title: Marital interactions of depressed men and women.
abstract: This article examined marital interactions in 50 couples with a depressed husband, 41 couples with a depressed wife, and 50 nondepressed control couples. As expected, couples with a depressed partner evidenced more disturbed marital interaction than control couples. Furthermore, couples with a depressed wife demonstrated less positive communication than couples with a depressed husband, notwithstanding the fact the depressed husbands exhibited greater depression severity than depressed wives. Findings are integrated with recent research on gender differences in affective expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Florida 33124-0721, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jacob
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012737:Sex Factors