Erol Ruth Yasemin, Orth Ulrich
Department of Psychology, University of Basel.
Department of Psychology, University of Bern.
Dev Psychol. 2014 Sep;50(9):2291-303. doi: 10.1037/a0037370. Epub 2014 Jul 7.
We examined the effects of self-esteem development on the development of relationship satisfaction in 2 samples of couples. Study 1 used data from both partners of 885 couples assessed 5 times over 12 years, and Study 2 used data from both partners of 6,116 couples assessed 3 times over 15 years. The pattern of results was similar across the 2 studies. First, development of relationship satisfaction could be modeled as a couple-level process. Second, initial level of self-esteem of each partner predicted the initial level of the partners' common relationship satisfaction, and change in self-esteem of each partner predicted change in the partners' common relationship satisfaction. Third, these effects did not differ by gender and held when controlling for participants' age, length of relationship, health, and employment status. Fourth, self-esteem similarity among partners did not influence the development of their relationship satisfaction. The findings suggest that the development of self-esteem in both partners of a couple contributes in a meaningful way to the development of the partners' common satisfaction with their relationship.
我们在两组夫妻样本中考察了自尊发展对关系满意度发展的影响。研究1使用了885对夫妻双方的数据，这些夫妻在12年里接受了5次评估；研究2使用了6116对夫妻双方的数据，这些夫妻在15年里接受了3次评估。两项研究的结果模式相似。首先，关系满意度的发展可以被建模为一个夫妻层面的过程。其次，每个伴侣的自尊初始水平预测了伴侣共同关系满意度的初始水平，每个伴侣自尊的变化预测了伴侣共同关系满意度的变化。第三，这些效应不存在性别差异，在控制了参与者的年龄、关系时长、健康状况和就业状况后依然成立。第四，伴侣之间的自尊相似性并未影响他们关系满意度的发展。研究结果表明，夫妻双方自尊的发展对双方共同关系满意度的发展有着重要贡献。
