Spouse similarity for lifetime psychiatric history in the general
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Fort, Guillaume Galbaud du; Bland, Roger; Newman, Stephen C.; Boothroyd, Lucy J.

doi:10.1017/s0033291798006795

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“…Our findings for depression support the results of the meta-analysis of Mathews & Reus (2001), who found little, but significant, marital resemblance for affective disorders. The finding of marital resemblance for anxiety symptoms in this study confirms various earlier reports in both clinical and population-based studies (Tambs, 1991 ;Zimmermann-Tansella & Lattanzi, 1991 ;McLeod, 1995 ;Galbaud du Fort et al 1998 ;Maes et al 1998 ;Dubuis-Stadelmann et al 2001), reporting correlations between 0.1 and 0.3 using either diagnostic or dimensional ratings of anxiety. Two studies did not find marital resemblance for anxiety disorders.…”

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“…Findings for depressive and anxiety disorders, however, are not unequivocal. For anxiety disorder, some studies found no evidence of increased risk of anxiety disorder in spouses of patients with an anxiety disorder (Eagles et al 1987 ;Low et al 2007), but several other studies found an increased risk (Tambs, 1991 ;Zimmermann-Tansella & Lattanzi, 1991 ;McLeod, 1995 ;Galbaud du Fort et al 1998 ;Dubuis-Stadelmann et al 2001), with spousal correlations varying between 0.1 and 0.3. Only one study mentioned data on marital resemblance for obsessive-compulsive disease (OCD).…”

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Marital resemblance for obsessive–compulsive, anxious and depressive symptoms in a population-based sample

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Background. Resemblance between spouses can be due to phenotypic assortment, social homogamy and/or marital interaction. A significant degree of assortment can have consequences for the genetic architecture of a population. We examined the existence and cause(s) of assortment for obsessive-compulsive (OC), anxious and depressive symptoms in a population-based twin-family sample.Method. OC, anxious and depressive symptoms were measured in around 1400 twin-spouse pairs and >850 parent pairs. Correlations of twins and their spouse, twin and co-twin's spouse, spouses of both twins and parents of twins were obtained to consider phenotypic assortment versus social homogamy as possible causes of marital resemblance. The association of length of relationship with marital resemblance was also investigated. Finally, we examined whether within-trait or cross-trait processes play a primarily role in marital resemblance.Results. Small but significant within-trait correlations of between 0.1 and 0.2 were seen for spouse similarity in OC, anxious and depressive symptoms. Cross-correlations were significant but lower. There was no correlation between length of relationship and marital resemblance. From the pattern of correlations for twin-spouse, co-twin-spouse and spouses of both twins, phenotypic assortment could not be distinguished from social homogamy. Both within-and cross-assortment processes play a role in marital resemblance.Conclusions. Small within-and across-trait correlations exist for OC, anxious and depressive symptoms. No evidence for marital interaction was found. Spouse correlations are small, which makes it difficult to distinguish between social homogamy and phenotypic assortment. It is unlikely that correlations of this size will have a large impact on genetic studies.

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“…This similarity has been found for affective disorders (Galbaud du Fort, Bland, Newman, & Boothroyd, 1998) and antisocial behavior (Krueger, Moffitt, Caspi, Bleske, & Silva, 1998). Yamaguchi and Kandel (1993) found significant concordance for drug use in couples both prior to and during their marriage.…”

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Spousal influence on smoking behaviors in a US community sample of newly married couples

Homish

Leonard

2005

Social Science & Medicine

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Among married couples, partners often have similar characteristics and behaviors. Among individuals who smoke cigarettes, it is not uncommon for them to have a partner who also smokes. In fact, having a partner who smokes can influence the spouse's initiation of smoking, or return to smoking after a previous quit attempt. Additionally, it is possible that a nonsmoking partner can influence his/her spouse to stop smoking. Participants for this research are from a community sample of couples in the United States. They were recruited at the time they applied for their marriage license and followed through to their second wedding anniversary. Logistic regression models, controlling for demographics, were utilized to determine if a partner's smoking status predicted smoking initiation or relapse over the early years of marriage. Overall, there was some support that a partner's smoking status did influence the other's smoking, although more support was found for spousal influence on relapse than cessation. There was more support for husband's influence compared to wife's influence, nonsmoking wives were more likely to resume smoking in the early years of their marriage if their partners were smokers. Wive's smoking, however, did not predict husband initiation of smoking. These findings suggest that during the transition into marriage, spouses do influence their partners' behaviors. In particular, women are more likely to resume smoking, or return to smoking if their partners smoke.

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“…Extant findings provide some suggestion that assortative mating may be more likely to occur for individuals with lifecourse persistent antisocial behavior than for those with adolescent-limited antisocial behavior (Sakai et al, 2004); that cross-disorder assortment may not be significant after controlling for within-disorder similarity (Galbaud du Fort, 1998;Sakai et al, 2004); and that there may be gender differences in these relationships (Galbaud du Fort, 1998;Sakai et al, 2004;Kandel, 1993, 1997), with women being more likely to have partners who match their involvement in problem behavior and more likely to be affected by their partner's problem behavior (Haynie et al, 2005;Moffitt et al, 2001; see continued discussion later in paper). However, these initial conclusions may be premature in that they are each based on only a handful of studies, with some discrepancy among studies.…”

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Problem Behavior and Romantic Relationships: Assortative Mating, Behavior Contagion, and Desistance

Rhule-Louie

McMahon

2007

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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Antisocial behavior and substance misuse are forms of problem behavior demonstrating considerable continuity over time. Accordingly, problem behavior influences interpersonal contexts across the life course, which may result in the replication of coercive interactions and a problem behavior lifestyle within romantic relationships. Furthermore, theories of self-selection, and associated research, suggest that individuals pick companions compatible with, and supportive of, their behavior, leading to high levels of similarity between romantic partners and the potential reinforcement of problem behavior over time. However, some research suggests that romantic relationships may play a positive role and facilitate desistance from problem behavior. The purpose of this paper is to explore how antisocial behavior and substance use both influence and are influenced by romantic relationships in late adolescence and early adulthood. We first review research regarding the extent of, and processes underlying, partner similarity in problem behavior. Next, we examine how romantic relationships may promote the desistance of problem behavior. Finally, we discuss possible moderators of the association between problem behavior and romantic relationships, as well as limitations, intergenerational implications, and recommended future directions of the reviewed research.

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Spouse similarity for lifetime psychiatric history in the general population

Abstract: The existence of associations between spouses for the presence of psychiatric disorders, either similar or different, has significant implications for both clinicians and researchers. Future research should aim at exploring the aetiological mechanisms of these associations.

Cited by 55 publications

References 39 publications

Marital resemblance for obsessive–compulsive, anxious and depressive symptoms in a population-based sample

Marital resemblance for obsessive–compulsive, anxious and depressive symptoms in a population-based sample

Spousal influence on smoking behaviors in a US community sample of newly married couples

Problem Behavior and Romantic Relationships: Assortative Mating, Behavior Contagion, and Desistance

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