Marital satisfaction and depression as predictors of physical health status.

Weiss, Robert; Aved, Barbara M.

doi:10.1037/0022-006x.46.6.1379

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“…Weiss and Aved found that for women, poor marital satisfaction was associated with worse physical health status, whereas for husbands, marital satisfaction was related to depression and appeared to be independent of the husband's physical health status (8). In Gottman and Levenson's study mentioned above, couples with an excess of negative interactions also reported being in poorer health than couples with more positive interactions (7).…”

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Marital satisfaction in couples with rheumatoid arthritis

Bermas

Tucker

Winkelman

et al. 2000

Arthritis & Rheumatism

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Objective. To understand correlates of marital satisfaction in persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and their spouses.Methods. In a cross-sectional survey, 79 persons with RA and 78 spouses completed the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale, the revised Ways of Coping Questionnaire scales, and the Health Assessment Questionnaire. A series of linear regression analyses were then performed to investigate correlates of marital satisfaction for patients and spouses.Results. Seventy-six percent of patients were women. Mean patient age was 56.5 years (Ϯ 12.5 years), number of years married was 30.7 (Ϯ 13.5), and duration of RA was 14.2 years (Ϯ 9.0 years). Demographic features of spouses resembled those of patients. Patients and spouses were generally satisfied with their marriages. Linear regression analyses showed that lower marital satisfaction in patients was associated with higher education level (P Ͻ 0.01), patient's greater use of escape into fantasy (P Ͻ 0.01), patient's greater use of finding blame (P Ͻ 0.05), and spouse's higher use of escape into fantasy (P Ͻ 0.001). Spouses less satisfied with their marriages were more likely to use passive acceptance (P Ͻ 0.05) and less likely to find blame (P Ͻ 0.05). Female spouses were less likely to be satisfied in their marriages (P Ͻ 0.01) than male spouses.Conclusions. This study indicates that certain passive coping styles are associated with lower marital satisfaction in persons with RA and their spouses. More highly educated patients and female spouses are also less satisfied in their marriages. These cross-sectional correlations should not be regarded as causal and should be examined further in longitudinal studies.

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Marital satisfaction in couples with rheumatoid arthritis

Bermas

Tucker

Winkelman

et al. 2000

Arthritis & Rheumatism

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“…Marital discord and depressive symptomatology are robustly related when measured concurrently (Beach, Sandeen, & O'Leary, 1990;Heim & Snyder, 1991;Weiss & Aved, 1975;Weissman, 1987). Indeed, in the best community survey data collected to date, Weissman (1987) reported that a discordant marital relationship was a strong risk factor for unipolar depression, increasing risk of major affective disorder 25-fold for both men and women.…”

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Dysphoria and Marital Discord: Are Dysphoric Individuals at Risk for Marital Maladjustment?

Beach

O’Leary

1993

J Marital Family Therapy

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The effect of dysphoria on husbands' and wives' later marital adjustment was examined in a sample of 264 white couples about to marry who responded to advertisements. Relationship satisfaction and level of dysphoria were assessed in both spouses prior to marriage, 6 months after marriage, and 18 months after marriage. Premarital dysphoria was associated with later marital dissatisfaction. Husbands' premarital dysphoria, regardless of chronicity, was associated with greater deterioration in both their own and their partners' marital satisfaction. Wives' premarital dysphoria was associated with greater deterioration in marital satisfaction only if it was chronic. Results suggest that premarital dysphoria is associated with subsequent deterioration of marital relationships.

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“…Cross-sectional and retrospective studies have shown a relationship between marital decay and general psychological breakdown (Beisser & Glasser, 1968;Paykel et al, 1975), and especially between marital decay and depressive symptomatology (Colemarf & Miller, 1975;Ilfeld, 1977;Weiss & Aved, 1978;Weissman, Paykel, Siegel, & Klerman, 1971). These studies demonstrate that psychiatric patients are more likely to be in severely deteriorated marriages than other couples.…”

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Marital dissolution and distress in a psychiatric population: A longitudinal design

Beach

Winters

Weintraub

1986

Behavioral Interventions

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There has been interest in recent years in the relationship between marital distress and psychopathology. It has been rare, however, for investigators to follow patients after their release from the hospital and observe the course of their marital relationships. The present study included patients meeting criteria for three DSM III DISORDERS (MAjor depressive, bipolar, and schizophrenic) and a normal control sample, all of whom are participants in an ongoing longitudinal study of children at risk for psychopathology (Stony Brook High‐Risk Project; Weintraub & Neale, 1984). Marital Adjustment Test (MAT; Locke & Wallace, 1959) scores were collected on patients at entry into the project (Phase I) and at a three year follow‐up (Phase II). Course of marriage was defined as negative if the couple's marital adjustment was rated as poor at Phase II or resulted in divorce or separation at Phase II. It was found that only the depressed group differed from the normal group in having significantly worse course of marital relationship; 84% of the depressive couples showed a “negative” course of marital change over time. However, all three patient groups had significantly higher rates of divorce by Phase II. MAT scores at Phase I successfully predicted course of marital relationship for all diagnostic groups. Implications for aftercare of psychiatric inpatients are discussed.

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Marital satisfaction and depression as predictors of physical health status.

Cited by 65 publications

References 13 publications

Marital satisfaction in couples with rheumatoid arthritis

Marital satisfaction in couples with rheumatoid arthritis

Dysphoria and Marital Discord: Are Dysphoric Individuals at Risk for Marital Maladjustment?

Marital dissolution and distress in a psychiatric population: A longitudinal design

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