Testing the predictions of Chapman's five love languages theory: Does speaking a partner's primary love language predict relationship quality?

IF 1.8 3区心理学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of marital and family therapy Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-17 DOI:10.1111/jmft.12747

Sharon M Flicker, Flavia Sancier-Barbosa

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Abstract

Chapman's claim that the key to marital happiness is "speaking" your partner's primary "love language" has been highly influential in pop culture and incorporated into therapeutic practice. However, the theory has not yet been empirically validated. The current study tests his theory, examining the hypothesis that satisfaction with one's partner's primary love language behavior predicts relationship satisfaction better than satisfaction with one's partner's nonprimary love language behavior. We recruited a sample (n = 696, M = 43.8 years, 70% married, 97.3% cohabitating) through Amazon CloudResearch. Chapman's hypothesis was not supported. Participants' satisfaction with their partners' primary love language behavior no better-predicted relationship satisfaction or perceived love than the lower-ranked love languages. Words of Affirmation and Quality Time better predicted perceived love and relationship satisfaction than participants' primary love language. These results replicate previous research and suggest that these should remain targets of intervention for relationship therapists.

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检验查普曼五种爱情语言理论的预测结果：说伴侣的主要爱情语言能否预测关系质量？

查普曼声称，婚姻幸福的关键在于 "说 "你伴侣的主要 "爱的语言"，这一说法在流行文化中具有很大的影响力，并被纳入到治疗实践中。然而，这一理论尚未得到实证验证。本研究对他的理论进行了验证，研究假设对伴侣主要爱语行为的满意度比对伴侣非主要爱语行为的满意度更能预测夫妻关系的满意度。我们通过亚马逊云研究（Amazon CloudResearch）招募了一个样本（n = 696，M = 43.8 岁，70% 已婚，97.3% 同居）。查普曼的假设没有得到支持。与排名较低的爱情语言相比，参与者对伴侣主要爱情语言行为的满意度并不能更好地预测关系满意度或感知到的爱情。而 "肯定的话语 "和 "有质量的时间 "比参与者的主要爱语更能预测感知到的爱和关系满意度。这些结果重复了之前的研究，并表明这些仍应是关系治疗师的干预目标。

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Journal of marital and family therapy Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Marital & Family Therapy (JMFT) is published quarterly by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and is one of the best known and most influential family therapy journals in the world. JMFT is a peer-reviewed journal that advances the professional understanding of marital and family functioning and the most effective psychotherapeutic treatment of couple and family distress. Toward that end, the Journal publishes articles on research, theory, clinical practice, and training in marital and family therapy.