Depressive Experience and Romantic Relationships in Young Adulthood
| Autor: | Anthony J. Urquiza, Beth L. Goodlin-Jones, Thomas L. Morrison |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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| Zdroj: | Psychological Reports. 82:339-349 |
| ISSN: | 1558-691X 0033-2941 |
| Popis: | Szrrnmay.-This study examined the associations benveen two factors of depressive experience (dependency and self-criticism) and satisfaction in adult romantic relationships. The Depressive Experiences Questionnaire, along with measures of actachment and relacionship satisfaction, were administered to 107 men and 140 women attending local community colleges. Self-criticism was associated \vich global relationship distress and sexual dissatisCaction. In a combined regression equation, measures of self-criticism, attachment security, and attachment acrivarion all contributed to predicting general relationship distress. Only scores on self-criticism predicted sexual dissatisfaction. The reladonship dissatisfaction reported by those with high scores on self-criticism appears to be a relational aspect of the "destructi\,eness of per€ecr~onism" described by Blatr. Depressive experience refers to thoughts or feelings that are "frequently associated with depression, but. . . not in their own right symptoms of depression" (Blatt & Zuroff, 1992, p. 533). Two constellations of depressive experience have been identified. Persons who experience dependency-related depression are described as feeling lonely, helpless, or weak, with strong needs for close contact with others. Relying on others for a sense of security, they are disinclined to express anger in relationships and are prone to fear losing the support of others (Blatt & Zuroff, 1992). Persons who experience self-critical depression are prone to feehgs of inferiority or failure. Negative self-evaluations are typical, and they tend to anticipate criticism and disapproval from others. In many instances social behavior is highly compliant, perhaps to ward off anticipated disapproval. At times high self-critics can become harshly critical of others, perhaps reflecting a defensive redirection of their internal criticism into the external environment (Blatt & Zuroff, 1992). With regard to relationships, women scoring high on measures of dependency-related depressive experience place high value on emotional closeness and seek to sustain positive interpersonal relations. They are inched to perceive others as friendly and try to solve conficts through compromise (Blatt & Zuroff, 1992). Women scoring high on measures of self-critical depressive experience tend to be dissatisfied in romantic relationships (Zuroff & de Lorirnier, 1989). They are dsinclined to self-disclosure 'and tend to be dis |
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