Social Networks and Relationship Stability

社交网络和关系稳定性

• 批准号: 1153867
• 负责人: Michael Rosenfeld
• 金额: $ 19.93万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-04-01 至 2015-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1153867&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Social; Networks; Relationship; Stability

SES-1153867Michael RosenfeldStanford UniversityAbstractSocial Networks and Relationship Stability Marriage and family life in the United States have undergone significant changes in the past 50 years. In addition to the fact that Americans are now marrying later than ever before, young adulthood is now marked by a more complex process that includes living arrangements away from family and college. Compared to other developed countries, American couples also have higher divorce rates and less couple stability. Most important for this study, fewer relationships are formed via traditional personal networks (e.g., family, community, work). This project addresses the following fundamental questions: (1) Are relationships equally likely to last, regardless of the context in which they evolved? (2) How do individual factors, as well as personal networks and the social context shape the odds that relationships last? A previous study gathered nationally representative survey data (of U.S. adults) on how couples meet. The follow-up study proposed here will determine whether the couples previously interviewed have stayed together, and determine the factors influencing relationship stability. Broader ImpactsFamily and relationship stability is a topic of great interest to the general public, scholars, and policy makers. Findings derived from this study could help us understand the individual and contextual factors that shape trends regarding couple dissolution. This is a subject of considerable debate in public discourse, but for which there has previously been insufficient data. The project also will also result in an updated publically available dataset accessible to other researchers via the Stanford University website; it can been used to train undergraduate and graduate students in survey methods and data analysis.

社会网络与关系稳定在过去的50年里，美国的婚姻和家庭生活发生了显著的变化。除了美国人现在结婚比以往任何时候都晚这一事实外，现在的青年期也标志着一个更复杂的过程，包括远离家庭和大学的生活安排。与其他发达国家相比，美国夫妇的离婚率也更高，夫妻关系的稳定性也更差。对于这项研究来说，最重要的是，通过传统的个人网络（如家庭、社区、工作）形成的关系越来越少。该项目解决了以下基本问题：(1)关系是否同样有可能持久，而不管它们是在什么环境中发展起来的？(2)个人因素，以及个人网络和社会环境如何塑造关系持续的几率？之前的一项研究收集了全国（美国成年人）关于夫妻如何相遇的代表性调查数据。本文提出的后续研究将确定之前接受采访的夫妇是否一直在一起，并确定影响关系稳定性的因素。更广泛的影响家庭和关系稳定是公众、学者和政策制定者非常感兴趣的话题。这项研究的结果可以帮助我们理解影响夫妻离婚趋势的个人因素和环境因素。这是一个在公共话语中有相当多争论的话题，但此前没有足够的数据。该项目还将产生一个更新的公共数据集，可供其他研究人员通过斯坦福大学网站访问；它可以用来训练本科生和研究生的调查方法和数据分析。