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Perceived family functioning in depressed C hinese couples: A cross‐sectional study
Author(s) -
Wang Jikun,
Zhao Xudong
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2012.00707.x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , psychological intervention , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , cross sectional study , clinical psychology , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
This study investigated family functioning in C hinese couples with a first episode of major depression, and in normal controls, and examined the association between depression severity and family impairment. Seventy‐four patients with a first episode of major depression and 73 normal controls, together with their respective spouses, were assessed using the F amily A ssessment D evice and B eck D epression I nventory. Patients with a first episode of major depression reported significantly higher F amily A ssessment D evice scores for all dimensions compared with normal controls. B eck D epression I nventory scores were positively associated with F amily A ssessment D evice scores for patients with a first episode of major depression for five dimensions, but not for affective responsiveness and affective involvement. A first episode of major depression was thus associated with impaired family functioning in C hinese families, and depression severity was positively associated with family impairment for the depressed patients. These findings indicate the importance of including family interventions in the treatment of C hinese patients with a first episode of major depression.