title: Dyadic Cross-Sectional Associations Between Negative Mood, Marital Idealization, and Relationship Quality.
abstract: This study aimed to evaluate (a) dyadic associations between relationship quality (RQ) and both depressive and anxious mood (DM and AM), (b) reciprocity hypotheses of negative mood within dyadic interactions, and (c) mediational role of marital idealization between negative mood and relationship quality. Actor-partner interdependence models (APIMs) were performed using data from a sample of 198 dyads. Our results showed that (a) these two facets of negative mood did not have the same weight on RQ and that they had a gender-specific effects pattern, and (b) there was no support for the mood transmission hypothesis. Men's DM displayed direct and indirect (via marital idealization) actor as well as partner effects on RQ, whereas women's DM displayed only a direct actor effect on RQ. There were no significant direct actor effects of AM on RQ, meaning that this link is fully mediated by marital idealization. However, only women's AM showed such indirect effects on RQ.
authors.affiliation: a University of Bordeaux.
authors.forename: Kamel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gana
authors.affiliation: a University of Bordeaux.
authors.forename: Yaël
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saada
authors.affiliation: a University of Bordeaux.
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Broc
authors.affiliation: a University of Bordeaux.
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koleck
authors.affiliation: a University of Bordeaux.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cazauvieilh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Negative mood; dyadic analysis; marital idealization; mood reciprocity; relationship quality