Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
J Pers Disord. 2020 Aug;34(4):439-458. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2019_33_392. Epub 2019 Aug 12.
Personality disorders (PDs) are significantly, negatively related to marital satisfaction. We examine how maladaptive personality is related to change in marital satisfaction over time utilizing data from the St. Louis Personality and Aging Network (SPAN), a longitudinal, community-based study of personality and health in older adults. Participants were assessed at baseline for PD (self-report, informant-report, and structured interview); self- and spouse-reported relationship satisfaction assessed at baseline and five follow-ups was analyzed with latent growth curve modeling. Higher levels of PD at baseline were associated with lower self and spouse relationship satisfaction at baseline. On average, satisfaction did not change significantly over the study period, but there was significant individual variability. Higher levels of schizoid PD were protective of declines in partner's perception of satisfaction. Findings suggest that partners in long-term married unions may have adapted to the presence of their own or their spouse's level of personality pathology.
人格障碍（PD）与婚姻满意度显著负相关。我们利用来自圣路易斯人格与衰老网络（SPAN）的数据，研究了适应不良的人格与婚姻满意度随时间变化的关系，SPAN 是一项针对老年人人格和健康的纵向、基于社区的研究。在基线时，参与者接受了 PD（自我报告、知情者报告和结构化访谈）的评估；利用潜在增长曲线模型分析了基线和五次随访时的自我和配偶报告的关系满意度。基线时 PD 水平较高与基线时自我和配偶关系满意度较低相关。平均而言，满意度在研究期间没有显著变化，但存在显著的个体差异。较高水平的分裂样 PD 可预防伴侣满意度下降。研究结果表明，长期已婚伴侣可能已经适应了自己或配偶的人格病理水平。
