Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg, Rue de Faucigny 2, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2012 Apr;102(4):729-42. doi: 10.1037/a0026290. Epub 2011 Nov 21.
Although commitment is theoretically distinct from relationship satisfaction, empirical associations between the concepts are high. After drawing from classic definitions of commitment to distinguish between commitment as the desire for a relationship to persist versus the behavioral inclination to maintain the relationship, we predicted that the former component would function much like satisfaction, whereas the latter component would operate independently of satisfaction to stabilize couple relationships. Using satisfaction and commitment data collected over the first 4 years of marriage (N = 172 couples), we demonstrate that only behavioral inclinations to maintain the marriage are related to observed marital interaction behaviors, to reported steps taken toward dissolution, and to 11-year divorce rates, independent of satisfaction. Consistent with dyadic "weak-link"' conceptions of commitment, likelihood of divorce was found to increase as a function of the lower of the 2 partners' inclination to maintain the relationship. Commitment may stabilize declining intimate partnerships, particularly when it is conceptualized as the inclination to maintain the relationship. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).
虽然承诺在理论上与关系满意度不同，但这两个概念之间的实证关联度很高。在借鉴了承诺的经典定义，将承诺区分成希望关系持续的愿望和维持关系的行为倾向之后，我们预测前者的作用类似于满意度，而后者的作用则独立于满意度，以稳定夫妻关系。我们使用在婚姻的头 4 年中收集的满意度和承诺数据（N=172 对夫妻），证明了只有维持婚姻的行为倾向与观察到的婚姻互动行为、报告的离婚步骤以及 11 年的离婚率有关，而与满意度无关。与关系承诺的“弱联系”概念一致，发现离婚的可能性随着伴侣中维持关系倾向较低的一方而增加。当将承诺概念化为维持关系的倾向时，它可能会稳定逐渐恶化的亲密关系。（2012 年 APA 心理学数据库记录，版权所有）。
