Wahring Iris V, Simpson Jeffry A, Van Lange Paul A M
Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany;
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States;
Behav Brain Sci. 2024 Dec 26:1-64. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X24001365.
Women are often viewed as more romantic than men, and romantic relationships are assumed to be more central to the lives of women than to those of men. Despite the prevalence of these beliefs, some recent research paints a different picture. Using principles and insights based on the interdisciplinary literature on mixed-gender relationships, we advance a set of four propositions relevant to differences between men and women and their romantic relationships. We propose that relative to women: (a) men expect to obtain greater benefits from relationship formation and thus strive more strongly for a romantic partner, (b) men benefit more from romantic relationship involvement in terms of their mental and physical health, (c) men are less likely to initiate breakups, and (d) men suffer more from relationship dissolution. We offer theoretical explanations based on differences between men and women in the availability of social networks that provide intimacy and emotional support. We discuss implications for friendships in general and friendships between men and women in particular.
女性通常被认为比男性更浪漫，而且浪漫关系被假定在女性生活中比在男性生活中更核心。尽管这些观念很普遍，但最近的一些研究描绘了一幅不同的画面。基于关于异性恋关系的跨学科文献中的原则和见解，我们提出了一组与男性和女性及其浪漫关系差异相关的四个命题。我们提出，相对于女性：(a) 男性期望从建立关系中获得更大的益处，因此更强烈地争取浪漫伴侣；(b) 男性在心理健康和身体健康方面从参与浪漫关系中受益更多；(c) 男性发起分手的可能性较小；(d) 男性在关系解体时遭受的痛苦更大。我们基于男性和女性在提供亲密感和情感支持的社交网络可用性方面的差异提供理论解释。我们讨论了对一般友谊，特别是男女之间友谊的影响。
