Department of Social Sciences, 121343University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
Department of Psychology, 12478Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Evol Psychol. 2021 Jan-Mar;19(1):1474704920987807. doi: 10.1177/1474704920987807.
Keeping an intimate relationship is challenging, and there are many factors causing strain. In the current research, we employed a sample of 1,403 participants from China and Greece who were in an intimate relationship, and we classified 78 difficulties in keeping an intimate relationship in 13 factors. Among the most common ones were clinginess, long work hours, and lack of personal time and space. Clinginess was reported as a more common source of relationship strain by women, while bad sex was reported as a more common source of relationship strain by men. Fading away enthusiasm, bad sex, infidelity and children were reported as more important by older participants, while lack of personal time and space, and character issues were reported as more important by younger participants. The factor structure was similar in the Greek and in the Chinese cultural contexts, but there were also differences. In addition, there were significant interactions between the sample and the sex. For instance, for the non-monogamous factor, men gave higher scores than women in both samples, but the difference was much more pronounced in the Greek sample.
维持亲密关系具有挑战性，有许多因素会导致紧张关系。在目前的研究中，我们从中国和希腊招募了 1403 名处于亲密关系中的参与者作为样本，并将 78 种维持亲密关系的困难分为 13 个因素。其中最常见的困难包括过于依赖、工作时间长、缺乏个人时间和空间。依赖性被报告为女性关系紧张的更常见原因，而性生活不和谐被报告为男性关系紧张的更常见原因。热情减退、性生活不和谐、不忠和孩子被年长的参与者认为更为重要，而缺乏个人时间和空间以及性格问题则被年轻的参与者认为更为重要。在中希文化背景下，因素结构相似，但也存在差异。此外，样本和性别之间存在显著的相互作用。例如，对于非一夫一妻制因素，男性在两个样本中的得分都高于女性，但在希腊样本中差异更为明显。
