The relationship of marital satisfaction and social support to depressive symptomatology |
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Authors: | Steven R H Beach Ileana Arias K Daniel O'Leary |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for Behavioral Research, Graduate Studies Research Center, University of Georgia, 30602 Athens, Georgia;(2) Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, 30602 Athens, Georgia;(3) Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794 Stony Brook, New York |
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Abstract: | The relationship between depressive symptomatology, as measured by the short-form Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and two social support variables was assessed. Based on a sample of 131 married men and 136 married women, the results indicated that the quality of the marital relationship and the frequency of positive social contact with adults other than the spouse were significantly related to depressive symptomatology for both men and women. These two variables accounted for 16% of the variance in BDI scores. Further, analyses of risk for high BDI scores showed that individuals having the least support were 13 times more likely to be in the high-BDI group than individuals with the highest levels of social support. These results suggest that social isolation and marital discord are related to high BDI scores among married adults. |
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Keywords: | depression marital discord social support social isolation |
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