上下班同路有助美满婚姻

时间：2012-07-28 06:37:18

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Shared dreams and ambitions can help make a successful relationship. But it seems the rather less romantic link of a shared commute1 can also help.

分享梦想与雄心有助于营造成功的婚姻关系。上下班同路也有助于婚姻美满，尽管这听上去不大浪漫。
 
Married couples are happier if they travel to work in the same direction, says a study. Experts believe it makes couples feel they share wider goals in life.
 
They say the findings suggest newlyweds should consider choosing a home that requires them both to commute in one direction, rather than one located at the midway point between their two work places.
 
'Couples' marital2 satisfaction can depend on whether they commute to work in the same or different directions,' said lead researcher Irene Huang, from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
 
'Physically3 moving in a particular goal-relevant direction (e.g. commuting4 to work) might become associated with more general goal-related concepts.'
 
They quote the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince, who said: 'Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but looking in the same direction together.'
 
The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology5, involved two surveys of married working adults, with participants asked how happy they were with their marriage and how satisfied they were with their spouse6 on a scale of one to nine. The first survey involved 280 adults in the US, who were aged7 33 on average and had been married for an average of eight years.
 
Huang and her colleagues found a clear correlation8 between commuting in the same direction and higher marital（婚姻的） satisfaction. They also found that this link existed independent of other factors such as number of years married, number of children, income level and differences in actual time spent commuting.
 
Furthermore, the link did not depend on whether or not couples sometimes left home for work together, meaning it was not due to having the chance to talk together while commuting.
 
The second survey involved 139 married adults in Hong Kong, who were 42 years old on average and had been married for an average of 13 years.
 
It showed a similar correlation to the US results, which also held independent of other relevant factors.

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1 commute BXTyi     
vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通
参考例句：
  • I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
  • Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
2 marital SBixg     
adj.婚姻的，夫妻的
参考例句：
  • Her son had no marital problems.她的儿子没有婚姻问题。
  • I regret getting involved with my daughter's marital problems;all its done is to bring trouble about my ears.我后悔干涉我女儿的婚姻问题, 现在我所做的一切将给我带来无穷的烦恼。
3 physically iNix5     
adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律
参考例句：
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
4 commuting d2c3874ec246fb1858841223ffe4992e     
交换（的）
参考例句：
  • I used the commuting time to read and answer my mail. 我利用上下班在汽车中的时间来阅读和答复给我的函电。
  • Noncommuting objects are as real to the mathematicians as commuting objects. 对于数学家来说，不可交换的对象与可交换的对象是一样真实的。
5 psychology U0Wze     
n.心理，心理学，心理状态
参考例句：
  • She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
  • He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。
6 spouse Ah6yK     
n.配偶(指夫或妻)
参考例句：
  • Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要来看她。
  • What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法是什么？
7 aged 6zWzdI     
adj.年老的，陈年的
参考例句：
  • He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
  • He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。
8 correlation Rogzg     
n.相互关系，相关，关连
参考例句：
  • The second group of measurements had a high correlation with the first.第二组测量数据与第一组高度相关。
  • A high correlation exists in America between education and economic position.教育和经济地位在美国有极密切的关系。

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