mar 16;31(10):1255-1278. doi: 10.1177/0192513x10363888.
Theory suggests that relationship inequity will be associated with less marital and personal distress among the more religious, and that this interaction effect will be stronger for women than men. Data are from 178 married couples experiencing the third trimester of pregnancy of their first biological child. Five outcome variables were assessed for each spouse: marital satisfaction, love, marital conflict, depression, and anxiety. Consistent with equity theory, perceived relative advantage was related in a non-monotonic fashion to all outcomes, with increasing advantage predicting better outcomes up to the equity point, but worse outcomes afterwards. Sanctification of marriage appeared to be a more important moderator of inequity effects than general religiousness. In particular, relative advantage had weaker effects among higher sanctifiers. The influence of relative advantage was also conditioned by gender. Wives' psychological well-being appeared to be more adversely affected than men's due to considering oneself overbenefited in the relationship. Moreover, the interaction between sanctification and relative advantage was somewhat stronger for wives.
理论表明，在宗教信仰较强的人群中，关系不平等与较少的婚姻和个人困扰相关，并且这种交互效应在女性中比在男性中更强。数据来自178对生育第一个亲生孩子处于孕晚期的已婚夫妇。为每位配偶评估了五个结果变量：婚姻满意度、爱意、婚姻冲突、抑郁和焦虑。与公平理论一致，感知到的相对优势与所有结果呈非单调关系，优势增加在公平点之前预示着更好的结果，但之后则预示着更差的结果。婚姻神圣化似乎比一般宗教信仰更能调节不平等效应。特别是，在高度神圣化者中，相对优势的影响较弱。相对优势的影响也受性别制约。由于认为自己在关系中受益过多，妻子的心理健康似乎比丈夫受到的负面影响更大。此外，神圣化与相对优势之间的交互作用在妻子中略强。
