Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 Apr;43(4):668-678. doi: 10.1111/acer.13977. Epub 2019 Mar 7.
This cross-sectional study used data from 483 young adult marital dyads to evaluate conflict-with-partner and support-from-partner as moderators of alcohol use on 2 outcomes: alcohol problems and marital satisfaction. A path analytic modeling approach was used to test stress-exacerbating and stress-buffering hypotheses, and to accommodate the interdependent nature of the dyadic data.
This cross-sectional sample was selected from an adolescent-to-young adult longitudinal study in which spouses were recruited into the study during a later young adult assessment when the sample was, on average, 32.5 years old. Individual interviews using computerized technology were conducted with participants.
Findings for the outcome of alcohol problems indicated stress exacerbation in that higher conflict by each partner in interaction with higher alcohol use was associated with more alcohol problems for wives. Husbands' and wives' alcohol problems were lower when higher partner support buffered the association between alcohol use and alcohol problems. For the outcome of marital satisfaction, higher support-from-partner buffered the association between alcohol use and marital satisfaction. Finally, the combination of alcohol use and conflict-with-partner had more adverse implications for women's alcohol problems relative to men's alcohol problems.
These findings highlight that interactions between interpersonal dimensions of romantic relationships and alcohol use by both partners contribute to our understanding of their associations with alcohol problems and marital satisfaction within the marital relationship. Furthermore, there was some sex specificity in that some interactions were more prominently associated with alcohol problems for wives than husbands.
本横断面研究使用了来自 483 对年轻成年婚姻伴侣的数据，评估了伴侣冲突和伴侣支持作为酒精使用对 2 个结果的调节作用：酒精问题和婚姻满意度。采用路径分析模型方法检验了应激加剧和应激缓冲假说，并适应了对偶数据的相互依存性质。
该横断面样本选自青少年到成年的纵向研究，在研究的后期，当样本平均年龄为 32.5 岁时，招募配偶进入研究。使用计算机技术对参与者进行了个体访谈。
酒精问题结果表明应激加剧，即每个伴侣的更高冲突与更高的酒精使用相互作用与妻子的更多酒精问题有关。当更高的伴侣支持缓冲了酒精使用与酒精问题之间的关联时，丈夫和妻子的酒精问题就会降低。对于婚姻满意度的结果，更高的伴侣支持缓冲了酒精使用与婚姻满意度之间的关联。最后，酒精使用和伴侣冲突之间的组合对女性的酒精问题比男性的酒精问题有更不利的影响。
这些发现强调了浪漫关系中人际关系维度与双方的酒精使用之间的相互作用有助于我们理解它们与酒精问题和婚姻关系中婚姻满意度的关系。此外，还存在一些性别特异性，即一些相互作用与妻子的酒精问题比丈夫的酒精问题更显著相关。
