A new study has found that having a child can make a couple less happy with each other. Researchers from the University of Denver conducted an eight-year study of 218 sets of parents. Their report is called “The effect of the transition to parenthood on relationship quality”. It is published in the March 2009 edition of the ‘Journal of Personality and Social Psychology’. The psychologists examined how happy couples were in the eight years after the birth of their first child. They concluded that the first baby put a lot of stress and pressure on a marriage. Ninety percent of couples experienced a decrease in marital bliss immediately following the birth of their first child. Unmarried couples experienced bigger problems.
據(jù)最新研究表明,有孩子會(huì)降低夫妻幸福感。丹佛大學(xué)對(duì)218對(duì)父母進(jìn)行了研究,時(shí)間長(zhǎng)達(dá)8年之久。該報(bào)告名為“父母身份轉(zhuǎn)變后的夫妻關(guān)系”。2009年3月,該報(bào)告刊登在了《人格與社會(huì)心理學(xué)》雜志上。孩子降臨后,心理學(xué)家對(duì)夫妻在未來(lái)8年的幸福狀況進(jìn)行了研究。發(fā)現(xiàn)孩子對(duì)婚姻產(chǎn)生了巨大壓力。在第一個(gè)孩子出生后,有90%的父母婚姻幸福指數(shù)下滑。未婚夫婦經(jīng)歷的問(wèn)題更大。
It’s not all bad news for would-be parents. Some couples in the research said their relationship was stronger after their baby was born. Parents who were married for a long time before starting a family were happier. Couples on higher incomes also seemed to have fewer problems. Researcher Scott Stanley said his team’s findings did not mean children bring unhappiness in life. He said that parents may be happier as part of a family than as a childless couple. He noted that “this type of happiness can be powerful and positive”. Stanley also pointed out that couples who did not have children also became unhappier with each other over time. However, he said parenthood accelerated levels of unhappiness.
對(duì)于準(zhǔn)父母而言也不都是壞消息。在該項(xiàng)研究中,許多夫妻稱(chēng)孩子讓他們的聯(lián)系更為緊密。無(wú)孩“老夫妻”會(huì)感到更幸福。高收入夫妻似乎問(wèn)題較少。斯科特·斯坦利研究員表示,此項(xiàng)研究并不意味著孩子會(huì)帶來(lái)不幸福感。稱(chēng)比起丁克家庭而言,有孩父母會(huì)感到更幸福。他稱(chēng)這類(lèi)幸福感充滿(mǎn)正能量。斯坦利還指出,丁克一族也會(huì)隨著時(shí)間的流逝而感到不悅。但稱(chēng)為人父母后這種情感會(huì)加劇。
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