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Depression and power in mariage
Author(s) -
Byrne Michael,
Carr Alan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6427.00161
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , psychology , marital therapy , power (physics) , marital relationship , association (psychology) , clinical psychology , marital status , developmental psychology , social psychology , demography , psychotherapist , sociology , population , physics , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics
To investigate the association between depression and power within marriage, fourteen couples in which the female partner was depressed were compared with fourteen non‐depressed couples on a range of variables which assessed power bases, processes and outcomes, three domains identified in Cromwell and Olson's (1975) analysis of marital power. Compared with non‐depressed couples, those containing a depressed female partner had distinctive profiles, and a subset of the characteristics of these couples was uniquely associated with depression and quite distinct from the couples' levels of marital satisfaction. The results are discussed in terms of theories of power in relationships and are seen to highlight the importance of including marital therapy as part of a treatment package for married women with depression.