Human Development and Family Studies, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong.
Fam Process. 2024 Mar;63(1):210-227. doi: 10.1111/famp.12869. Epub 2023 Feb 17.
We examined whether shared leisure offers protection against negative associations between financial distress and relationship quality (satisfaction and commitment) for lower- and higher-income couples. We expected husbands' and wives' reports of shared leisure would be protective of the effects of financial distress (Time 2) on relationship satisfaction (Time 3) and commitment (Time 4) for higher-income couples (but not lower-income couples). Participants were drawn from a nationally representative, longitudinal study of US newly married couples. The analytic sample included both members of 1382 different-gender couples with data across the three sampled waves of data collection. Shared leisure was largely protective of the effects of financial distress on husbands' commitment for higher-income couples. For lower-income couples, higher shared leisure exacerbated this effect. These effects were only found at extreme levels of household income and shared leisure. When considering if couples who play together stay together, our findings suggest that it can, but it is critical to understand the financial situation of the couple and the resources they may have to support shared leisure activities. Professionals working with couples should consider their financial situation when making recommendation to engage in shared leisure, such as going out for recreation.
我们考察了休闲共享是否能缓解经济困境与夫妻关系质量（满意度和承诺）之间的负面关联，而这种关联在收入较低和较高的夫妻群体中存在差异。我们预计，对于高收入夫妻（而非低收入夫妻）而言，夫妻双方对休闲共享的报告能够缓解经济困境（第二期）对关系满意度（第三期）和承诺（第四期）的负面影响。研究参与者来自一项针对美国新婚夫妻的全国性、纵向研究。分析样本包括了在三个数据采集阶段中，1382 对不同性别夫妻的双方数据。休闲共享在很大程度上保护了高收入夫妻中经济困境对丈夫承诺的影响。而对于低收入夫妻而言，较高的休闲共享则加剧了这种影响。这些影响仅在家庭收入和休闲共享的极端水平上才会出现。在考虑夫妻是否“同甘共苦”时，我们的研究结果表明，休闲共享确实能够保护夫妻关系，但关键是要了解夫妻的财务状况以及他们可能拥有的支持休闲共享活动的资源。与夫妻合作的专业人士在建议夫妻参与休闲共享活动（例如外出娱乐）时，应该考虑他们的财务状况。
