Does Couples' Communication Predict Marital Satisfaction, or Does Marital Satisfaction Predict Communication?
Does Couples' Communication Predict Marital Satisfaction, or Does Marital Satisfaction Predict Communication?
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10.1111/jomf.12301
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2016-06-01
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Bradbury TN
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Lavner JA;Karney BR;Bradbury TN
配偶之间的沟通质量被广泛认为会影响他们随后对关系满意度的判断，但这一假设很少被检验，而另一种预测认为，沟通仅仅是配偶先前满意度水平的结果。为了评估这些观点，新婚夫妇的积极性，消极性和有效性观察了四次，每隔9个月，这些行为进行了检查相关的关系满意度的自我报告。从横截面来看，相对满意的夫妇进行了更多积极的沟通，较少消极，更有效的沟通。纵向上，可靠的沟通满意度和满意度沟通协会被确定，但这两种途径都不是特别强大。这些研究结果提出了重要的怀疑理论和干预措施，优先夫妇沟通技巧作为关系满意度的关键预测因素，同时提出了新的问题，其他因素可能会预测沟通和满意度，并加强或缓和其关联。
The quality of communication between spouses is widely assumed to affect their subsequent judgments of relationship satisfaction, yet this assumption is rarely tested against the alternative prediction that communication is merely a consequence of spouses’ prior levels of satisfaction. To evaluate these perspectives, newlywed couples’ positivity, negativity, and effectiveness were observed four times at 9-month intervals and these behaviors were examined in relation to corresponding self-reports of relationship satisfaction. Cross-sectionally, relatively satisfied couples engaged in more positive, less negative, and more effective communication. Longitudinally, reliable communication-to-satisfaction and satisfaction-to-communication associations were identified, yet neither pathway was particularly robust. These findings raise important doubts about theories and interventions that prioritize couple communication skills as the key predictor of relationship satisfaction, while raising new questions about other factors that might predict communication and satisfaction and that strengthen or moderate their association.