His and Hers: The Interface of Military Couples’ Biological, Psychological, and Relational Health

Trump, Lisa; Lamson, Angela L.; Lewis, Melissa E.; Muse, Amelia

doi:10.1007/s10591-015-9344-8

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“…Military personnel reporting less relationship satisfaction were female, older, less educated, non‐White, married for a longer time, and parents. Consistent with previous work, they also were less religious (Perry, 2016) and were experiencing more chronic physical pain (Trump et al, 2015). Practitioners offering prevention and intervention programming may have success focusing their efforts on soldiers with those risk markers.…”

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“…Military personnel with depressive symptoms face challenges in both their professional and personal lives (Karney et al, 2008). Depressive symptoms impede the ability of service members to complete occupational duties (e.g., Welsh et al, 2015) and sustain dyadic relationships (e.g., Trump et al, 2015). In response to calls to examine communication processes as pathways linking depressive symptoms with relationship dissatisfaction (Gustavson et al, 2012; Roberson et al, 2018) and calls to employ probability samples to examine mental health problems among military personnel (Karney et al, 2008), we theorized about self‐disclosure and destructive conflict management strategies as reasons why service members experiencing depressive symptoms may be less satisfied with their romantic relationship.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We included three substantive covariates known to covary with our independent or dependent variables: (a) religiosity, given that it corresponds with relationship satisfaction among civilian couples (Perry, 2016); (b) chronic physical pain, given that it corresponds with both depressive symptoms and relationship satisfaction among military couples (Trump et al, 2015); and (c) Army career intentions, given that unhappiness with military life corresponds with depressive symptoms (Welsh et al, 2015).…”

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Communication Mediators of the Link Between Depressive Symptoms and Relationship Satisfaction Among Army Soldiers

Knobloch

Basinger

2020

Family Relations

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Objective We evaluated two fundamental communication processes, self‐disclosure and destructive conflict management strategies, as mediators of the link between depressive symptoms and relationship satisfaction among married U.S. soldiers. Background Identifying the communication behaviors underlying why people with depressive symptoms are less satisfied with their romantic relationship is a high priority for research, and pinpointing relevant mediators is especially important among military personnel who face particular job stressors and relationship challenges. Methods We analyzed cross‐sectional self‐report data from a representative sample of 4,196 married U.S. soldiers who participated in the all‐Army component of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). Results Mediation was apparent such that people's depressive symptoms had indirect associations with their relationship satisfaction through both their self‐disclosure and their reports of their partner's destructive conflict management strategies. In contrast, mediation was not evident for their reports of their own destructive conflict management strategies. Conclusion Less self‐disclosure and more destructive conflict management strategies by a partner may be reasons why soldiers experiencing depressive symptoms are less satisfied with their romantic relationship. Implications Communication skills training for self‐disclosure and conflict management may help break the link between depressive symptoms and relationship dissatisfaction.

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Communication Mediators of the Link Between Depressive Symptoms and Relationship Satisfaction Among Army Soldiers

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Basinger

2020

Family Relations

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“…16 The established genetic basis of most psychiatric disorders 17 cannot explain the increased prevalence of psychiatric disorders among family members with no genetic relationship, such as spouses, and it cannot explain the adverse effects of psychiatric disorders on family members who do not have psychiatric illness. 18…”

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Curtailing the communicability of psychiatric disorders

Wainberg

Helpman

Duarte

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The Lancet Psychiatry

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Although psychiatric disorders are classified as non-communicable diseases, we believe this classification is too rigid and limiting. We present evidence of the communicability of psychiatric disorders through three major pathways: infectious and ecological, familial, and sociocultural communicability. Successful strategies developed to control the spread of communicable infectious diseases are relevant to curtailing the communicability of psychiatric disorders, thereby reducing their burden. Current interventions and policies that conceptualise psychiatric illnesses as non-communicable mostly focus on the individual. By applying strategies from infectious disease and chronic illness prevention models within a socioecological framework, we posit a broad communicable chronic disease psychiatric illness control plan for effectively treating the patient with the psychiatric disorder (host) as early as possible, providing benefits to their family and the community, and preventing transmission to others.

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“…Tonic RSA has also been linked to affect ratings during partner interaction tasks such that higher tonic RSA was associated with more self‐reported positive affect and lower negative affect during a partner interaction task (Cribbet, 2013). Yet, some studies found no significant associations between tonic RSA and relationship functioning (Murray‐Close et al, 2012; Trump et al, 2015) and surprising associations between higher tonic RSA and a greater propensity for relationship aggression (Murray‐Close et al, 2012; Strothman, 2006).…”

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Reactivity and recovery in romantic relationships following a trauma analog: Examination of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in community couples

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Emotion regulation has important implications for individual and relationship health. Psychophysiological responses, such as respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), can serve as a key indicator of emotion regulation processes subsequent to a stressor and may be the process by which couples confer health benefits. Moreover, partners in romantic relationships can mutually impact physiological states both during times of stress and times of support. The current study examined physiological reactivity through RSA during a laboratory stress‐induction (i.e., stressful‐film trauma analog) and recovery within the context of a romantic relationship. Sex, relationship health, and individual mental health indicators were examined as moderators of reactivity and recovery. Forty‐five (n = 90 individuals) community couples, primarily White (n = 75, 83.3%), heterosexual (n = 63, 70.0%), and dating (n = 67, 74.4%), were examined. Both partners' RSA were measured continuously through a series of baseline tasks, a stressful‐film task, and a post‐film interaction task. Reactivity and recovery trajectories were moderated by sex, study task (i.e., baseline, film, and post‐film), and individual mental health (ps < .05). Repeated‐measures actor partner interdependence modeling analyses revealed a strong self‐regulatory (i.e., actor) effect across all tasks as well as co‐regulation (i.e., partner effects) during the post‐film interaction task. Findings provided some evidence of stress transmission to the non‐exposed partner. This study offers initial evidence of self‐ and co‐regulation following a laboratory stress‐induction and potential predictors and moderations of the set point and stability of these regulatory dynamics. Implications and future directions are discussed.

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His and Hers: The Interface of Military Couples’ Biological, Psychological, and Relational Health

Cited by 9 publications

References 53 publications

Communication Mediators of the Link Between Depressive Symptoms and Relationship Satisfaction Among Army Soldiers

Communication Mediators of the Link Between Depressive Symptoms and Relationship Satisfaction Among Army Soldiers

Curtailing the communicability of psychiatric disorders

Reactivity and recovery in romantic relationships following a trauma analog: Examination of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in community couples

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