关键词: 婚姻满意度, 时代变迁, 横断历史元分析, 中国综合社会调查, 生态系统理论

Abstract: Marriage is the most stable and lasting traditional form of sexual union in human society, and it is also an important part of human culture. Marriage satisfaction is an important indicator to measure the overall level of marriage. It is not only affected by social, family, individual and other factors, but also reacts to society, family and individual. It is reflected in the continuous changes of society and marriage satisfaction in the end. Therefore, exploring the relationship between marital satisfaction and social change has important reference significance for understanding the psychological changes of Chinese society and individuals. This research made a cross-temporal meta- analysis of 92 studies (59122 husbands and wives) published between 2000 and 2021, which use the Evaluating & Nurturing Relationship Issues, Communication, Happiness (enrich), the Marital Adjustment Test (MAT) and the Quality of Marriage Index (QMI) to measure the marital satisfaction of Chinese couples. At the same time, it combined with China Comprehensive Social Survey (CGSS) analysis to discusses the relationship between social indicators and marital satisfaction based on the Bronfenbrenner’s ecosystem theory. The findings are as follows: (1) marital satisfaction of Chinese couples has a significant positive correlation with the years; (2) At the macro level, the improvement of people's quality of life and the reduction of household size will promote the increase of marriage satisfaction; At the same time, rising marital satisfaction will also promote the pursuit of a better life for couples and maintain family stability; (3) At the micro level, the improvement of marital satisfaction in social change is not affected by the age of marriage, gender, number of children, and the degree of marital education matching, but changes because of whether the children are around, and the degree of education will also affect marital satisfaction. In the model of the relationship between social change and marital satisfaction, macro system factors, micro system factors and era changes interact with each other and jointly affect marital satisfaction. Moreover, marital satisfaction will also react on macro-system factors and promote the harmonious and stable development of society.

Key words: Marital satisfaction, Social change, Cross-temporal meta- analysis, Chinese General Social Survey, Ecosystem theory.