Department of Psychology, Columbus State University.
Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University.
Health Commun. 2021 May;36(5):639-649. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2020.1733229. Epub 2020 Mar 2.
This study examined the influence of people's short-term (e.g., convenience) and long-term (e.g., maintain weight) motives toward their romantic partner's health on their provision of health-related social control and autonomy support for their partner's health behaviors, as well as their indifference toward their romantic partner's health. Data from a sample of cohabiting couples ( = 212) were analyzed using multilevel path models. Results showed having more long-term motives for a partner's health lead to increased provisions of autonomy support and social control, and less indifference toward the partner's health, especially when the partner had lower long-term health motives themselves. In contrast, having more short-term motives for a partner's health was associated with providing less social control and autonomy support and showing more indifference toward the partner's health. Thus, people motivated to improve their partner's long-term health engage in more behaviors meant to improve their romantic partner's health choices, particularly when the partner has low motivation to regulate their own health behaviors.
这项研究考察了人们对伴侣健康的短期（例如方便）和长期（例如保持体重）动机对他们提供与健康相关的社会控制和自主支持的影响，以及他们对伴侣健康的漠不关心。本研究的数据来自于同居伴侣的样本（n=212），使用多层路径模型进行了分析。结果表明，对伴侣健康有更多的长期动机，会导致更多的自主支持和社会控制，以及对伴侣健康的漠不关心减少，尤其是当伴侣自身的长期健康动机较低时。相比之下，对伴侣健康有更多的短期动机与提供较少的社会控制和自主支持以及对伴侣健康表现出更多的漠不关心有关。因此，那些有动机改善伴侣长期健康的人会采取更多的行为来改善他们伴侣的健康选择，特别是当伴侣自身调节健康行为的动机较低时。
