Ko Linda K, Lewis Megan A
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
J Soc Pers Relat. 2011 Feb;28(1):83-99. doi: 10.1177/0265407510387888.
The present study investigated whether perception of receiving emotional support mediates the relationship between one partner's giving of emotional support and the other partner's depressive symptomatology using a population-based sample of 423 couples from the Changing Lives of Older Couples study. A path model was used guided by the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. Results indicated that spouses' giving emotional support was related to the degree to which their spouse reported receiving emotional support. Perception of receiving emotional support, in turn, was related to lower depressive symptomatology of the support recipient. Both husbands and wives can benefit from emotional support through their perception of receiving emotional support, and spouses' perceptions, as well as their actions, should be considered in support transactions.
本研究使用来自“老年夫妇生活变化”研究的423对夫妇的基于人群的样本，调查了接受情感支持的感知是否介导了一方给予情感支持与另一方抑郁症状之间的关系。在行为者-伙伴相互依赖模型的指导下使用了路径模型。结果表明，配偶给予情感支持与他们的配偶报告接受情感支持的程度有关。反过来，接受情感支持的感知与支持接受者较低的抑郁症状有关。丈夫和妻子都可以通过他们对接受情感支持的感知而从情感支持中受益，并且在支持互动中应考虑配偶的感知及其行为。
