Spousal similarity in life satisfaction before and after divorce.
Spousal similarity in life satisfaction before and after divorce.
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DOI：
10.1037/pspp0000065
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发表时间：
2016-04
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Lucas RE
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作者：
Wortman J;Lucas RE
以前的研究已经探索了主观幸福感个体差异的可能来源，主要集中在稳定的，内在的特征作为生活满意度的预测因子。虽然过去的研究表明，生活满意度在整个生命周期中基本上是稳定的，但其他证据也表明了生活事件的持久影响。在这项研究中，我们使用已婚夫妇作为生活环境对生活满意度的影响的测试，重点是离婚前后生活满意度的相似性。如果生活满意度受到共同生活环境的影响，已婚夫妇（共同生活环境）在离婚前的生活满意度应该比离婚后表现出更大的相似性。我们测试了这种可能性，使用二元潜伏状态特质模型，检查跨配偶相似性的稳定和变化的组成部分的生活满意度。通过对德国的一项全国代表性小组研究，我们发现离婚后相似性大幅下降。这表明生活满意度与共享的生活环境有关。
Previous research has explored possible origins of individual differences in subjective well-being, focusing largely on stable, internal characteristics of traits as predictors of life satisfaction. Although past work has demonstrated that life satisfaction is largely stable over the life span, other evidence has also demonstrated the lasting impact of life events. In this study, we use married couples as a test of the impact of life circumstances on life satisfaction, focusing on similarity in life satisfaction before and after divorce. If life satisfaction is impacted by shared life circumstances, married couples (who share life circumstances) should show greater similarity in life satisfaction before divorce than after. We tested this possibility using a dyadic latent-state-trait model that examined cross-spouse similarity in the stable and changing components of life satisfaction. Using a nationally representative panel study from Germany, we showed that similarity declined substantially following divorce. This suggests that life satisfaction is related to shared life circumstances.