Keywords:
subjective well-being
marriage
hedonic adaptation theory
gender moderation
confucian values

  • Abstract

    Na China contemporânea, os valores confucionistas tradicionais ainda influenciam os papéis de gênero no casamento, o que pode levar a experiências desiguais para homens e mulheres. Ao mesmo tempo, as taxas de casamento caíram drasticamente, com os registros oficiais atingindo níveis recordes. Essas condições socioculturais ressaltam a necessidade de reexaminar o papel do casamento no bem-estar pessoal. Este estudo investiga a relação entre casamento e bem-estar subjetivo (BES) na China contemporânea, com foco no gênero como fator moderador pela lente da teoria da adaptação hedônica. Com base em dados da Pesquisa Social Geral Chinesa (CGSS) de 2021, um conjunto de dados nacionalmente representativo (N = 7.676), o estudo empregou análise de regressão hierárquica por mínimos quadrados ordinários. Duas hipóteses foram testadas: que o casamento está positivamente associado ao BES e que o gênero modera essa relação. Verificações de robustez foram conduzidas usando correspondência de escore de propensão e especificações alternativas de medição da variável dependente. Os resultados confirmam que o casamento está positivamente associado ao BES no contexto chinês, com indivíduos casados ​​relatando níveis significativamente mais altos de BES. Mais importante ainda, um efeito significativo de moderação de gênero foi identificado, com os homens obtendo maiores benefícios de bem-estar do casamento do que as mulheres. Notavelmente, enquanto homens solteiros relatam menor nível de bem-estar subjetivo do que mulheres solteiras, essa diferença de gênero efetivamente desaparece entre indivíduos casados. As descobertas contribuem para a compreensão de como os estereótipos culturais de gênero afetam as experiências e os resultados do casamento na China. O estudo destaca a utilidade da teoria da adaptação hedônica na explicação das diferenças de gênero nos benefícios do casamento, sugerindo que os valores tradicionais confucionistas continuam a influenciar as experiências conjugais, apesar das mudanças sociais em curso. Os resultados da pesquisa têm implicações para políticas que visam promover a igualdade de gênero dentro dos casamentos e abordar as vulnerabilidades psicológicas potenciais de homens solteiros na sociedade chinesa contemporânea.

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