Patton D, Waring E M
J Sex Marital Ther. 1984 Fall;10(3):201-6. doi: 10.1080/00926238408405946.
Lack of intimacy in the marital relationship is hypothesized to be associated with the presence of symptoms of nonpsychotic emotional illness in one or both spouses. The development of the Waring Intimacy Questionnaire (WIQ) has furthered the understanding of the relationship between intimacy and illness. A clinical sample (n = 184) was compared to a nonclinical sample (n = 188) on both the quality and quantity of intimacy. The clinical sample reports significantly lower intimacy [F (1, 370) = 37.5, p less than .001] and is deficient on almost all aspects of intimacy described, except sexuality. The results suggest that the WIQ is a useful assessment tool which may identify marital relationships that are not close, marital assessment may be useful in formulating a comprehensive treatment plan, and the sexual quality of marriage may operate independently of marital intimacy.
婚姻关系中缺乏亲密感被假定与夫妻一方或双方出现非精神病性情感疾病症状有关。韦林亲密关系问卷（WIQ）的编制增进了人们对亲密感与疾病之间关系的理解。对一个临床样本（n = 184）和一个非临床样本（n = 188）在亲密感的质量和数量方面进行了比较。临床样本报告的亲密感显著更低[F(1, 370) = 37.5，p <.001]，并且在除性方面之外所描述的亲密感的几乎所有方面都存在不足。结果表明，WIQ是一种有用的评估工具，它可能识别出不亲密的婚姻关系，婚姻评估在制定全面治疗计划时可能有用，并且婚姻的性质量可能独立于婚姻亲密感而存在。
