Dyadic Profiles of Sexual Satisfaction among Chinese Newlywed Couples over Time
Dyadic Profiles of Sexual Satisfaction among Chinese Newlywed Couples over Time
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10.1080/00224499.2022.2096845
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2022-07
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Wei Tong;Justin A. Lavner;Jichao Jia;X. Fang
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作者：
Wei Tong;Justin A. Lavner;Jichao Jia;X. Fang
摘要尽管性满足是婚姻的一个决定性特征，但研究一直发现，性满意度会随着时间的推移而下降。然而，最近，新的发现为性满意度的发展提供了一个更乐观的视角，它表明夫妻可能遵循不同的性满意度轨迹。运用二元潜在阶层增长分析，这项研究是第一批研究夫妻在婚姻早期的性满意度轨迹模式异质性的研究之一，也是第一次在非西方背景下这样做的研究之一。具体地说，我们基于两个夫妻层面的特征--性满意度和随时间的同步性的绝对水平--在《中国》中对268对混血新婚夫妇建立了不同的轨迹分类，然后将这些分类在随后的婚姻不稳定性评级上进行了比较。发现了四种不同的轨迹模式：稳定的高等级、妻子低同时恶化的等级、丈夫的低减少-妻子高稳定的等级和妻子高减少的丈夫高稳定的等级。与其他类别的夫妇相比，稳定高级别的夫妇在两年的随访中报告的婚姻不稳定水平较低，这表明高性生活满意度和同步性对夫妇的婚姻关系有利。这些结果提供了进一步的证据，挑战了性满意度下降的必然性，并对旨在加强夫妻性关系的干预措施具有重要意义。
ABSTRACT Although sexual satisfaction is a defining feature of marriage, research has consistently found that sexual satisfaction declines over time. Recently, however, emerging findings provide a more optimistic perspective on sexual satisfaction development by suggesting that couples may follow diverse sexual satisfaction trajectories. Using Dyadic Latent Class Growth Analysis, the current study is among the first to examine heterogeneity in couples’ sexual satisfaction trajectory patterns during the early years of marriage and the first to do so in a non-Western context. Specifically, we establish distinct trajectory classes among 268 mixed-sex newlywed couples in China based on two couple-level features – the absolute level of sexual satisfaction and synchrony over time – and then compare these classes on subsequent ratings of marital instability. Four distinct trajectory patterns were found: a stable high class, a wives low and simultaneous deterioration class, a husbands low decrease-wives high stable class, and a wives high decrease-husbands high stable class. Couples in the stable high class reported lower levels of marital instability at two-year follow-up compared to couples in the other classes, suggesting that high sexual satisfaction and synchrony is beneficial for couples’ marital relationships. These results provide further evidence challenging the inevitability of sexual satisfaction declines and have important implications for interventions aiming to enhance couples’ sexual relationship.