婚姻承诺与婚姻质量的关系：夫妻牺牲行为的中介作用

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 婚姻承诺和婚姻质量的关系近年来是婚姻研究领域关注的重要课题。承诺是保持婚姻的意愿，会导致婚姻中牺牲行为的产生。然而，承诺和牺牲对婚姻质量的影响至今并没有得到一致结论。那么，承诺对婚姻质量影响的不一致是否是因为牺牲所起作用的不一致导致？以往研究并没有得到探讨。为此，从北京选取389对夫妻，采用夫妻独立作答的方式，对他们的婚姻承诺，牺牲行为和婚姻质量进行测查，以探讨婚姻承诺、牺牲与婚姻质量的关系，以及牺牲在婚姻承诺和婚姻质量关系间的作用。结果发现：（1）丈夫对婚姻承诺和婚姻质量的感知显著高于妻子；并且丈夫比妻子报告有更多的“行动服务”上的牺牲行为。（2）夫妻的婚姻承诺对自身牺牲频率和婚姻质量均有显著预测作用，同时妻子的婚姻承诺还对丈夫的婚姻质量有显著预测作用。（3）丈夫的牺牲频率在丈夫婚姻承诺对自身婚姻质量的影响中起着完全中介作用。同时，丈夫的牺牲频率也能显著预测妻子感知到的婚姻质量，而妻子的牺牲频率在本身对双方的婚姻质量均无直接或间接的预测作用。说明丈夫的牺牲行为对婚姻关系有非常重要的作用。

关键词: 婚姻承诺, 牺牲行为, 婚姻质量, 夫妻

Abstract: The relationship between marital commitment and marital quality is an important issue in the field of marriage research in recent years. Commitment is a will to keep the marriage, which will lead to sacrifice in the marriage. However, the impact of commitment and sacrifice on marital quality are not consistent. So whether the contradictory influence of sacrifice on marital quality would lead to the inconsistent conclusions about the relationship between marital commitment and marital quality? Previous studies have not yet been discussed. Therefore, we recruited 389 couples in Beijing, and all couples fulfilled the self-report questionnaires on marital commitment, sacrifice and marital quality questionnaires. Based on the study, we investigated the relationship among marital commitment, sacrifice and marital quality, and how sacrifice works between marital commitment and marital quality. By t test, correlation, regression and analysis of variance model structure, the results showed that: 1)The perception of husband in marital commitment and marital quality was significantly higher than that of his wife; and husband reported more sacrifice behavior on the ″action service″ than wife. 2)It was a significant prediction that marital commitment to the frequency of sacrifice and marital quality, while wife's marital commitment significantly predicted husband's marital. 3)Husband's sacrifice played a completely mediated role in the path of marital commitment predicted marital quality. At the same time, the sacrifice of husband could significantly predict wife's marital quality, while wife's sacrifice didn't have either direct or indirect effect on both spouse's marital quality. Therefore, husband's sacrifice had a crucial effect on marital relationship.

Key words: marital commitment, sacrifice behavior, marital quality, couple

中图分类号:

B849

侯娟, 方晓义, 谢庆红, 曹洪建. 婚姻承诺与婚姻质量的关系：夫妻牺牲行为的中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2015, 13(2): 171-178.

Hou Juan, Fang Xiaoyi, Xie Qinghong, Cao Hongjian. The Relationship between Marital Commitment and Marital Quality: the Mediated Role of Couple's Sacrifice[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2015, 13(2): 171-178.

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