The Effect of the Transition to Parenthood on the Marriage Relationship
The Effect of the Transition to Parenthood on the Marriage Relationship
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为人父母的转变对婚姻关系的影响
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1985
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通讯作者：
T. Huston
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S. McHale;T. Huston
一项针对新婚夫妇的纵向研究探讨了为人父母对婚姻的影响。将在结婚第一年成为父母的夫妇与在这一年中仍然没有孩子的夫妇进行比较。数据在夫妇婚礼后大约两个月收集，并在一年后再次收集。通过电话采访收集有关婚姻行为特征的数据（例如陪伴程度、性别角色）；有关合作伙伴满意度的数据是通过面对面访谈获得的。结果证实了早期的研究表明，向父母身份的转变会影响陪伴和婚姻角色模式，但没有发现证据支持父母身份与伴侣对彼此（爱情）或婚姻（婚姻满意度）评价下降有关的观点。父母组和非父母组的爱和满意度均显着下降。此外，在这一年里，两组人的婚姻财产和伴侣对彼此的评价同样稳定。数据显示，许多归因于为人父母的变化也发生在非父母身上，因此表明在向为人父母的过渡的研究中使用非父母的对照组的重要性。
A longitudinal study of newlyweds explored the impact of parenthood on marriages. Couples who became parents during the first year of marriage were compared with couples who remained childless during the year. Data were collected about two months after the couples' weddings and again about a year later. Data concerning the behavioral properties of marriage (e.g., amount of companionship, sex roles) were gathered by phone interviews; data pertaining to the partners' satisfaction were obtained during face-to-face interviews. The results confirmed earlier research in showing that the transition to parenthood affects companionship and marital role patterns, but no evidence was found to support the idea that parenthood is associated with a decline in the partners' evaluations of one another (love) or their marriage (marital satisfaction). Both the parent and nonparent groups showed significant declines in love and satisfaction. Moreover, the properties of the marriages and the evaluations by the partners of one another were equally stable during the year for the two groups. The data show that many of the changes attributed to parenthood also occur among nonparents and thus indicate the importance of using comparison groups of nonparents in research on the transition to parenthood.