Understanding how Marital Satisfaction is Linked to Partners' Wellbeing

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议研究的目的是研究婚姻满意度与伴侣幸福感之间的关系。虽然人们普遍认为婚姻满意度与伴侣的心理健康密切相关，但潜在的途径尚未得到很好的理解。拟议的研究将试图通过使用纵向和行为遗传技术来描绘所涉及的途径。本研究将探讨：随着时间的推移，配偶幸福感的变化如何影响伴侣婚姻满意度和幸福感的变化（具体目标1）；伴侣婚姻满意度的幸福分类交配（具体目标2）；童年时期父母的温暖说明了婚姻满意度和成年后幸福之间的联系（具体目标3）。为了达到既定的研究目标，本研究的动机是以下三个训练目标：发展和应用生命发展的理论和教学技能（训练目标1）；学习和应用纵向数据分析技术（培训目标2）；学习和应用分类交配建模技术（训练目标3）。拟议的研究将使用来自两个互补样本的现有数据：青少年发展中的非共享环境（NEAD; R01MH43373， R01MH48825和R01MH59014）项目：中年和老年配偶的纵向样本和瑞典的双胞胎和后代研究（TOSS; R01MH54601）：中年同性双胞胎及其配偶或伴侣的横断面样本。根据国家老龄问题研究所（NIA）的战略方向A-1，研究结果将有助于确定积极的社会互动与幸福相联系的多种途径，从而有助于确定改善成年人心理健康和生活质量的干预目标（2008年）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the proposed research is to examine how marital satisfaction is linked to partners' wellbeing. While it has been well established that marital satisfaction is strongly linked to partners' mental health, the underlying pathways are not well understood. The proposed study will attempt to delineate the pathways involved by using longitudinal and behavioral genetic techniques. This research will examine how: change in spouses' wellbeing influences change in partners' marital satisfaction and wellbeing over time (Specific Aim 1); assortative mating for wellbeing accounts for partners' marital satisfaction (Specific Aim 2); and parental warmth in childhood accounts for the association between marital satisfaction and wellbeing in adulthood (Specific Aim 3). To achieve the stated research goals, the proposed study is motivated by the following three training aims: to develop and apply theoretical and didactic skills in lifespan development (Training Aim 1); to learn and apply skills in longitudinal data analytic techniques (Training Aim 2); and to learn and apply skills in assortative mating modeling techniques (Training Aim 3). The proposed research will use existing data from two complimentary samples: the Nonshared Environment in Adolescent Development (NEAD; R01MH43373, R01MH48825, and R01MH59014) project: a longitudinal sample of spouses in middle and older adulthood and the Twin and Offspring Study in Sweden (TOSS; R01MH54601): a cross-sectional sample of middle adult same-sex pairs of twins and their spouses or partners. In line with Strategic Direction A-1 of the National Institute on Aging (NIA), findings will help to identify multiple pathways through which positive social interactions are linked to wellbeing, thus helping to identify intervention targets to improve adults' mental health and quality of life (2008).