Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of New Mexico.
Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame.
J Fam Psychol. 2022 Dec;36(8):1439-1450. doi: 10.1037/fam0000998. Epub 2022 Jun 16.
Research on the impact of romantic partner social support on depressed mood and relationship satisfaction focuses primarily on the discrepancies between actual and desired frequency of support behaviors, which are conceptualized as social support over- and underprovision. However, frequency counts of support behaviors neglect other potentially important qualities of those behaviors, such as whether the support behaviors, however frequent, are satisfying, or even occurring in relevant domains. In the present study, 62 opposite-sex couples completed daily online questionnaires to assess their depressed mood, relationship satisfaction, actual and desired frequency of emotional/esteem, informational, tangible, and physical support as well as satisfaction with their partner's support. Results of lagged, multilevel moderation analyses showed that satisfaction with prior-day informational, physical, and tangible support was associated with a greater decrease in relationship satisfaction if partners had reported an increase in prior-day depressive symptoms. In addition, overprovision of prior-day tangible support mitigated the negative impact of prior-day depressed mood on relationship satisfaction and vice versa. These results are consistent with prior research on the bidirectional nature of the association between depressed mood and relationship satisfaction, and clarify the role of frequency of and satisfaction with support behaviors in relationships. Recommendations for couples therapists working with depressed partners focus on emphasizing gradual changes in support behaviors to avoid overwhelming the partner reporting depressed mood and encouraging tangible support provision between partners who report depressed or relational distress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
关于浪漫伴侣社会支持对抑郁情绪和关系满意度的影响的研究主要集中在支持行为的实际和期望频率之间的差异上，这些差异被概念化为社会支持过度和不足。然而，支持行为的频率忽略了这些行为的其他潜在重要质量，例如支持行为是否频繁，是否令人满意，甚至是否发生在相关领域。在本研究中，62 对异性恋伴侣完成了在线每日问卷，以评估他们的抑郁情绪、关系满意度、实际和期望的情感/尊重、信息、有形和身体支持的频率以及对伴侣支持的满意度。滞后的多层次调节分析结果表明，如果伴侣报告前一天抑郁症状增加，那么对前一天信息、身体和有形支持的满意度与关系满意度的更大下降有关。此外，前一天有形支持的过度提供减轻了前一天抑郁情绪对关系满意度的负面影响，反之亦然。这些结果与抑郁情绪和关系满意度之间关联的双向性质的先前研究一致，并澄清了支持行为的频率和满意度在关系中的作用。建议与报告抑郁的伴侣一起工作的夫妻治疗师强调支持行为的逐渐变化，以避免压倒报告抑郁的伴侣，并鼓励报告抑郁或关系困扰的伴侣之间提供有形支持。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2022 APA，保留所有权利）。
