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INDIVIDUAL AND CROSSOVER EFFECTS OF STRESS ON ADJUSTMENT IN MEDICAL STUDENT MARRIAGES
Author(s) -
Katz Jennifer,
Monnier Jeannine,
Libet Julian,
Shaw Darlene,
Beach Steven R. H.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2000.tb00303.x
Subject(s) - crossover , psychology , crossover study , affect (linguistics) , stress (linguistics) , social support , social psychology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , alternative medicine , philosophy , communication , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , placebo , linguistics
High‐stress individuals may benefit from social support, although their support providers may be adversely affected via stress crossover effects. Individual and crossover effects of perceived stress within medical student marriages (n = 30) were investigated. Perceived spousal support was positively associated with individuals' own marital and emotional adjustment, attenuating stress effects. With regard to crossover effects, medical students' perceived stress was significantly associated with their spouses' emotional adjustment. Further, medical students' own emotional adjustment fully medicated this crossover effect. Results suggest that the contagion of negative affect may serve as key mechanism through which stress crossover effects operate in marriage.