Marital satisfaction and depression: Different Causal Relationships for Men and Women?

Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 351-356

  Fincham, Frank D ^a,b   Beach, Steven R H ^c   Harold, Gordon T ^a   Osborne, Lori N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346308365     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00424.x     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Bar-Tal, D., & Frieze, I.H. (1977). Achievement motivation for males and females as a determinant of attributions for success and failure. Sex Roles, 3, 301-314.
2. Beach, S.R.H., & Fincham, F.D. (1994). Towards an integrated model of negative affectivity in marriage. In S.M. Johnson & L.S. Greenberg (Eds.). The heart of the matter: Perspectives on marital therapy (pp. 227-255). New York: Brunner/Mazel.
3. Beach, S.R.H., Harwood, E.M., Horan, P.M., Katz, J., Blum, T.C., Martin, J.K., & Roman, P.M. (1995. November). Marital effects on depression: Measuring the longitudinal relationship. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Washington, DC.
4. Beach, S.R.H., & O'Leary, K.D. (1993a). Dysphoria and marital discord: Are dysphoric individuals at risk for marital maladjustment? Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 19, 355-368.
5. Beach, S.R.H., & O'Leary, K.D. (1993b). Marital discord and dysphoria: For whom does the marital relationship predict depressive symptoms? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 10, 405-420.
6. Beach, S.R.H., Smith, D.A., & Fincham, F.D. (1994). Marital interventions for depression: Empirical foundation and future prospects. Applied and Preventive Psychology, 3, 233-250.
7. Beck, A.T., & Beamesderfer, A. (1974). Assessment of depression: The depression inventory In P. Pichot (Ed.), Modern problems in pharmacopsychiatry (pp. 159-169). Basel, Switzerland: Karger.
8. Beck, A.T., Steer, R.A., & Garbin, M.G. (1988). Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory: Twenty-five years of evaluation. Clinical Psychology Review, 8, 77-110.
9. Bradbury, T.N., & Karney, B.R. (1993). Longitudinal study of marital interaction and dysfunction: Review and analysis. Clinical Psychological Review, 13, 15-27.
10. Brown, G.W., & Harris, T. (1978). Social origins of depression: A study of psychiatric disorders in women. New York: Free Press.
11. Christian, J.L., O'Leary, K.D., & Avery, S. (1993). The impact of negative events in marriage and depression. Unpublished manuscript. The University at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY.
12. Crowther, J.H. (1985). The relationship between depression and marital adjustment: A descriptive study. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 171, 227-231.
13. Eagly, A.H. (1987). Sex differences in social behavior: A social-role interpretation. Hillsdale. NJ: Erlbaum.
14. Fisher, F.M. (1970). A correspondence principle for simultaneous equation models. Econometrica, 38, 73-92.
15. Gotlib, I.H., & Hammen, C.L. (1992). Psychological aspects of depression: Toward a cognitive-interpersonal integration. New York: Wiley.
16. Gottman, J.M. (1994). What predicts divorce? Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
17. Howard, J.A., Blumstein, P., & Schwartz, P. (1986). Sex, power, and influence tactics in intimate relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 102-109.
18. Karnej, B.R., & Bradbury, T.N. (1995). The longitudinal course of marital quality and stability: A review of theory, method, and research. Psychological Bulletin, 118, 3-34.
19. Karney, B.R., Davila, J., Cohan, C.L., Sullivan, K.T., Johnson, M.D., & Bradbury, T.N. (1995). An empirical investigation of sampling strategies in marital research. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57, 909-920.
20. Kaslow, N.J., & Carter, A.S. (1991). Gender-sensitive object relational family therapy with depressed women. Journal of Family Psychology, 5, 116-135.
21. Kuebli, J., & Fivush, R. (1992). Gender differences in parent-child conversations about past events. Sex Roles, 27, 683-698.
22. Lerner, H.G. (1987). Female depression: Self sacrifice and self betrayal in relationships. In R. Formanek & A. Guiran (Eds.), Women and depression: A lifespan perspective (pp. 200-221). New York: Springer.
23. Locke, J.J., & Wallace, K.M. (1959). Short marital adjustment and prediction tests: Their reliability and validity. Marriage and Family Living, 21, 251-255.
24. Markus, H., & Oyserman, D. (1989). Gender and thought: The role of the self-concept. In M. Crawford & M. Hamilton (Eds.), Gender and thought (pp. 100-127). New York: Springer Verlag.
25. Monroe, S.M., & Depue, R.A. (1991). Life stress and depression. In J. Becker & A. Kleinman (Eds.), Psychological aspects of depression (pp. 101-130). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
26. Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1987). Sex differences in unipolar depression: Evidence and theory. Psychological Bulletin, 101, 259-282.
27. Prager, K.J. (1989). Intimacy status and couple communication. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 6, 435-149.
28. Ruble, T.L. (1983). Sex stereotypes: Issues of change in the 1970's. Sex Roles, 9, 397-402.
29. Schaefer, E.S., & Burnett, C.K. (1987). Stability and predictability of quality of women's marital relationships and demoralization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53, 1129-1136.
30. Smith, D.A., Vivian, D., & O'Leary, K.D (1990). Longitudinal prediction of marital discord from premarital expression of affect. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 58, 790-798.
31. Weissman, M.M. (1987). Advances in psychiatric epidemiology: Rates and risks for major depression. American Journal of Public Health, 77, 445-451.