新婚夫妻神经质对婚姻稳定性的即时与长时效应:婚姻质量的中介作用

Short-term and Long-term Effects of Newlywed Couples’ Neuroticism on Marital Stability: Mediating Effect of Marital Quality

目的:检验神经质对婚姻稳定性的即时与长时效应,及婚姻质量在神经质与婚姻稳定性间的中介作用。方法:采用问卷法对北京268对新婚夫妻进行持续三年的追踪调查。结果:①夫妻T3神经质、婚姻质量、婚姻稳定性显著低于自身T1和T2水平;②T1妻子神经质具有即时与长时主体效应,T1丈夫神经质只具有即时主体效应;③妻子T1婚姻质量在妻子T1神经质、丈夫和妻子T1婚姻稳定性间存在部分中介效应,丈夫T1婚姻质量只在自身T1神经质与自身T1婚姻稳定性间起部分中介作用。长时作用来看,只有妻子T2婚姻质量在妻子T1神经质、妻子T3婚姻稳定性间有完全中介效应。结论:神经质对婚姻稳定性存在即时与长时效应,婚姻质量在神经质预测婚姻稳定性中起着中介作用。

Objective: This study aimed to explore short-term and long-term effects of neuroticism on marital stability,and the mediating role of marital quality between neuroticism and marital stability. Methods: Data were collected from 268 newlywed couples in Beijing from a 3-year longitudinal study. Results: ①At T3 both husbands’ and wives’ neuroticism,marital quality and marital stability were significantly lower than their own T1 or T2 level. ②Wives’ neuroticism at T1 showed both short-term and long-term actor effects, but for husband only short-term actor effect of neuroticism at T1 was found. ③There were partial mediating effects of wives’ marital quality at T1 between wives’ neuroticism at T1 and both husbands and wives’ marital stability at T1. Husbands’ marital quality at T1 only had partial mediating effect between their own neuroticism and marital stability at T1. For long-term effects, only wives’ marital quality at T2 had complete mediating effect between wives’ neuroticism at T1 and wives’ marital stability at T3. Conclusion: Neuroticism has shortterm and long-term effects on marital stability, and marital quality plays a mediating role in neuroticism’prediction of marital stability.