Attachment, marital satisfaction, and divorce during the first fifteen years of parenthood
Attachment, marital satisfaction, and divorce during the first fifteen years of parenthood
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1475-6811.2009.01230.x
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发表时间：
2009-09-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Cowan, Philip A.
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作者：
Hirschberger, Gilad;Srivastava, Sanjay;Cowan, Philip A.
这项研究考察了两个重叠的纵向样本，涵盖了第一个孩子出生后15年的时间。第一个样本从第一个孩子怀孕到孩子5.5岁，第二个样本从4.5岁到14.5岁。增长曲线分析显示，丈夫和妻子的婚姻满意度在过去15年里都有所下降。在第二个样本中测量的依恋安全感与更高的婚姻满意度相关，但不能缓冲随着时间的推移婚姻满意度的下降。丈夫在第一个孩子入学前后测量的较低的初始婚姻满意度是婚姻破裂的唯一显着预测因素。讨论强调了这些发现的理论和实践意义。
This study examines 2 overlapping longitudinal samples of U. S. couples with children, covering a period of 15 years after the first child's birth. The first sample extended from the pregnancy with a first child until that child was 5.5 years old and the second from ages 4.5 to 14.5. Growth curve analyses revealed that marital satisfaction declined over 15 years for both husbands and wives. Attachment security measured in the second sample was associated with greater marital satisfaction but did not buffer against declines in marital satisfaction over time. Husbands' lower initial level of marital satisfaction measured around the first child's transition to school was the only significant predictor of marital dissolution. The discussion emphasizes theoretical and practical implications of these findings.