Forster Fabienne, Milek Anne, Breitenstein Christina, Senn Mirjam, Bradbury Thomas N, Bodenmann Guy
Competence Center for Gynecopsychiatry, Outpatient Clinic Wil, Psychiatry St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Department of Psychology and Psychotherapy, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany.
J Adolesc. 2024 Dec;96(8):1751-1766. doi: 10.1002/jad.12377. Epub 2024 Jul 29.
Many adolescents are in their first romantic relationship; at the same time, depressive symptoms generally increase during this developmental stage. In adults, equity of support in romantic relationships is associated with less depressive symptoms-especially in female partners, who are generally on "the losing side" of support transactions with male partners. This study examines whether equity of dyadic coping is associated with depressive symptoms in adolescent mixed-gender couples. We disentangle equity of positive and negative dyadic coping, as differential effects might arise.
Self-report data on dyadic coping and depressive symptoms were gathered from 124 mixed-gender couples aged between 16 and 21 years living in Switzerland between 2011 and 2013. Equity of dyadic coping was quantified by calculating the difference between received dyadic coping and provided dyadic coping for each partner separately. These difference scores and the overall level of dyadic coping were used to predict depressive symptoms in both partners using an Actor-Partner-Interdependence Model.
For female adolescents, we found the expected curvilinear association between equity of negative dyadic coping behaviors and depressive symptoms (actor effect). Additionally, the female perception of equity of positive dyadic coping was correlated with less depressive symptoms in male partners (partner effect). For male adolescents, receiving more positive dyadic coping than they provided was associated with more depressive symptoms (actor effect).
In female partners, results resembled those in adult mixed-gender couples. In male partners, results changed depending on the direction of inequity-possibly due to gender role development.
许多青少年正处于他们的第一段恋爱关系中；与此同时，抑郁症状在这个发育阶段通常会增加。在成年人中，恋爱关系中的支持公平性与较少的抑郁症状相关——尤其是在女性伴侣中，她们在与男性伴侣的支持交易中通常处于“劣势”。本研究考察二元应对的公平性是否与青少年异性恋情侣的抑郁症状相关。我们区分了积极和消极二元应对的公平性，因为可能会产生不同的影响。
2011年至2013年期间，从居住在瑞士的124对年龄在16至21岁之间的异性恋情侣中收集了关于二元应对和抑郁症状的自我报告数据。通过分别计算每个伴侣收到的二元应对与提供的二元应对之间的差异来量化二元应对的公平性。这些差异分数和二元应对的总体水平被用于使用actor-伴侣-相互依存模型来预测双方伴侣的抑郁症状。
对于女性青少年，我们发现消极二元应对行为的公平性与抑郁症状之间存在预期的曲线关联（actor效应）。此外，女性对积极二元应对公平性的感知与男性伴侣较少的抑郁症状相关（伴侣效应）。对于男性青少年，收到的积极二元应对比他们提供的更多与更多的抑郁症状相关（actor效应）。
在女性伴侣中，结果与成年异性恋情侣相似。在男性伴侣中，结果因不公平的方向而有所不同——可能是由于性别角色的发展。
