Bell Linda G, Harsin Amanda
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
Couple Family Psychol. 2018 Mar;7(1):12-21. doi: 10.1037/cfp0000096.
This prospective longitudinal study explores the relationship between marital functioning at midlife and in later life as measured by global coding of marital interaction process. Couples participated in home interviews at midlife, then again 25 years later. During home interviews at both waves couples completed a questionnaire describing their family, then discussed differences of opinion about the family. Marital system variables were coded by trained coders from taped discussions. Coded measures of the marital interaction supported a relationship between midlife and later life marriage. Connection at midlife was positively related to warmth/support and clear interpersonal boundaries in later life; more connection at midlife was also related to less depression in later life. More individuation at midlife was associated with less conflict in later life. Evidence was also found for enhanced marital functioning in later life: more warmth/support, clearer interpersonal boundaries, more comfort with differences, and less covert conflict.
这项前瞻性纵向研究通过对婚姻互动过程进行全局编码，探讨了中年及晚年婚姻功能之间的关系。夫妻在中年时参加了家庭访谈，25年后再次参加。在两个阶段的家庭访谈中，夫妻们都完成了一份描述他们家庭的问卷，然后讨论了关于家庭的意见分歧。婚姻系统变量由经过培训的编码人员根据录音讨论进行编码。婚姻互动的编码测量结果支持了中年婚姻与晚年婚姻之间的关系。中年时的联结与晚年的温暖/支持以及清晰的人际边界呈正相关；中年时更多的联结也与晚年较少的抑郁有关。中年时更多的个体化与晚年较少的冲突相关。研究还发现了晚年婚姻功能增强的证据：更多的温暖/支持、更清晰的人际边界、对差异更坦然以及更少的隐性冲突。
