Longitudinal Associations Between Husbands’ and Wives’ Depressive Symptoms

Kouros, Chrystyna D.; Cummings, E. Mark

doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00688.x

Cited by 82Attachment and Relationship DynamicsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentMental Health Research Topics

Longitudinal Associations Between Husbands’ and Wives’ Depressive Symptoms

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Kouros, Chrystyna D., Cummings, E. Mark·2010·Journal of Marriage and Family

DOI 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00688.xPMC PMC3097072

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Although concordance between husbands' and wives' mental health problems is often reported, questions remain about the nature of these relations. Extending research in this area, this study examined dynamic-longitudinal pathways among husbands' and wives' depressive symptoms and marital satisfaction as a moderator of associations. Participants were 296 heterosexual couples. Husbands and wives reported on their depressive symptoms and marital satisfaction. Results from dynamic bivariate latent difference score analyses indicated unidirectional longitudinal coupling such that higher levels of husbands' depressive symptoms predicted subsequent elevations in wives' depressive symptoms over time. This relation was stronger among couples reporting marital distress as compared to couples reporting higher marital satisfaction. The findings underscore the importance of considering one's spouses' depressive symptoms in treatment efforts.

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The Discussion reports that husbands’ depressive symptoms predicted later increases in wives’ symptoms, supporting influence between partners. But it also says wives’ symptoms did not significantly predict changes in husbands’ symptoms; this study therefore does not establish the mutual influence claimed. Its findings concern depressive symptoms in spouses, rather than emotional states generally. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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Authors: Kouros, C. D., & Cummings, E. M.
Affiliations: Vanderbilt University (US)
University of Notre Dame (US)
Corresponding author: Kouros, Chrystyna D.
ORCID: Kouros, Chrystyna D.
Cummings, E. Mark
Venue: Journal of Marriage and Family
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2010-01-20
Volume: 72
Issue: 1
Pages: 135-147
ISSN: 0022-2445 (ISSN-L)
1741-3737
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00688.x
PMC: PMC3097072
OpenAlex: W2139748164
Cited by: 82
References: 55
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 6
FWCI: 7.87
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: Journal of Marriage and the Family (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders: National Institute of Mental Health (T32MH018921, F31MH080529)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD036261)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Keywords: depressive symptoms, marital satisfaction, couples, spousal concordance, longitudinal coupling, marital distress

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