Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Department of Psychology, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Stress Health. 2024 Oct;40(5):e3455. doi: 10.1002/smi.3455. Epub 2024 Aug 1.
Stressors arising from the current COVID-19 pandemic have pernicious effects on relational functioning. However, the systemic transactional model (STM) addresses the buffering role of dyadic coping in couples' relationships. Therefore, the current study aimed to examine the possible buffering role of dyadic coping and investigate the negative consequences of external stressors related to the COVID-19 pandemic and internal stressors on relationship satisfaction and intimacy on within- and between-person levels. Data were collected from 100 couples through daily diary questions over 14 consecutive days. The mean age for females was 32.45 years (SD = 8.11), and for males, it was 34.79 years (SD = 8.79). The findings showed several significant within-person moderation effects. Specifically, simple slope analysis revealed that the associations between internal stress and relationship satisfaction, and intimacy were positive for both partners who reported particularly more dyadic coping on a given day. Conversely, interaction effect of dyadic coping with external stress has not been found significant on within-person level. Between-person effects revealed that dyadic coping buffers the negative association between external stress and relational outcomes and the negative effect of internal stress. The current study expanded the literature of the STM of dyadic coping within the context of an acute external crisis. In line with STM predictions, couples may benefit from interventions focused on enhancing coping strategies to navigate major and minor stressors, especially during significant life challenges, thereby maintaining high relationship quality.
当前 COVID-19 大流行带来的压力源对关系功能有不良影响。然而，系统交易模型（STM）解决了对偶应对在夫妻关系中的缓冲作用。因此，本研究旨在检验对偶应对的可能缓冲作用，并研究与 COVID-19 大流行相关的外部压力源和内部压力源对关系满意度和亲密感的负面影响，在个体内和个体间水平上。数据是通过连续 14 天的每日日记问题从 100 对夫妇中收集的。女性的平均年龄为 32.45 岁（SD=8.11），男性为 34.79 岁（SD=8.79）。研究结果显示了几个显著的个体内调节效应。具体来说，简单斜率分析表明，对于那些在特定一天报告了更多对偶应对的伴侣来说，内部压力与关系满意度和亲密感之间的关联是正相关的。相反，在个体内水平上，对偶应对与外部压力的交互作用不显著。个体间效应表明，对偶应对缓冲了外部压力与关系结果之间的负相关关系，以及内部压力的负面影响。本研究扩展了对偶应对的 STM 在急性外部危机背景下的文献。与 STM 的预测一致，夫妻可能会受益于侧重于增强应对策略的干预措施，以应对重大和次要压力源，特别是在重大生活挑战期间，从而维持较高的关系质量。
