“这是你关系的放大镜”:对双方自愿的非一夫一妻制关系的动机、好处和挑战进行专题分析

IF 0.7 4区 心理学 Q4 FAMILY STUDIES
Rebecca Codrington, Daniel R. du Plooy
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在过去的十年里,公众和学术界对双方同意的非一夫一妻制(CNM)的兴趣有所增加。CNM涉及多个伴侣之间的性和/或浪漫关系,并得到所有相关个人的同意。据估计,CNM的参与率约占总人口的5%,尽管由于许多文化中对一夫一妻制的强烈理想化,这是一个隐藏的人群。本定性研究探讨了CNM关系的动机、好处和挑战,尽管对该领域的兴趣重新燃起,但该领域的研究仍未得到充分研究。虽然以前的研究主要集中在CNM与一夫一妻制或个体类型的CNM(如一夫多妻制)之间的比较,但本研究旨在提供对CNM关系的更广泛理解。我们采用批判现实主义框架,并对8名参与者的半结构化访谈进行主题分析。结果确定了三个总体主题:单一规范和文化规范;成长与责任;多样性和复杂性;每个都有几个子主题。这些发现表明,CNM为需求的更大多样化和促进社区和个人的成长提供了机会。该研究还强调了在CNM关系中所经历的挑战以及用于管理它们的策略,例如管理困难情绪的个人责任,以及有时为了关系安全而暂时结束关系。本研究的一个新发现是,一些参与CNM的个体内化了文化规范和一夫一妻制的理想化,需要摒弃这些规范。这项研究增加了CNM的现有知识,并有望引起临床医生和研究人员的兴趣,以了解其动机、益处和挑战。关系治疗师将受益于如何与有兴趣或从事CNM关系的客户合作的知识的增加。总的来说,这项研究支持了之前的发现,即CNM是一种可行的、令人愉快的,但有时具有挑战性的关系。
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‘It's a magnifying glass for your relationship’: a thematic analysis of motivations, benefits, and challenges in consensually non-monogamous relationships

The last decade has seen an increase in public and academic interest in consensual non-monogamy (CNM). CNM involves sexual and/or romantic relationships between multiple partners, with the consent of all individuals involved. Engagement in CNM is estimated at 5% of the general population, although due to stigma with the strong idealisation of monogamy in many cultures, it is a hidden population. This qualitative study explores the motivations, benefits, and challenges experienced in CNM relationships, an area that has been understudied despite the resurgence of interest in it. While previous research has mainly focused on comparisons between CNM and monogamy or individual types of CNM such as polyamory, this study seeks to provide a broader understanding of CNM relationships. We employ a critical realist framework and thematically analyse semi-structured interviews with eight participants. The results identify three overarching themes: mononormativity and cultural norms; growth and responsibility; and diversity and complexity; each has several subthemes. These findings suggest that CNM provides opportunities for greater diversification of needs and increased community and individual growth. The study also highlights the challenges experienced in CNM relationships and the strategies used to manage them, such as personal responsibility for managing difficult emotions and temporarily closing a relationship at times for relationship security. A novel finding in this study is that some individuals involved in CNM have internalised cultural norms and the idealisation of monogamy and need to unlearn these norms. This study adds to the existing knowledge on CNM and is expected to be of interest to clinicians and researchers seeking to understand its motivations, benefits, and challenges. Relationship therapists will benefit from increased knowledge of how to work with clients interested or engaged in CNM relationships. Overall, this study supports previous findings that CNM is a viable, enjoyable, yet sometimes challenging type of relationship.

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来源期刊
CiteScore
1.60
自引率
14.30%
发文量
40
期刊介绍: The ANZJFT is reputed to be the most-stolen professional journal in Australia! It is read by clinicians as well as by academics, and each issue includes substantial papers reflecting original perspectives on theory and practice. A lively magazine section keeps its finger on the pulse of family therapy in Australia and New Zealand via local correspondents, and four Foreign Correspondents report on developments in the US and Europe.
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