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FAMILY AND MARITAL PROFILES OF COUPLES IN WHICH ONE PARTNER HAS DEPRESSION OR ANXIETY
Author(s) -
Hickey Deirdre,
Carr Alan,
Dooley Barbara,
Guerin Suzanne,
Butler Eamonn,
Fitzpatrick Lourde
Publication year - 2005
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.1752-0606.2005.tb01554.x
Subject(s) - psychology , anxiety , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , attribution , developmental psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Twenty‐nine couples in which one partner was depressed, 21 couples in which one partner had an anxiety disorder, and 26 nondistressed control couples were compared on measures of (1) quality of life, stress, and social support; (2) family functioning; (3) marital functioning; and (4) relationship attributions. The depressed group had significant difficulties in all four domains. In contrast, the control group showed minimal difficulties. The profile of the anxious group occupied an intermediate position between those of the other t wo groups, with some difficulties in all four domains, although these were less severe and pervasive than those of the depressed group.