Cultural dynamics and marital relationship quality in Mexican-origin families.
Cultural dynamics and marital relationship quality in Mexican-origin families.
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DOI：
10.1037/a0038123
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发表时间：
2014-12
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Conger, Rand D.
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作者：
Cruz, Rick A.;Gonzales, Nancy A.;Corona, Marissa;King, Kevin M.;Cauce, Ana Mari;Robins, Richard W.;Widaman, Keith F.;Conger, Rand D.
先前的研究表明，文化适应可能会影响墨西哥裔已婚夫妇的关系结果，包括婚姻适应和痛苦。尽管有很多关于亲子文化差异和亲子关系中断的理论和研究，但之前还没有研究调查夫妻文化差异与婚姻关系质量之间的可能联系。以墨西哥裔已婚夫妇为样本(N=398)，本研究调查了夫妻在文化适应(美国取向)和文化适应(墨西哥取向)方面的差异与夫妻对积极婚姻质量(温暖和关系满意度)的报告之间的关系。为了澄清和扩展先前的研究，本研究还调查了与积极婚姻质量相关的文化取向领域的内部模型。研究结果提供了部分证据表明，二元文化差异与较低的积极婚姻质量有关，而文化相似性与较高的积极婚姻质量有关；然而，两者之间的关系是复杂的，这表明妻子文化取向与积极婚姻质量之间的关联可能取决于丈夫的文化取向(反之亦然)。研究结果还表明，配偶的文化适应水平与关系质量之间的关系可能取决于他或她的文化适应水平，从而揭示了评估配偶二维文化取向的重要性。研究结果中的其他细微差别说明了评估文化导向的多个领域的重要性，包括语言使用和文化价值。我们强调了几个未来的研究方向，研究配偶文化动态和关系过程中的细微差别。
Prior research suggests that acculturation may influence relationship outcomes among Mexican-origin married couples, including marital adjustment and distress. Despite much theory and research on parent-child cultural differences and disruptions in the parent-child relationship, no previous research has investigated possible associations between husband-wife cultural differences and marital relationship quality. With a sample of Mexican-origin married couples (N = 398), the current study investigated the relations between husband-wife differences in acculturation (American orientation) and enculturation (Mexican orientation) with husband and wife reports of positive marital qualities (warmth and relationship satisfaction). To clarify and extend previous research, the current study also investigated within-person models of cultural orientation domains as related to positive marital quality. Results provide partial evidence showing that dyadic cultural differences are associated with lower positive marital quality while cultural similarity is associated with higher positive marital quality; however, the relations are complex and suggest that the associations between wife cultural orientation and positive marital quality may depend on husband cultural orientation (and vice versa). Findings also implicate the importance of assessing spouse bidimensional cultural orientation by showing that the relation between spouse acculturation level and relationship quality may depend on his or her enculturation level. Additional nuances in the findings illustrate the importance of assessing multiple domains of cultural orientation, including language use and cultural values. We highlight several future directions for research investigating nuances in spouse cultural dynamics and relationship processes.
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