Does marital maladjustment lead to mental illness?

Birtchnell, John; Kennard, John H.

doi:10.1007/bf00583992

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“…Furthermore, as the amount of intimate ties decreased for any group, the prevalence of depressive symptoms increased. These findings have since been corroborated in other studies (Birtchnell & Kennard, 1983a, 1983bGore, 1978;Gove, Hughes, & Style, 1983). Brown and Harris (1978) also found that the effect of the presence or absence of a confiding marital relationship was related to the effect of a third vulnerability factor: the presence of three or more children at home.…”

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“…Our data cannot shed light on whether the development of depressive symptoms is a function of marital maladjustment or the reverse. Although Birtchnell and Kennard (1983a) did demonstrate in their longitudinal study that marital maladjustment usually preceded depressive symptom onset, Rushing's (1979) examination of psychiatric records over a 10-year period found that mental illness preceded marital maladjustment and dissolution.…”

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Vulnerability factors and depressive symptoms among hospitalized women

Caserta

Lund

Gray

1987

J. Community Psychol.

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Previous research has demonstrated that symptoms of depression and anxiety can impede the recovery process of hospitalized medical patients. The purpose of this study was to identify those hospitalized patients who were more likely to be predisposed to these symptoms. Using a sample of 109 hospitalized women, the following hypothesis was tested: Depressive symptoms will be more prevalent among those who (a) had experienced the loss of their mother at 17 years of age or younger, (b) have been experiencing low marital companionship, or (c) have three or more children 17 years of age or younger at home. A contingency analysis revealed a significant relationship between early loss of mother and the development of depressive symptoms. Although marital companionship failed to differentiate between depressive symptom levels, a two‐way analysis of variance yielded a significant inverse relationship between marital companionship and depression in general. The number of children at home was not a significant predictor, either as a main effect or interactively with marital companionship. Implications for interventions are discussed.

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Vulnerability factors and depressive symptoms among hospitalized women

Caserta

Lund

Gray

1987

J. Community Psychol.

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“…The hypothesis that marital quality leads to personal well‐being is informed primarily by the marital discord model of depression (Beach et al, 1990). Studies focusing on clinically diagnosed patients suggest that they perceive, at least retrospectively, that their marital dissatisfaction preceded their depressive symptoms more often than the reverse (Birtchnell & Kennard, 1983; O’Leary, Riso, & Beach, 1990). Further, Beach and colleagues’ own work (Beach, Jouriles, & O’Leary, 1985) suggested that over half of the couples in their study who were dissatisfied in their marriages also were characterized by mild to moderate levels of depressive symptomatology.…”

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Marital Quality and Personal Well‐Being: A Meta‐Analysis

Proulx

Helms

Buehler

2007

J of Marriage and Family

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This study examines the association between marital quality and personal well-being using meta-analytic techniques. Effects from 93 studies were analyzed. The average weighted effect size r was .37 for cross-sectional and .25 for longitudinal effects. Results indicate that several variables moderate the association between marital quality and personal wellbeing, including gender, participants' marital duration, source of measurement, data collection year, and dependent variable. These results suggest that longitudinal effects are more likely to be uncovered when using standard measurement and that future research should use samples homogenous in marital length. The longitudinal finding that the strength of the association is stronger when personal well-being is treated as the dependent variable supports previous theorizing.

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“…[1234567891011] Later studies on caregivers of depression showed that the relatives of patients with depressive illness also experience significant distress. [1213]…”

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Caregivers Burden of Patients with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: A Sectional Study

Vasudeva¹,

Sekhar

Rao

2013

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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Background:Caregiving has been identified as a basic component of human nature and a primary element of close relationship. This study aims to assess the extent and pattern of burden felt by the caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in comparison with bipolar disorder.Materials and Methods:Fifty-two patients with schizophrenia and fifty-one patients with bipolar disorder attending the outpatient department were assessed in the study. The burden among the caregivers was assessed using Burden Assessment Schedule.Results:The caregivers of schizophrenia group had significantly higher total burden score as compared to caregivers of bipolar disorder. Caregivers of schizophrenia experienced significantly higher burden in area of external support, caregivers routine, and other relations.Conclusion:The extent of burden among families of schizophrenic patients is more than those of bipolar disorder. The families of patients with bipolar disorder do also experience considerable burden. The pattern of burden among families of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder is almost identical in most of the domains except for external support, caregivers routine, and other relations.

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Does marital maladjustment lead to mental illness?

Cited by 51 publications

References 34 publications

Vulnerability factors and depressive symptoms among hospitalized women

Vulnerability factors and depressive symptoms among hospitalized women

Marital Quality and Personal Well‐Being: A Meta‐Analysis

Caregivers Burden of Patients with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: A Sectional Study

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