School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Research Center for Medicine and Social Development, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
BMC Psychol. 2023 May 17;11(1):163. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01200-8.
Based on the family system theory, there is an interactive relationship in the family, especially the cognitive style and emotional changes of the husband and wife will affect the behavior, cognition and emotion of the partner. Data about the effects of marital relationships on mental health are often paired. Scholars study the effect of individual independent variables on the dependent variables and the effect of spouse independent variables on the dependent variables to explore the actor and partner effect in marital relationships.
This study used the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) 2018 dataset to collect paired data on the marital satisfaction and self-rated mental health of 9,560 couples. The Actor-Partner Interdependence Moderation Model (APIMoM) was used to analyze whether moderator variables affect the direction and strength of the effect of marital satisfaction on self-rated depression. In the robustness test part, the robustness of the APIMoM model was tested by reanalyzing the independent variables using two kinds of binary codes respectively, and the results showed that the models were robust.
Individuals' marital satisfaction was significantly negatively correlated with their own depression level and with that of their spouse. The number of family members had a positive moderating effect on the results of the wife's partner effect. Couples who lived in the environment with more family members had lower depression scores. Couples who have more children have higher depression scores. The number of children has a negative moderating effect on the results of partner effect of husbands and wives. The wife's neurotic personality score has a negative moderating effect on the wife's actor effect.
In terms of measures to prevent depression, women's mental health should be given more priority than men's. Living in a larger family with more children is beneficial for couples' mental health. Efforts to prevent depression in couples should take into account the neurotic character of the members, especially the wife, and design special treatment and preventive measures accordingly. These findings highlight that binary dynamics should be considered in exploring what factors influence the mental health of married couples.
基于家庭系统理论，家庭中存在着互动关系，尤其是夫妻的认知风格和情绪变化会影响伴侣的行为、认知和情绪。关于婚姻关系对心理健康影响的数据通常是配对的。学者们研究个体自变量对因变量的影响和配偶自变量对因变量的影响，以探讨婚姻关系中的主体和伴侣效应。
本研究使用中国家庭追踪调查（CFPS）2018 年数据集，收集了 9560 对夫妇婚姻满意度和自评心理健康的配对数据。采用 Actor-Partner Interdependence Moderation Model（APIMoM）分析婚姻满意度对自评抑郁的影响中，调节变量是否影响婚姻满意度对自评抑郁影响的方向和强度。在稳健性检验部分，分别使用两种二值码重新分析自变量，检验了 APIMoM 模型的稳健性，结果表明模型稳健。
个体的婚姻满意度与自身的抑郁水平和配偶的抑郁水平呈显著负相关。家庭人数对妻子的伴侣效应结果有正向调节作用。居住在有更多家庭成员的环境中的夫妻抑郁得分较低。有更多孩子的夫妻抑郁得分较高。孩子的数量对夫妻的伴侣效应结果有负向调节作用。妻子的神经质人格得分对妻子的主体效应有负向调节作用。
在预防抑郁的措施方面，应更加重视女性的心理健康。生活在一个有更多孩子的大家庭中，有利于夫妻的心理健康。预防夫妻双方抑郁的努力应该考虑到成员的神经质特征，特别是妻子的特征，并据此设计专门的治疗和预防措施。这些发现强调，在探索哪些因素影响已婚夫妇的心理健康时，应考虑二元动态。
