Rehman Uzma S, Evraire Lyndsay E, Karimiha Gelareh, Goodnight Jackson A
University of Waterloo.
Western University.
J Clin Psychol. 2015 Jul;71(7):715-24. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22162. Epub 2015 Mar 23.
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the differential roles of depression and anxiety in intimate relationship satisfaction, both cross-sectionally and longitudinally.
The cross-sectional sample comprised 70 couples, of which 48 couples also participated at follow-up. All couples completed measures of relationship satisfaction and symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Cross-sectionally, actor symptoms of depression were the only predictor of relationship satisfaction, after controlling for symptoms of anxiety. Conversely, depressive symptoms did not predict change in relationship satisfaction over time above and beyond the effects of anxiety. Instead, actor symptoms of anxiety at time 1 predicted a decline in relationship satisfaction from time 1 to time 2. For wives, their husbands' levels of anxiety at time 1 also predicted longitudinal change in relationship satisfaction.
These results highlight the importance of studying the constructs of depression and anxiety simultaneously, and point to intriguing gender differences.
本研究旨在从横断面和纵向两个方面探讨抑郁和焦虑在亲密关系满意度中的不同作用。
横断面样本包括70对夫妻，其中48对夫妻也参与了随访。所有夫妻都完成了关系满意度以及抑郁和焦虑症状的测量。
在横断面研究中，在控制焦虑症状后，抑郁的个体症状是关系满意度的唯一预测因素。相反，抑郁症状并不能预测关系满意度随时间的变化，超出焦虑的影响。取而代之的是，第1时间点的焦虑个体症状预测了从第1时间点到第2时间点关系满意度的下降。对于妻子来说，其丈夫在第1时间点的焦虑水平也预测了关系满意度的纵向变化。
这些结果凸显了同时研究抑郁和焦虑结构的重要性，并指出了有趣的性别差异。
