在夫妇中获得螺旋:同情心,依恋行为和COVID-19大流行
Alyssa Banford Witting1, Angela Bradford1
1School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Family process
|December 5, 2025
概括
在COVID-19疫情期间,认知同情和依恋行为在关系中创造了积极的螺旋. 这些适应性行为有助于夫妇随着时间的推移管理压力和资源损失.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 关系科学科学 关系科学
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,日常生活和夫妻关系面临着极大的压力.
- 危机期间的资源损失需要在关系中采取适应性应对机制.
- 同理心,特别是认知同理心,对于在压力下获得社会支持至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查认知同情和依恋行为之间的自我维持的收益螺旋的理论概念.
- 为了检查这些资源如何动态互动和加强彼此随着时间的推移在流行病期间的情侣.
- 探索认知同情和依恋在减轻资源损失中的作用.
主要方法:
- 纵向调查设计,在3个时间点 (2020年4月,7月,10月) 调查了535对男女异性恋夫妇.
- 评估自我报告的资源损失,认知同情和依恋行为.
- 统计分析以识别随时间推移的双向关联和预测关系.
主要成果:
- 观察到一种增益螺旋:认知同情和依恋行为随着时间的推移显示出积极的双向关联.
- 较高的依恋行为预测了较低的资源损失,而更高的同情心意外地预测了以后更大的资源损失.
- 4月份的依恋行为间接预测了10月份的资源损失较低;4月份的同理心预测了7月份的依恋行为增加.
结论:
- 认知同情和依恋行为可以在夫妻之间创造相互加强的积极动态,即使是在集体压力下.
- 旨在增强同情和依恋的干预措施可以为夫妇提供更好的应对逆境的策略.
- 了解这些关系动态是培养面对外部挑战的关系中的弹性关键.
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