The melancholy marriage: An inquiry into the interaction of depression I. Introduction

Hooper, D. Craig; Roberts, F. John; Hinchliffe, Mary K.; Vaughan, Pamela W.

doi:10.1111/j.2044-8341.1977.tb02405.x

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“…Assessments of marital and depression characteristics were completed, and couples were videotaped while engaging in problem-solving interactions. First, marital interactions of couples with a depressed member were expected to demonstrate more negativity and less positivity than interactions of couples without a depressed member, findings that would replicate previous studies (Hooper et al, 1977; Ruscher & Gotlib, 1988). Second, regardless of depression, wives were expected to express more congeniality and negativity than husbands, consistent with other research (Ben-Zur & Zeidner, 1988; Fujita et al, 1991).…”

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“…Hinchcliffe, Hooper, and Roberts (1978), for example, reported that depressed inpatients were socially responsive when interacting with strangers but were more tense, negative, and self-preoccupied when communicating with their spouses. Although marital interactions improved with recovery, low levels of negativity, unresponsivity, and disruptive conversational flow continued (Hinchcliffe, Hooper, & Roberts, 1978; Hinchcliffe, Hooper, Roberts, & Vaughan, 1975; Hooper, Roberts, Hinchcliffe, & Vaughan, 1977). Other research has confirmed and extended these findings, indicating that depressive marital interactions are more negative, unsupportive, and asymmetrical, with negative evaluations directed particularly toward the depressed partner (Linden, Hautzinger, & Hoffman, 1983; Ruscher & Gotlib, 1988).…”

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Marital interactions of depressed men and women.

Johnson

Jacob²

1997

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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This article examined marital interactions in 50 couples with a depressed husband, 41 couples with a depressed wife, and 50 nondepressed control couples. As expected, couples with a depressed partner evidenced more disturbed marital interaction than control couples. Furthermore, couples with a depressed wife demonstrated less positive communication than couples with a depressed husband, notwithstanding the fact the depressed husbands exhibited greater depression severity than depressed wives. Findings are integrated with recent research on gender differences in affective expression.

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Marital interactions of depressed men and women.

Johnson

Jacob²

1997

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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“…For example, couples with a depressed or alcoholic partner express less positive and more negative communications compared to couples without an impaired partner (Jacob, & Krahn, 1988; Johnson & Jacob, 1997; Linden, Hautzinger, & Hoffman, 1983; Ruscher & Gotlib, 1988). Depressed individuals tend to be more tense, negative, and self-preoccupied in communications with their partners despite exhibiting a capacity for healthy socialization with strangers (Hooper, Roberts, Hinchcliffe, & Vaughn, 1977). In addition, while it is normal for couples to exhibit an equal exchange of expressed emotion, couples with a depressed partner show an asymmetrical pattern characterized by more negative evaluations directed toward the depressed than the non-depressed partner (Linden et al, 1983).…”

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PTSD and conflict behavior between veterans and their intimate partners

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Reardon³

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Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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This study examined the influence of trauma history and PTSD symptoms on the behavior of veterans and their intimate partners (287 couples; N = 574) observed during conflict discussions and coded using the Rapid Marital Interaction Coding System (Heyman, 2004). Dyadic structural equation modeling analyses showed that PTSD was associated with more frequent displays of hostility and psychological abuse and fewer expressions of acceptance and humor in both veterans and their partners. Findings provide new insight into the social and emotional deficits associated with PTSD and emphasize the importance of addressing the trauma histories and PTSD of both partners when treating veteran couples with relationship disturbance.

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“…5The results of studies combined in Hinchcliffe, Hooper, and Roberts’s (1978) book The Melancholy Marriage were also published separately. Four of the five individual references are listed in Table 5; the other is Hooper, Roberts, Hinchcliffe, and Vaughn (1977).…”

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Psychosocial functioning and depression: Distinguishing among antecedents, concomitants, and consequences.

Barnett¹,

Gotlib²

1988

Psychological Bulletin

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In this article we attempt to distinguish empirically between psycho-social variables that are concomitants of depression, and variables that may serve as antecedents or sequelae of this disorder. We review studies that investigated the relationship between depression and any of six psychosocial variables after controlling for the effects of concurrent depression. The six variables examined are attributional style, dysfunctional attitudes, personality, social support, marital distress, and coping style. The review suggests that whereas there is little evidence in adults of a cognitive vulnerability to clinical depression, disturbances in interpersonal functioning may be antecedents or sequelae of this disorder. Specifically, marital distress and low social integration appear to be involved in the etiology of depression, and introversion and interpersonal dependency are identified as enduring abnormalities in the functioning of remitted depressives. We attempt to integrate what is known about the relationships among these latter variables, suggest ways in which they may influence the development of depression, and outline specific issues to be addressed in future research. The identification of psychosocial factors that may cause depression has proven to be an arduous task. The difficulty of demonstrating causal relationships in naturalistic research has been compounded by an overreliance on cross-sectional methodology. Cross-sectional research has been successful in demonstrating differences between depressed and nondepressed individuals; that is, it has identified abnormalities in the functioning of depressed individuals that are present during depressive episodes. Many of these abnormalities, such as dysfunctional cognitions, distressed relationships, anaclitic personality types, and deficits in social behaviors, have been implicated in the etiology of depression by theorists of various orientations (e.g.,

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The melancholy marriage: An inquiry into the interaction of depression I. Introduction

Cited by 8 publications

References 2 publications

Marital interactions of depressed men and women.

Marital interactions of depressed men and women.

PTSD and conflict behavior between veterans and their intimate partners

Psychosocial functioning and depression: Distinguishing among antecedents, concomitants, and consequences.

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