McQuillan Julia, Greil Arthur L, Rybińska Anna, Tiemeyer Stacy, Shreffler Karina M, Colaner Colleen Warner
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.
Alfred University, USA.
J Soc Pers Relat. 2021 Jan;38(1):342-362. doi: 10.1177/0265407520953903. Epub 2020 Oct 5.
Using data from a population survey, this article explores whether perceptions of having a fertility problem among 926 U.S. couples in heterosexual relationships (women aged 25-45 and male partners) are associated with distress. Most couples did not perceive a fertility problem (58%). In almost a third (30%) of the couples, only women perceived a fertility problem; in 4%, only the men; and in nearly a fifth (19%), both perceived a problem. Adjusted for characteristics associated with fertility problems and depressive symptoms, those who perceived a problem exhibited significantly more depressive symptoms than those who did not. Fertility problems are sometimes experienced as individual because in some couples only one partner perceives a problem or has higher distress in response to their own rather than to their partners' perceived problems. For women, fertility problems are experienced as a couple phenomenon because women were more distressed when both partners perceive a problem. The perception of fertility problems is gendered in that women were more likely to perceive a problem than men. Furthermore, men are most distressed when they perceive a problem and their partner does not.
本文利用一项人口调查的数据，探讨了926对处于异性恋关系中的美国夫妇（女性年龄在25至45岁之间，男性为伴侣）对生育问题的认知是否与困扰相关。大多数夫妇并未察觉到生育问题（58%）。在近三分之一（30%）的夫妇中，只有女性察觉到生育问题；4%的夫妇中只有男性察觉到；近五分之一（19%）的夫妇双方都察觉到问题。在对与生育问题和抑郁症状相关的特征进行调整后，察觉到问题的夫妇比未察觉到问题的夫妇表现出明显更多的抑郁症状。生育问题有时被视为个体问题，因为在一些夫妇中只有一方察觉到问题，或者一方对自身而非伴侣察觉到的问题有更高的困扰。对于女性而言，生育问题被视为一种夫妻现象，因为当双方都察觉到问题时，女性会更苦恼。生育问题的认知存在性别差异，即女性比男性更有可能察觉到问题。此外，当男性察觉到问题而其伴侣未察觉到问题时，男性最为苦恼。
