Marital Satisfaction And Mental Health In Mexican American Couples

婚姻关系 是成年期建立的最重要的关系之一，他们有重要的 对心理健康的影响。然而，墨西哥裔美国人在收盘时几乎缺席 关系研究文献，对墨西哥裔美国人的婚姻满意度知之甚少 也不知道它与心理健康有什么关系。这项纵向研究的目的是1)检查 已婚墨西哥裔美国人婚姻满意度与抑郁和焦虑的关系 2)调查结婚第一年的婚姻满意度如何 与结婚第三年的抑郁和焦虑有关。在每个时间段，种族和性别 我们将评估不同之处。此外，在墨西哥裔美国人中，文化适应之间的关系 而文化适应压力、婚姻满意度和心理健康将被确定。这项研究将是 第一次对墨西哥裔美国人的婚姻满意度进行纵向调查，也是第一次 在这组人中，研究婚姻满意度与心理健康的关系。这项研究将 增加对当代墨西哥裔美国夫妇关系的了解；确定是否 婚姻满意度与心理调整有关，并澄清墨西哥裔美国人可能存在的差异 欧裔美国人在这方面的研究；结果可能直接适用于治疗 帮助陷入困境的墨西哥裔美国夫妇的干预措施。此外，通过包括对 墨西哥裔美国人婚姻满意度和心理健康的文化适应和文化适应压力 夫妇，这项研究为发展社会生态观点提供了初步的步骤 了解墨西哥裔美国夫妇的婚姻动态。更多关于已婚的知识 夫妻关系很重要，因为他们在家庭稳定、孩子的整体健康发展中发挥着关键作用 调整，以及伴侣本身的心理和身体健康。这项研究解决了NIMH 优先确定可能导致易患精神疾病的机制。从公共卫生角度来看 观点，这项研究将有助于通过以下方式减轻这一人群的精神障碍负担 让学生了解婚姻苦恼与精神障碍之间的关系 未被研究的群体。这是未来发展早期干预措施的第一步，以减少严重程度和 墨西哥裔美国已婚夫妇心理健康问题的发生率。

Marital relationships are one of the most important relationships established in adulthood, and they have significant consequences for psychological well-being. However, Mexican Americans are virtually absent in the close relationship research literature and very little is known about marital satisfaction among Mexican Americans or how it may be related to mental health. The purpose of this longitudinal study is to 1) examine the relationship between marital satisfaction and depression and anxiety among married Mexican American and European American couples; and 2) investigate how marital satisfaction in the first year of marriage is related to depression and anxiety in the third year of marriage. At each time period, ethnic group and gender differences will be assessed. In addition, among Mexican Americans, the relationships between acculturation and acculturative stress and marital satisfaction and mental health will be determined. This study will be one of the first longitudinal investigations of marital satisfaction among Mexican Americans, and one of the first to examine the relationship of marital satisfaction to mental health over time in this group. This study will increase knowledge about contemporary Mexican American couples' relationships; determine whether marital satisfaction is related to psychological adjustment, and clarify how Mexican Americans may differ from European Americans in this respect; and results may have direct applicability to therapeutic interventions to help distressed Mexican American couples. Furthermore, by including an examination of acculturation and acculturative stress in marital satisfaction and mental health among Mexican American couples, this study provides an initial step in development of a social ecological perspective for understanding the marital dynamics of Mexican American couples. Greater knowledge about married couples' relationships is important in light of the pivotal role they play in family stability, children's overall adjustment, and the mental and physical health of partners themselves. This study addresses the NIMH priority of identifying mechanisms that may confer vulnerability to psychiatric illnesses. From a public health standpoint, this research will contribute to reducing the burden of mental disorders for this population by informing the understanding of the relationship between marital distress and mental disorders for this understudied group. It is a first step in future development of early interventions for reducing severity and incidence of mental health problems in Mexican American married couples.