Dyadic Causal Sequencing of Depressive Symptoms and Relationship Satisfaction in Romantic Partners Across Four Years

Morgan, Preston; Love, Heather A.; Durtschi, Jared A.; May, Scott

doi:10.1080/01926187.2018.1563004

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“…Developed to guide the use of marital therapy with clients reporting depressive symptoms, the model posits bidirectional associations between relationship functioning and depressive symptoms. Consistent with this theorizing, ample evidence now exists for bidirectional associations between these constructs, such that relationship quality predicts changes in depressive symptoms and depressive symptoms predict changes in relationship quality (Davila et al, 2003;Kouros & Cummings, 2011;Morgan et al, 2018;Whisman et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 78%

African Americans’ relationship quality and depressive symptoms: A longitudinal investigation of the Marital Discord Model.

Barton¹,

Lavner²,

Sutton³

et al. 2022

Journal of Family Psychology

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The present study was designed to examine the complex bidirectional associations between relationship quality and depressive symptoms among African American couples. Informed by the Marital Discord Model, particular attention was devoted to understanding the unique associations of positive and negative dimensions of relationship functioning with depressive symptoms over time, the time frames over which these effects occur, and the model's applicability for African American couples. One hundred seventy-four African American couples (N = 348 individuals) provided information on depressive symptoms, relationship satisfaction, ineffective arguing, and partner support four times over a 25-month period. Hypotheses were tested using Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models to separate between-and within-person effects. Results indicated that between-person associations with depressive symptoms were significant for relationship satisfaction (negative association) and ineffective arguing (positive association), but not partner support. Within-person concurrent effects were also significant with depressive symptoms and each of the relationship processes under investigation. Within-person 8-month lagged effects were only significant for partner support and depressive symptoms (negative association); these effects were significant in both directions, but stronger from support to depressive symptoms than from depressive symptoms to support. Study findings provide increased conceptual and analytic precision for understanding the association between couples' relationship quality and African Americans' mental health, including malleable relationship factors that can be targeted in family-focused interventions to promote individual and couple well-being.

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confidence: 78%

African Americans’ relationship quality and depressive symptoms: A longitudinal investigation of the Marital Discord Model.

Barton¹,

Lavner²,

Sutton³

et al. 2022

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…To address this, some researchers argue to test differing levels of depressive symptoms within a sample (Segrin & Dillard, 1992). Previous studies using the Pairfam—which we use for this study—also showed samples of lower levels of depressive symptoms (Morgan, Durtschi, & Kimmes, 2018; Morgan, Love et al, 2018), thus we aim to test profiles as way to examine potentially varying levels of depressive symptoms among a general population of low depressive symptoms. Potentially, significant findings suggest that depressive symptoms do not need to reach clinical levels in order to have an affect (Kouros & Cummings, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although there is a wealth of literature on the study of depressive symptoms, particularly on the association between depressive symptoms and relationship quality or satisfaction (e.g., Beach et al, 2003;Morgan, Durtschi, & Kimmes, 2018;Morgan, Love et al, 2018;Proulx et al, 2007;Whitton & Kuryluk, 2012), researchers argue for a more nuanced examination of depressive symptoms (Huq et al, 2016;Mullarkey et al, 2019;Pollitt et al, 2017). This is because depressive symptoms can be experienced differently and symptoms vary for each individual.…”

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Stress generation theory in couples with depression: A latent profile analysis

Morgan

Dell’lsola

Nicholson

et al. 2020

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Depressive symptoms and conflict negatively affect romantic relationships, but does this differ among couples? Using a stress generation theory framework, we aim to understand the types of profiles based on both partners’ responses of depressive symptoms and conflict. We used data from 1,598 German couples (different-sex) and conducted latent profile analyses in order to examine if there are different profiles of couples related to the male and female partners’ depressive symptoms and levels of conflict. We then examined if these profiles predicted relationship instability 1 year later. Our results revealed four profiles: congruent low conflict, incongruent female moderate conflict, incongruent male moderate conflict, and congruent moderate conflict. Both males and females in the congruent low and moderate conflict profiles showed agreement in their level of depressive symptoms and conflict, hence congruent. However, males and females differed in their levels of depressive symptoms and conflict in two incongruent profiles. For example, females in the incongruent female moderate conflict profile had higher levels of depressive symptoms and conflict than their partners. Prior depressive symptoms and conflict increased the odds of being in the incongruent female moderate conflict, incongruent male moderate conflict, and congruent moderate conflict profiles compared to the congruent low conflict profile. The congruent moderate conflict profile had the highest probability of relationship instability 1 year later. This study adds to our knowledge about the different profiles of couples with depressive symptoms and conflict as well as relationship instability.

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“…This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (#00004319) at [Michigan State University], which was part of a series of studies that used the Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics (Pairfam) to study romantic couples (Authors, 2018a; Authors, 2018b; Authors, 2021). Specifically, we used four waves from the Pairfam (release 9.1; Brüderl et al, 2018) study that spanned across 6 years.…”

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Financial stress and financial management roles: Trajectories of couples' financial disagreements

Morgan

Lim

Washburn-Busk³

2021

Personal Relationships

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Using the family stress model and marital bargaining theory, we aimed to investigate how financial stress and financial management roles are associated with both partners' (men's and women's) initial levels and rates of changes in financial disagreements over time. To test this, we used dyadic latent growth curve analyses obtained from 2158 German heterosexual couples over four waves or a 6‐year time span from the Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics dataset. Financial stress and discrepant or unclear financial management roles were associated with higher initial financial disagreements in both partners. Only discrepant financial management roles were associated with lesser declines in women's financial disagreement trajectories. Additionally, in the context of greater financial stress, discrepant financial roles were associated with ever higher initial financial disagreements in women. Practitioners working with couples in financial distress should consider exploring the couple's level of financial stress as well as specialized and discrepant views on financial role division.

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Dyadic Causal Sequencing of Depressive Symptoms and Relationship Satisfaction in Romantic Partners Across Four Years

Cited by 26 publications

References 29 publications

African Americans’ relationship quality and depressive symptoms: A longitudinal investigation of the Marital Discord Model.

African Americans’ relationship quality and depressive symptoms: A longitudinal investigation of the Marital Discord Model.

Stress generation theory in couples with depression: A latent profile analysis

Financial stress and financial management roles: Trajectories of couples' financial disagreements

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