Marital satisfaction and break-ups differ across on-line and off-line meeting venues
Marital satisfaction and break-ups differ across on-line and off-line meeting venues
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DOI：
10.1073/pnas.1222447110
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发表时间：
2013-06-18
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
VanderWeele, Tyler J.
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作者：
Cacioppo, John T.;Cacioppo, Stephanie;VanderWeele, Tyler J.
婚姻不和对儿童、家庭和社区来说都是代价高昂的。互联网、社交网络和在线约会的出现影响了人们认识未来配偶的方式，但人们对这些婚姻的普遍程度、结果或参与者的人口统计数据知之甚少。我们对19131名在2005至2012年间结婚的受访者进行了全国代表性的抽样调查，回答了这些问题。调查结果显示，美国现在有超过三分之一的婚姻是从网上开始的。此外，与通过传统线下渠道开始的婚姻相比，在线婚姻导致婚姻破裂(分居或离婚)的可能性略低，而且在那些仍保持婚姻关系的受访者中，婚姻满意度略高。通过线上与传统线下场所结识配偶的受访者之间存在人口统计学差异，但在统计控制这些差异后，婚姻破裂和婚姻满意度的结果仍然显著。这些数据表明，互联网可能正在改变婚姻本身的动态和结果。
Marital discord is costly to children, families, and communities. The advent of the Internet, social networking, and on-line dating has affected how people meet future spouses, but little is known about the prevalence or outcomes of these marriages or the demographics of those involved. We addressed these questions in a nationally representative sample of 19,131 respondents who married between 2005 and 2012. Results indicate that more than one-third of marriages in America now begin on-line. In addition, marriages that began online, when compared with those that began through traditional offline venues, were slightly less likely to result in a marital breakup (separation or divorce) and were associated with slightly higher marital satisfaction among those respondents who remained married. Demographic differences were identified between respondents who met their spouse through on-line vs. traditional off-line venues, but the findings for marital break-up and marital satisfaction remained significant after statistically controlling for these differences. These data suggest that the Internet may be altering the dynamics and outcomes of marriage itself.