Parental rearing and intimate relations in women's depression

Abstract

Bowlby has suggested that attachment behavior is not restricted to early childhood but can remain valid through the life span. This study was designed to test whether recall of parental rearing (Parental Bonding Instrument) and perception of marital relationship (Dyadic Adjustment Scale) is significantly different between 2 groups of women: one with non-bipolar depressive disorder (DSM-III-R) compared with another (control) of healthy women from a primary practice setting. We also examined the hypothesis that exposure to dysfunctional parenting is associated with negative intimate relationships in adulthood. Our results partially support these hypotheses. We discuss the significance of these findings in the prevention and treatment of depressive disorders.

Psychopathology and Marital Satisfaction: The Importance of Evaluating Both Partners.

“…Evidence for actor effects is consistent with studies that have demonstrated within-person associations between psychopathology and marital satisfaction in treatment-seeking (e.g., Chambless et al, 2002;Vega et al, 1993) and community (Goering et al, 1996;Whisman, 1999) samples. Evidence for partner effects was more mixed, in that a person's own depression score was significantly associated with lower marital satisfaction in his or her partner.…”

Marital satisfaction, job satisfaction and psychological health of secondary school teachers

“…189 (87.9%) of the respondents who were satisfied with their marriage had a GHQ score of less than 4 as compared to 28 (60%) with a score of more than 4 who were dissatisfied with their marriage. In other words the supposed absence of psychological dysfunction enhances marital satisfaction and conversely the presence of psychological dysfunction will result in marital dissatisfaction, this supports the "actor effect" perspective [20][21][22][23][24][25]. However, in agreement with Whisman, Uebelacker & Weinstock [36] unless data from both individuals are included, one cannot determine to what extent the observed associations between measures of psychopathology and marital satisfaction are due to one partner's own mental health versus the other partner's mental health.…”

“…The positively worded items were 1, 3,5,8,9,11,13,16,17,19,20,21,23. The questionnaire adopts a Likert scoring scale which ranges from rarely or none of the time (1) A little or none of the time (2) Sometimes (3) A good part of the time (4) and Most of the time (5).…”

“…The first perspective assumes that a person's level of psychopathology has the potential of affecting his/her own level of relationship satisfaction. Research in favour of this view indicate that compared with individuals without a disorder, people seeking treatment for mood disorders [20,21] anxiety disorders [22,23] and substance use disorders [24] report lower marital satisfaction The second perspective on the association between psychopathology and marital satisfaction has evaluated the association between psychopathology in one person and relationship satisfaction in the partner (i.e., partner effects). For example, partner effects have been studied to evaluate the perspective that there are burdens associated with being in a relationship with someone with mental health problems and that these burdens may result in lower relationship satisfaction for the partner [25,26].…”

Study on Psychological Health Problems and Countermeasures of University Student

“…At present, the realities faced by college students are more complicated than those faced by college students a few years ago (Vega, Bayon, Franco, Canas, Graell, & Salvador, 1993). The stress and challenge from academic, employment, economic and emotional aspects have caused worrisome problems in their mental health.…”