Guided by self-determination theory, this study examined the dyadic effects of marital autonomy on relationship maintenance behaviors. Heterosexual married couples (N = 324 dyads) completed questionnaires assessing their need fulfillment of autonomy in marriage along with their enactment of relationship maintenance behaviors. Using multilevel modeling, actor-partner interdependence models were estimated to determine dyadic effects for husbands’ and wives’ autonomy on their own and their partners’ use of positivity, openness, assurances, social networks, and shared tasks. Parameter estimates revealed that husbands’ and wives’ autonomy produced equivalent positive actor and partner effects for the positivity, assurances, social networks, and shared tasks maintenance behaviors, and a positive actor effect for the openness maintenance behavior. These dyadic findings support the idea of mutuality of autonomy support in marriage.

本研究以自我决定理论为指导，考察了婚姻自主权对关系维持行为的二元效应。异性恋已婚夫妇（N = 324 对）完成了调查问卷，评估他们在婚姻中实现自主权的需求以及他们制定的关系维护行为。使用多层次模型，估计演员-伴侣相互依赖模型以确定丈夫和妻子对自己和他们的伴侣使用积极性、开放性、保证、社交网络和共享任务的自主权的二元效应。参数估计显示，丈夫和妻子的自主性对积极性、保证性、社交网络和共享任务维护行为产生了等效的正向行为者和合作伙伴效应，对开放性维护行为产生了正向行为者效应。