Willoughby Brian J, Belt Dallin
School of Family Life, Brigham Young University.
J Fam Psychol. 2016 Mar;30(2):181-92. doi: 10.1037/fam0000150. Epub 2015 Sep 7.
The aim of this study was to expand on previous studies of cohabitation to understand the relationship between marital orientations and the relationship well-being of cohabiting couples with a particular focus on using dyadic analyses to understand within-couple patterns. Results from a sample of 1,837 couples provided evidence that an intent to delay marriage and a lower importance placed on marriage for 1 partner was related to lower relationship well-being assessments for both partners in the areas of couple satisfaction, stability, and communication. Greater differences between partners in the intent to delay marriage and importance placed on marriage were also found to be associated with some outcomes. When female partners had a greater intention to marry or a greater importance placed on marriage than male partners, couples began to report lower assessments of couple well-being. Finally, whether or not a couple was engaged at the time of cohabitation moderated some of the findings, suggesting that some associations were stronger or only present among cohabiters that were not engaged. The findings of the study provide further evidence that cohabiting couples are not all the same and that marital orientations and engagement status are important indicators of relationship well-being for many such couples.
本研究的目的是在以往关于同居的研究基础上进行拓展，以了解婚姻取向与同居伴侣关系幸福感之间的关系，特别侧重于使用二元分析来理解伴侣间的模式。来自1837对伴侣的样本结果表明，一方延迟结婚的意愿以及对婚姻较低的重视程度，与双方在伴侣满意度、稳定性和沟通等方面较低的关系幸福感评估相关。伴侣之间在延迟结婚意愿和对婚姻重视程度上的较大差异也被发现与一些结果有关。当女性伴侣比男性伴侣有更强的结婚意愿或对婚姻有更高的重视程度时，伴侣们开始报告较低的伴侣幸福感评估。最后，同居时情侣是否订婚对一些研究结果起到了调节作用，这表明一些关联在未订婚的同居者中更强或仅存在于他们之中。该研究结果进一步证明，同居伴侣并非都是一样的，婚姻取向和订婚状态是许多此类伴侣关系幸福感的重要指标。
