Indirect pathways between depressive symptoms and marital distress: the role of conflict communication, attributions, and attachment style
| Autor: | Els Heene, Paulette Van Oost, Ann Buysse |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Social Psychology Depression Communication Marital distress Ambivalence Object Attachment Social relation Developmental psychology Conflict Psychological Clinical Psychology Attitude Surveys and Questionnaires Adaptation Psychological Attachment theory Humans Female Marriage Psychology Association (psychology) Attribution Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Depression (differential diagnoses) |
| Zdroj: | Ghent University Academic Bibliography |
| ISSN: | 0014-7370 |
| Popis: | Previous studies have focused on concomitants of depression and marital distress in order to help explain the relationship between the two, suggesting that several variables, such as conflict communication, attributions, and attachment style, are associated with depression, marital distress, or both. Our contention is that the selected variables may be important mediators (hypothesis 1) or moderators (hypothesis 2) of the concomitance between depression and marital adjustment, exploring the direct and indirect ways in which depressive symptoms and marital adjustment are related. In total, 415 heterosexual couples were recruited, and a series of regression analyses was conducted to test our hypotheses separately for men and women. Results indicated that demand-withdrawal, avoidance, causal attributions, and secure, ambivalent, and avoidant attachment mediated the relation between depressive symptoms and marital adjustment in the female sample, whereas constructive communication and causal and responsible attributions were significant mediators of men's levels of depressive symptoms and marital adjustment. In addition, avoidance and secure attachment moderated the association between depressive symptoms and marital adjustment in the female sample, and causal attributions were significant moderators of the association between depressive symptoms and marital adjustment for men. Several conclusions and implications for theory and future research are discussed. |
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