Marriage, social integration, and loneliness in the second half of life - A comparison of Dutch and German men and women
Marriage, social integration, and loneliness in the second half of life - A comparison of Dutch and German men and women
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DOI：
10.1177/0164027506291747
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发表时间：
2006-11-01
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2.6
通讯作者：
Westerhof, Gerben J.
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作者：
Stevens, Nan;Westerhof, Gerben J.
虽然婚姻通常被认为是社会一体化的，但一些研究表明，它可能是私有化的，将夫妻俩封闭在孤立的二人组中。这项研究比较了荷兰和德国40到85岁的已婚男女在不同类型的关系中获得支持、陪伴和消极关系经历的情况。荷兰人表现出了比德国人更多样的核心家庭以外的关系模式，但也报告了对更多种类的人的担忧。在这两个国家，男性对伴侣的依赖更强烈，而女性拥有更多样的关系网，经历了更多的担忧。一端是德国男性，对他们来说，婚姻是私有化的；另一端是荷兰女性，对他们来说，婚姻高度融入了社会。孤独感与社会关系的规定有关，但在孤独感的预测因子上没有发现民族和性别差异。
Although marriage is usually considered to be socially integrative, some studies indicate that it can be privatizing, enclosing couples in isolated dyads. This study compared the availability of support, companionship, and negative relational experiences in various types of relationships for married men and women aged 40 to 85 years in the Netherlands and Germany. The Dutch demonstrated a more varied pattern of relationships beyond the nuclear family than the Germans but also reported worrying about a greater variety of people. In both countries, men relied more strongly on their partners, whereas women had more varied networks and experienced more worries. A continuum of social involvement can be drawn with German men, for whom marriage is privatizing, at one end and Dutch women, for whom marriage is highly socially integrating, at the other. Loneliness was related to the provisions of social relations, but no national and gender differences in predictors of loneliness were found.