This paper explores the complex interplay between stressors and marital functioning, beginning with a discussion of how key concepts from the stress and coping literature can be extended to the study of dyads. Five essential questions are outlined as a means of advancing research in this domain, addressing protective dyadic processes, the competing demands of individual and dyadic coping agendas, the role of individual well-being in couples' stress and coping, stress in the broader context of couples' lives, and prospects for intervention. Following an overview of methodological and procedural challenges, the paper concludes by noting that research devoted to understanding marriages in the context of stress is at a crossroads, poised between a set of provocative questions, preliminary findings, and intervention possibilities on one hand, and important theoretical and empirical challenges on the other.

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了解婚姻和压力：基本问题和挑战。

本文探讨了压力源与婚姻功能之间的复杂相互作用，首先讨论了如何将压力源和应对文献中的关键概念扩展到双性恋研究中。概述了五个基本问题，作为推进这一领域研究的一种方式，解决了保护性二进制过程，个人和二进制应对议程的竞争要求，个人福祉在夫妻压力和应对中的作用，在更大范围内的压力夫妻的生活，以及干预的前景。在对方法和程序上的挑战进行了概述之后，本文得出结论，指出致力于在压力下理解婚姻的研究处于十字路口，一方面处于一系列挑衅性问题，初步发现和干预可能性之间，