Pietromonaco Paula R, Overall Nickola C, Beck Lindsey A, Powers Sally I
University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
University of Auckland.
Soc Psychol Personal Sci. 2021 Mar;12(2):165-175. doi: 10.1177/1948550620904609. Epub 2020 Apr 9.
Lower power during marital interactions predicts greater aggression by men, but no research has identified women's response to lower power. We tested whether women who experienced lower situational power during conflict exhibited greater submission, especially if they held traditional gender role beliefs and thus accepted structural gender differences in power. Newlywed couples (Time 1 = 204 couples) completed questionnaires and discussed an area of conflict 3 times over 3 years. Individuals who perceived lower power during couples' discussions evidenced greater submission, but this effect was more pronounced for wives, especially wives who held traditional gender role beliefs. Among those with traditional gender role beliefs, greater submission together with lower power predicted lower marital adjustment over time. These results highlight that the low power-submission link, and associated implications for marital adjustment, need to be evaluated in the context of power-relevant situations, gender, and broader power-related beliefs about gender roles.
婚姻互动中权力较低预示着男性会有更强的攻击性，但尚无研究确定女性对较低权力的反应。我们测试了在冲突中经历较低情境权力的女性是否表现出更大程度的顺从，特别是如果她们持有传统性别角色观念，从而接受权力方面的结构性性别差异。新婚夫妇（第一次调查 = 204对夫妇）填写问卷，并在3年时间里就一个冲突领域进行了3次讨论。在夫妻讨论中感觉权力较低的个体表现出更大程度的顺从，但这种影响在妻子身上更为明显，尤其是持有传统性别角色观念的妻子。在持有传统性别角色观念的人中，更大程度的顺从与较低的权力预示着随着时间推移婚姻调适水平较低。这些结果凸显出，低权力与顺从之间的联系以及对婚姻调适的相关影响，需要在与权力相关的情境、性别以及关于性别角色的更广泛的权力相关信念的背景下进行评估。
