Two competing hypotheses propose opposite effects for the relation between alcohol use and marital functioning. One hypothesis conceptualizes alcohol use as maladaptive and proposes that it serves as a chronic stressor that causes marital dysfunction and subsequent dissolution. An opposing hypothesis proposes that alcohol use is adaptive and serves to temporarily relieve stressors that cause marital dysfunction, stabilizing the marital relationship, and perhaps preventing dissolution. Sixty studies were reviewed that tested the relation between alcohol use and one of three marital functioning domains (satisfaction, interaction, and violence). Results provide overwhelming support for the notion that alcohol use is maladaptive, and that it is associated with dissatisfaction, negative marital interaction patterns, and higher levels of marital violence. A small subset of studies found that light drinking patterns are associated with adaptive marital functioning; however, more research is necessary to replicate these effects and identify specific conditions under which they occur.

中文翻译：

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是好是坏？饮酒对婚姻功能的影响。


两个相互竞争的假设对饮酒与婚姻功能之间的关系提出了相反的影响。一种假设将饮酒视为适应不良，并提出饮酒是一种慢性压力源，会导致婚姻功能障碍和随后的解体。一种相反的假设认为，饮酒是适应性的，可以暂时缓解导致婚姻功能障碍的压力源，稳定婚姻关系，或许还可以防止婚姻破裂。审查了六十项研究，测试了饮酒与三个婚姻功能领域之一（满意度、互动和暴力）之间的关系。结果压倒性地支持了这样的观点，即饮酒会导致适应不良，并且与不满、消极的婚姻互动模式和更高水平的婚姻暴力有关。一小部分研究发现，少量饮酒模式与适应性婚姻功能有关。然而，需要更多的研究来复制这些影响并确定它们发生的具体条件。