Traupmann J, Hatfield E
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 1983;17(2):89-101. doi: 10.2190/1P5Y-0269-J277-KP9T.
Do marital relationships become more equitable over time? Is a sense of fairness or equity in marriage equally important at different points across the lifespan? To answer these and related equity/intimacy questions, a sample of middle-aged and older married women was asked to describe the level of equity in their marriages at eight points across their lifespan and their feelings about the equity/inequity at each point. The aggregated results suggested women begin a marriage with a sense of overbenefit, move into a period of underbenefit during their middle years, and finally feel fairly treated in late middle age. The disaggregated data revealed three distinct patterns of equity/inequity over the lifespan. Women's reactions to the level of equity at each stage followed the predicted curvilinear pattern.
婚姻关系会随着时间推移变得更加公平吗？婚姻中的公平感在人生不同阶段同样重要吗？为了回答这些以及相关的公平/亲密问题，我们抽取了一组中老年已婚女性样本，让她们描述自己在人生八个阶段的婚姻公平程度，以及对每个阶段公平/不公平状况的感受。汇总结果表明，女性在婚姻开始时感觉自己受益过多，中年时进入受益不足阶段，到中年后期才最终感觉受到公平对待。分类数据揭示了人生各阶段三种不同的公平/不公平模式。女性对每个阶段公平程度的反应遵循预测的曲线模式。
