Trombello Joseph M, Schoebi Dominik, Bradbury Thomas N
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
J Soc Clin Psychol. 2015 Jun;34(6):529-553. doi: 10.1521/jscp.2015.34.6.529.
Assortative-mating theories propose that individuals select romantic relationship partners who are similar to them on positive and negative qualities. Furthermore, stress-generation and intergenerational transmission of divorce models argue that one's depression history or family-of-origin relationship problems predict qualities of a marital partner that predispose them to relationship distress. We analyzed data from 172 newlywed couples to examine predictors and mediators of a marital partner's risk index. First, an index of one's own and one's partner risk was created through factor analysis and was comprised of measures that indicate insecurity about oneself. This index was significantly correlated with baseline marital satisfaction and, among men, steps toward divorce at follow-up. Then, structural equation modeling tested direct and indirect pathways predicting partner's risk index, analyzing prior depression history and family-of-origin relational impairment as predictors and one's own risk index as the mediator. Results demonstrated that own risk index reliably predicted partner's risk, while own risk index also mediated the relationship between own family-of-origin relational dysfunction/depression history and partner's risk index. These results support assortative mating theories and suggest that the association between adverse family-of-origin relationships or depression history and the risk profile in one's marital partner is explained by one's own risk profile.
选型交配理论认为，个体选择的浪漫关系伴侣在积极和消极特质上与自己相似。此外，压力产生和离婚的代际传递模型认为，一个人的抑郁史或原生家庭关系问题预示着婚姻伴侣的特质，这些特质使他们容易陷入关系困扰。我们分析了172对新婚夫妇的数据，以检验婚姻伴侣风险指数的预测因素和中介因素。首先，通过因素分析创建了一个人自己和其伴侣的风险指数，该指数由表明对自己不安全感的测量指标组成。这个指数与基线婚姻满意度以及男性随访时的离婚步骤显著相关。然后，结构方程模型测试了预测伴侣风险指数的直接和间接路径，分析了先前的抑郁史和原生家庭关系损害作为预测因素，以及自己的风险指数作为中介因素。结果表明，自己的风险指数可靠地预测了伴侣的风险，同时自己的风险指数也中介了自己原生家庭关系功能障碍/抑郁史与伴侣风险指数之间的关系。这些结果支持选型交配理论，并表明原生家庭不良关系或抑郁史与自己婚姻伴侣的风险状况之间的关联是由自己的风险状况所解释的。
