Love and war: Prospective associations between relationship distress and incidence of psychiatric disorders in active-duty Army personnel.

Autor: Whisman MA; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience., Salinger JM; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience., Gilmour AL; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience., Steele BA; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience., Snyder DK; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of abnormal psychology [J Abnorm Psychol] 2021 Jan; Vol. 130 (1), pp. 3-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 12.
DOI: 10.1037/abn0000642
Abstrakt: Research with probability samples of civilians has found that marital distress is associated with incidence of several psychiatric disorders. However, there is little longitudinal research on marital distress and incidence of psychiatric disorders in military personnel. This study examined the prospective association between marital distress and incidence of major depressive episode (MDE), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance use disorder in a probability sample of active-duty soldiers from the U.S. Army ( N = 934). Results indicated that among individuals who did not meet diagnostic criteria for the associated disorder at baseline, marital distress at baseline was associated with 30-day incidence of MDE, GAD, and PTSD assessed 5 years later. These results support continued research on the role of marital distress and the onset and course of psychopathology in active-duty military personnel and suggest that couple-based interventions designed to prevent or reduce marital distress may be effective in the prevention and treatment of psychopathology in military personnel. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
Databáze: MEDLINE