ABSTRACT

This study identified dyadic patterns of change in marital satisfaction after childbirth among Korean couples, including multiparous couples; and investigated the relationship between such patterns, family cohesion, and child behaviour problems using six-year data from the Panel Study on Korean Children (N = 2,096 couples). Four distinct latent classes of dyadic patterns of change in marital satisfaction emerged through a person-centred latent profile analysis: (a) satisfied couple (30.5%), (b) moderately high and declined–discrepant initial satisfaction (46.7%), (c) husband honeymoon–wife moderate and stable (10.1%), and (d) husband moderate and steep decline–wife low and stable (12.7%). Each spouse in the satisfied couple class reported higher family cohesion levels than those in the other classes when the child was six-years-old. Wives’ reports of cohesion revealed more obvious differences among the four classes than did those of husbands. Mothers in couples where husband and wife exhibited the lowest marital satisfaction over time reported greater internalizing and externalizing problems in their children than did mothers in the satisfied couple class. The findings suggest that couples’ marital satisfaction is an important factor in promoting family cohesion and preventing children’s behavioural problems.

摘要

这项研究确定了韩国夫妇（包括多产夫妇）在分娩后婚姻满意度变化的二元模式；并使用韩国儿童小组研究（ N  = 2,096 对夫妇）的六年数据调查了这些模式、家庭凝聚力和儿童行为问题之间的关系。通过以人为中心的潜在概况分析，出现了四种不同的婚姻满意度二元模式变化的潜在类别：（a）满意的夫妇（30.5%），（b）中等高和下降的初始满意度（46.7%），（c )丈夫蜜月-妻子温和稳定(10.1%)，和 (d)丈夫温和急剧下降-妻子低且稳定(12.7%)。每个配偶在当孩子 6 岁时，满意的夫妻班报告的家庭凝聚力水平高于其他班。妻子的凝聚力报告显示，四个阶级之间的差异比丈夫的更为明显。随着时间的推移，丈夫和妻子表现出最低婚姻满意度的夫妻中的母亲报告说，他们的孩子的内化和外化问题比满意度夫妻班的母亲更大。研究结果表明，夫妻的婚姻满意度是促进家庭凝聚力和预防儿童行为问题的重要因素。