The promotion of unhealthy habits in gay, lesbian, and straight intimate partnerships.
The promotion of unhealthy habits in gay, lesbian, and straight intimate partnerships.
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促进男同性恋、女同性恋和异性恋亲密伙伴关系中的不健康习惯。
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10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.019
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2012
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Reczek,Corinne
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美国和英国每年近一半的死亡与健康习惯有关。虽然以往的研究表明，婚姻对健康习惯有重要的积极影响，但最近的研究强调，亲密关系也会阻碍人们养成健康的习惯，并促进不健康的习惯。然而，很少有研究调查在婚姻中促进不健康习惯的机制。此外，很少有研究探讨不健康的习惯是如何在婚姻以外的亲密关系中被促进的，比如在同性恋同居关系中。本研究分析了男同性恋、女同性恋和异性恋长期伴侣（N = 120）对彼此不健康习惯的影响机制。出现了三种不同的机制。首先，受访者确定了一个单方面的健康习惯扩散过程，其中一个伴侣的健康习惯直接影响其他伴侣的习惯。第二，受访者描述了双方不健康习惯的扩散，其中双方的不健康习惯通过相互寻求快乐或相互失败的动机而得到加强。第三，受访者描述了个人责任的话语，其中双方都故意未能阻止对方的不健康习惯。分析进一步说明了这些机制在男女同性恋和异性恋关系中的运作方式是如何不同的。
Health habits are linked to nearly half of U.S. and British deaths annually. While a legacy of research suggests that marriage has important positive consequences for health habits, recent work emphasizes that intimate ties can also deter from healthy habits and promote unhealthy habits. However, few studies examine the mechanisms through which unhealthy habits are promoted in marriage. Moreover, little research explores how unhealthy habits are promoted in intimate ties other than marriage—such as in gay and lesbian cohabiting relationships. The present study analyzes the mechanisms through which gay, lesbian, and straight long-term partners (N = 120) contribute to one another's unhealthy habits. Three distinct mechanisms emerge. First, respondents identify a process of unilateral health habit diffusion wherein one partner's health habits directly influence the other partners' habits. Second, respondents describe bilateral unhealthy habit diffusion, wherein both partner's unhealthy habits are reinforced via mutual pleasure seeking or mutual failed motivation. Third, respondents describe a discourse of personal responsibility, wherein both partners purposefully fail to deter one another's unhealthy habits. Analysis further illustrates how these mechanisms operate differently for men and women in gay, lesbian, and straight relationships.