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Research on what makes a marriage work shows that people in a good marriage have completed these psychological "tasks":
關于“是什么使婚姻美滿”的研究表明，那些擁有幸福婚姻的人們往往已經完成了這些心理“任務”。

1 Separate emotionally from the family you grew up in; not to the point of estrangement, but enough so that your identity is separate from that of your parents and siblings.
在感情上與你成長的家庭分開；不要到產生隔閡的地步，但要足以使你的身份獨立于你的父母和兄弟姐妹。

2 Build togetherness based on a shared intimacy and identity, while at the same time set boundaries to protect each partner's autonomy.
在相互的親昵和一致的基礎上建立歸屬感，但同時也要設定一些界限來保障每一個成員的自主權。

3 Establish a rich and pleasurable sexual relationship and protect it from the intrusions of the workplace and family obligations.
建立一種豐富而又愉快的性關系，并保護其免受繁雜工作和家庭義務的干擾。

4 For couples with children, embrace the daunting roles of parenthood and absorb the impact of a baby's entrance into the marriage. Learn to continue the work of protecting the privacy of you and your spouse as a couple.
對于有孩子的夫妻，坦然地接受父母這樣的嚴峻角色，消化掉因寶寶的出現而對婚姻生活造成的影響。夫妻雙方還要學會繼續保護自己和配偶的隱私。

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