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Prospective Effects of Marital Satisfaction on Depressive Symptoms in Established Marriages: A Dyadic Model

Steven R. H. Beach

University of Georgia

Jennifer Katz

Rochester Institute of Technology

Sooyeon Kim

Gene H. Brody

University of Georgia

Much evidence suggests that marital discord is related to depressive symptoms in married couples. In the present research, potential sex-related differences in the prospective effect of marital discord on depression were explored. Further, extending previous work, cross-spouse effects (i.e., the associations between one spouse's marital discord and his or her partner's later levels of depressive symptoms) were examined. Spouses from randomly sampled married couples (N = 166) with adolescent children provided reports of their marital quality and depressive symptoms at baseline and one year later. Structural equation modeling analyses were conducted. Results revealed that Time 1 marital quality was associated with Time 2 depressive symptoms, the magnitude of this effect was similar for both husbands and wives, and spouses' own marital quality at Time 1 predicted their partners' Time 2 depressive symptoms net of other predictors in the model. Implications for practice, policy, and future research are discussed.

Key Words: depression • longitudinal study • marriage

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 20, No. 3, 355-371 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0265407503020003005
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