Depression and power in mariage

Byrne, Michael; Carr, Alan

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“…Brown and Harris, 1989a: 381), there is rarely, if ever, any critique of the underlying tenets of hetero-patriarchy that may be instrumental in creating the particular conditions associated with 'marriage' or 'childrearing' and women's depression. Specific factors in heterosexual relationships that have been linked to women's depression include relationship distress and dissatisfaction (Whisman and Bruce, 1999), self-silencing (Whiffen and Foot, 2007), humiliation (Brown et al, 1995), partner violence towards the woman (Koss et al, 2003), dissatisfaction with decision making, financial issues and child-care (Byrne et al, 2004), inequality in relation to domestic responsibilities (Doyle, 1995), absence of partner support (Brown et al, 1986), the presence of demand-withdrawal interactions (Byrne and Carr, 2000), communication problems (Byrne et al, 2004), and feelings of disempowerment (price, 1991). Whilst Brown and colleagues (1995) describe these relational patterns as creating 'depressogenic effects', as pilgrim and Bentall argue, 'this could be reframed by simply stating that miserable women live with oppressive men ' (1999: 270).…”

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Are We Medicalizing Women’s Misery? A Critical Review of Women’s Higher Rates of Reported Depression

Ussher

2010

Feminism & Psychology

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Epidemiological research consistently reports that women experience higher rates of depression than men. Competing biomedical, psychological and sociocultural models adopt a realist epistemology and a discourse of medical naturalism to position depression as a naturally occurring pathology within the woman, caused by biology, cognitions or life stress. Feminist critics argue that this medicalizes women's misery, legitimizes expert intervention, and negates the political, economic and discursive aspects of experience. However, the alternative model of social constructionism may appear to dismiss the 'real' of women's distress, and deny its material and intrapsychic concomitants, as well as negate relevant research findings. A critical review of sociocultural and psychological research on women's depression is conducted. It is argued that a critical-realist epistemology allows us to acknowledge the material-discursive-intrapsychic concomitants of experiences constructed as depression, without privileging one level of analysis above the other, in order to understand women's higher rates of reported depression.We are consistently told that women are more 'mad' than men, manifested in the current era of psychiatric nosology as higher levels of the psychiatric disorder 'depression'. Epidemiological researchers have reported that women outnumber men in lifetime prevalence of depression at a ratio that ranges from

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Section: Marriage and Depressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are We Medicalizing Women’s Misery? A Critical Review of Women’s Higher Rates of Reported Depression

Ussher

2010

Feminism & Psychology

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147

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“…A decrease in marital quality related to an unequal distribution of power is a significant risk factor for divorce (Waite, Luo, & Lewin, 2009). Additionally, marital distress has been shown to have an impact on physical health (Bulanda, 2011;Sandberg, Miller, Harper, Robila, & Davey, 2009), as well as depression (Byrne & Carr, 2000;Byrne, Carr, & Clark, 2004). Thus, unequal marital power is not only an important predictor of marital distress, it also has significant implications for spouses' physical and mental health.…”

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A Longitudinal Examination of Women's Perceptions of Marital Power and Marital Happiness in Midlife Marriages

LeBaron

Miller

Yorgason

2014

Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy

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An unequal distribution of marital power has shown to have an impact on overall marital functioning, including marital quality and marital satisfaction. Women tend to have less power in marital relationships. Therefore, it is important for both researchers and clinicians to examine wives' perceptions of marital power and marital happiness. The current study examined wives' perceptions of marital power processes and power outcomes in heterosexual midlife marriages in relation to concurrent and subsequent marital happiness across a 15-year period. The results indicated that both marital power processes and power outcomes significantly influenced concurrent marital happiness. Additionally, concurrent marital happiness influenced marital happiness 15 years later, suggesting an indirect relationship between concurrent marital power and subsequent marital happiness. No direct relationship was found between marital power and subsequent marital happiness. The lack of significant findings between marital power and subsequent marital happiness is examined. Immediate and subsequent marital benefits of egalitarian marriages are discussed, and suggestions for effective clinical practice in addressing marital power are given.

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“…High levels of control in the marital relationship have been linked to a greater risk for postnatal depression (Schweitzer, Logan, & Strassberg, 1992). Further, depressed women are more likely to report dissatisfaction with decision-making, control of finances, and household task distribution (Byrne & Carr, 2000; Byrne, Carr, & Clark, 2004). …”

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Marriage as a risk factor for internalizing disorders: Clarifying scope and specificity.

Brock

Lawrence

2011

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Objective Marital discord has been linked to both depression and anxiety; however, our understanding of how marriage contributes to the development of internalizing symptoms is limited in scope and lacking specificity. First, it is unclear whether the marital relationship contributes to the broad dimension of internalizing symptoms as opposed to specific diagnoses. Second, it is unclear how the marital relationship contributes to internalizing symptoms: through global marital dissatisfaction or through specific relationship processes (and which processes). The purpose of the present study was to address these two issues and, more generally, to develop a comprehensive and refined framework within which to understand the role of marriage in the developmental course of internalizing symptoms. Method Questionnaire and interview data were collected from 102 husbands and wives 5 times over the first 7 years of marriage. Results Results indicated that marital discord during the transition into marriage was associated with the broad dimension of internalizing symptoms for husbands but not for wives. Further, both global marital dissatisfaction and an imbalance of power and control put husbands at significant risk for symptoms over the first 7 years of marriage, whereas low levels of emotional intimacy put wives at significant risk. Conclusions Results exemplify the need to routinely consider intimate relationship processes in etiological models of depression and anxiety, and identify specific clinical targets that can be prioritized in interventions aimed at preventing internalizing disorders.

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Depression and power in mariage

Cited by 26 publications

References 28 publications

Are We Medicalizing Women’s Misery? A Critical Review of Women’s Higher Rates of Reported Depression

Are We Medicalizing Women’s Misery? A Critical Review of Women’s Higher Rates of Reported Depression

A Longitudinal Examination of Women's Perceptions of Marital Power and Marital Happiness in Midlife Marriages

Marriage as a risk factor for internalizing disorders: Clarifying scope and specificity.

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