Lewis J M, Barnhart F D, Nace E P, Carson D I, Howard B L
Timberlawn Psychiatric Research Foundation, Dallas, TX 75227.
Bull Menninger Clin. 1993 Fall;57(4):458-65.
Marital satisfaction data from a large sample of physicians and their spouses and dentists and their spouses suggest that about 85% of professionals and spouses are satisfied with their marriages. High levels of marital satisfaction are associated with high work satisfaction, low work stress, and fewer psychiatric symptoms. These findings do not support the widely held belief that physicians' marriages are more apt to be dysfunctional than those of other persons. The authors discuss this difference from two perspectives: (1) sampling differences and (2) differences between marital assessments from inside and outside the marriage.
来自大量医生及其配偶以及牙医及其配偶的婚姻满意度数据表明，约85%的专业人士及其配偶对他们的婚姻感到满意。高水平的婚姻满意度与高工作满意度、低工作压力以及较少的精神症状相关。这些发现并不支持人们普遍持有的一种观点，即医生的婚姻比其他人的婚姻更容易出现功能失调。作者从两个角度讨论了这种差异：（1）抽样差异；（2）婚姻内外评估的差异。
