Brock Rebecca L, Lawrence Erika
Department of Psychology, The University of Iowa.
J Fam Psychol. 2014 Feb;28(1):54-64. doi: 10.1037/a0035280. Epub 2013 Dec 23.
Recent research indicates that receiving too much support from one's spouse (i.e., overprovision of support) is actually more detrimental to marriage than not receiving enough support. The principal goal of the present study was to develop a novel framework for explaining the pathways through which couples experience overprovision of support in their marriages. Intrapersonal factors (anxious and avoidant attachment), interpersonal factors (conflict management and emotional intimacy), and contextual factors (stress originating outside of the marriage) were assessed during the transition into marriage as potential risk factors for experiencing higher levels of support overprovision during the first 5 years of marriage in a sample of 103 couples using growth curve analytic techniques. To the extent that (a) husbands were higher in avoidant attachment, (b) husbands reported greater chronic role strain, and (c) couples had lower levels of emotional intimacy, support overprovision was greater for both husbands and wives. In addition, emotional intimacy (lower levels) was a partial pathway through which husband avoidant attachment contributed to support overprovision. Finally, factors placing couples at risk for support overprovision in their marriages appear to be distinct from those increasing the risk for support underprovision. The potential for results to inform contemporary marital theories and marital preparation programs is discussed.
近期研究表明，从配偶那里获得过多支持（即过度提供支持）实际上对婚姻的危害比未获得足够支持更大。本研究的主要目标是建立一个新颖的框架，用以解释夫妻在婚姻中经历过度支持的途径。在103对夫妻组成的样本中，运用增长曲线分析技术，在婚姻过渡期间评估了个人因素（焦虑和回避型依恋）、人际因素（冲突管理和情感亲密）以及情境因素（婚姻外部产生的压力），将其作为在婚后头5年经历更高水平过度支持的潜在风险因素。在以下情况下，即（a）丈夫的回避型依恋程度更高，（b）丈夫报告有更大的长期角色压力，以及（c）夫妻的情感亲密程度较低时，丈夫和妻子的过度支持程度都更高。此外，情感亲密程度较低是丈夫的回避型依恋导致过度支持的部分途径。最后，使夫妻在婚姻中面临过度支持风险的因素似乎与那些增加支持不足风险 的因素不同。本文讨论了这些结果为当代婚姻理论和婚姻准备计划提供信息的可能性。
