Kouros Chrystyna D, Cummings E Mark
Department of Psychology & Human Development, Vanderbilt University, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37215.
J Marriage Fam. 2010 Feb;72(1):135-147. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00688.x.
Although concordance between husbands' and wives' mental health problems is often reported, questions remain about the nature of these relations. Extending research in this area, this study examined dynamic-longitudinal pathways among husbands' and wives' depressive symptoms and marital satisfaction as a moderator of associations. Participants were 296 heterosexual couples. Husbands and wives reported on their depressive symptoms and marital satisfaction. Results from dynamic bivariate latent difference score analyses indicated unidirectional longitudinal coupling such that higher levels of husbands' depressive symptoms predicted subsequent elevations in wives' depressive symptoms over time. This relation was stronger among couples reporting marital distress as compared to couples reporting higher marital satisfaction. The findings underscore the importance of considering one's spouses' depressive symptoms in treatment efforts.
尽管经常有报道称夫妻之间的心理健康问题存在一致性,但这些关系的本质仍存在疑问。作为该领域研究的拓展,本研究考察了夫妻抑郁症状之间的动态纵向路径以及婚姻满意度作为关联调节因素的情况。研究对象为296对异性恋夫妻。丈夫和妻子分别报告了他们的抑郁症状和婚姻满意度。动态双变量潜在差异得分分析结果表明存在单向纵向耦合,即随着时间推移,丈夫较高水平的抑郁症状预示着妻子抑郁症状随后会升高。与报告婚姻满意度较高的夫妻相比,报告婚姻困扰的夫妻之间这种关系更强。研究结果强调了在治疗过程中考虑配偶抑郁症状的重要性。