Three-year follow-up of same-sex couples who had civil unions in vermont, same-sex couples not in civil unions, and heterosexual married couples
Three-year follow-up of same-sex couples who had civil unions in vermont, same-sex couples not in civil unions, and heterosexual married couples
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DOI：
10.1037/0012-1649.44.1.102
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
Solomon, Sondra E.
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作者：
Balsam, Kimberly F.;Beauchaine, Theodore P.;Solomon, Sondra E.
这项研究对在该立法实施的第一年在佛蒙特州建立公民结合关系的65对男性同性伴侣和138对女性同性伴侣进行了为期3年的跟踪调查。将这些伴侣与他们社交圈子中23对男性同性伴侣和61对女性同性伴侣（未建立公民结合关系）以及55对异性恋已婚伴侣（每对中有一人是公民结合伴侣中一人的兄弟姐妹）进行了比较。尽管他们的关系具有合法性质，但建立公民结合关系的伴侣在任何方面与未建立公民结合关系的同性伴侣都没有差异。然而，未建立公民结合关系的同性伴侣比建立公民结合关系的同性伴侣或异性恋已婚伴侣更有可能结束他们的关系。与异性恋已婚参与者相比，两种类型的同性伴侣都报告称关系质量更高、更和谐、更亲密，冲突水平更低。在时间2时关系质量的纵向预测因素包括：对于同性关系中的男性，冲突更少、出柜程度更高以及关系持续时间更短；对于时间1时同性关系中的女性，包括冲突更少以及性行为更频繁。
This study was a 3-year follow-up of 65 male and 138 female same-sex couples who had civil unions in Vermont during the Ist year of that legislation. These couples were compared with 23 male and 61 female same-sex couples in their friendship circles who did not have civil unions and with 55 heterosexual married couples (I member of each was a sibling to a member of a civil union couple). Despite the legalized nature of their relationships, civil union couples did not differ on any measure from same-sex couples who were not in civil unions. However, same-sex couples not in civil unions were more likely to have ended their relationships than same-sex civil union or heterosexual married couples. Compared with heterosexual married participants, both types of same-sex couples reported greater relationship quality, compatibility, and intimacy and lower levels of conflict. Longitudinal predictors of relationship quality at Time 2 included less conflict, greater level of outness, and a shorter relationship length for men in same-sex relationships and included less conflict and more frequent sex for women in same-sex relationships at Time 1.