Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
Ann Behav Med. 2024 Jan 1;58(1):67-78. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaad058.
The shared provider responsibility between married couples does not translate to equally shared division of childcare (CC) and household labor. While some marriages contain highly positive aspects, marriages may also simultaneously contain both positive and negative aspects. The negativity in these relationships can negate the positivity and could potentially lead to the detriment of mothers' health.
We examined mothers' ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) associated with their marital relationship quality and perceived equity with her spouse on CC and household tasks.
We investigate these associations using a mixed multilevel model analysis on a sample of 224 mothers in heterosexual marriages, all of whom had children under the age of 18 years currently living in the home.
Mothers' perception of equity in the division of CC responsibilities contributed to lower ABP. Additionally, mothers in supportive marital relationships (low negativity and high positivity) had lower ABP than those in ambivalent relationships (both high negativity and positivity). There was a crossover interaction such that the effect of relationship quality on ABP was moderated by the perception of equity in the division of CC. For mothers who report doing all the CC, they had lower ABP if they had a supportive marital relationship compared with mothers in ambivalent relationships. Whereas mothers who report more equity in CC and have a supportive relationship have higher ABP compared with mothers in ambivalent relationships.
This study has implications related to dynamics within marital relationships. These results demonstrate important relational influences on mothers' ABP.
已婚夫妇的共同责任并不意味着育儿（CC）和家务劳动的责任平等分担。虽然有些婚姻包含非常积极的方面，但婚姻也可能同时包含积极和消极的方面。这些关系中的消极因素可能会否定积极因素，并可能对母亲的健康造成损害。
我们研究了母亲的动态血压（ABP）与婚姻关系质量以及与配偶在 CC 和家务任务上的公平感知之间的关系。
我们使用混合多层模型分析了 224 名处于异性婚姻中的母亲的样本，这些母亲都有 18 岁以下的孩子目前居住在家庭中。
母亲对 CC 责任分配的公平感知有助于降低 ABP。此外，处于支持性关系（低消极和高积极）的母亲的 ABP 低于处于矛盾性关系（高消极和高积极）的母亲。存在交叉交互作用，即关系质量对 ABP 的影响受到 CC 分配公平感的调节。对于报告承担所有 CC 的母亲，如果她们的婚姻关系支持，她们的 ABP 会更低，而与处于矛盾关系的母亲相比。而对于报告在 CC 方面更公平且关系支持的母亲，其 ABP 会高于处于矛盾关系的母亲。
这项研究对婚姻关系中的动态关系具有重要意义。这些结果表明，婚姻关系对母亲的 ABP 有重要影响。
