Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Workgroup of Evolutionary Sexology and Psychopathology, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic.
J Sex Marital Ther. 2020;46(6):528-541. doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2020.1761493. Epub 2020 May 12.
Power imbalance in romantic couples is associated with lower relationship quality. Reasons underlying this phenomenon remain, however, unclear. In 192 Czech and Slovak long-term heterosexual couples, we measured relationship quality (Dyadic Adjustment Scale) and assessed its link with perceived relationship power, control, decision making, and personality dominance. Decreased relationship quality was found in power-imbalanced couples, and power distribution affected perceived relationship quality especially in men. In women, lower perceived relationship quality was associated with their partners' control and personality dominance. Results are discussed in the context of interdependence and approach/inhibition theories of power, and some culturally specific explanations are provided.
在浪漫伴侣中，权力失衡与较低的关系质量有关。然而，这种现象背后的原因尚不清楚。在 192 对捷克和斯洛伐克的长期异性恋伴侣中，我们测量了关系质量（对偶调整量表），并评估了其与感知关系权力、控制、决策和个性主导地位的联系。在权力失衡的伴侣中，关系质量下降，权力分配尤其影响男性感知的关系质量。在女性中，较低的感知关系质量与她们伴侣的控制和个性主导地位有关。研究结果在权力的相互依存和趋近/抑制理论背景下进行了讨论，并提供了一些文化特异性的解释。
