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Prospective associations between marital discord and depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults
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Data from both spouses in a population-based sample of middle-aged and older adults (N = 1,869 couples) were used to evaluate the 2-year prospective association between marital discord and depressive symptoms. Nested path analyses indicated that (a) baseline marital discord predicted one's own depressive symptoms at follow-up, (b) baseline depressive symptoms predicted one's own marital discord at follow-up, (c) baseline depressive symptoms predicted partners' marital discord at follow-up, and (d) there were no gender differences in the magnitudes of the pathways between one's own baseline depressive symptoms and one's own marital discord at follow-up or between one's own baseline marital discord and one's own depressive symptoms at follow-up. These results suggest a bidirectional longitudinal association between marital discord and depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults.
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“It has long been known that marital dissatisfaction and discord are strongly related to depressive symptoms (e.g.,35, 36), with an average correlation between marital dissatisfaction and depressive symptoms of approximately r = .4 across studies and very similar patterns for men and women.37 Longitudinal studies show that the association is bidirectional,38, 39 but with a stronger time-lagged”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Whisman, M. A., & Uebelacker, L. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Venue
- Psychology and Aging
- Published
- 2009
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 184-189
- ISSN
- 0882-7974 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1498
- OpenAlex
- W1987008817
- Cited by
- 260
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 22 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 15
- FWCI
- 16.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychology and Aging (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Keywords
- marital conflict, depressive symptoms, middle-aged adults, older adults, couples, bidirectional relationship, marital relationships, gender differences
- MeSH terms
- Age Factors, Aged, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Personality Inventory, Prospective Studies, Psychometrics, Sex Factors, Family Conflict
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