The prospective impact of extradyadic stress on depressive symptoms and the mediating role of intradyadic stress in parents-an actor-partner interdependence mediation model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stress outside of the couple relationship (extradyadic stress) can spill over into the couple relationship, increasing stress between the partners (intradyadic stress). Extra- and intradyadic stress are furthermore associated with depressive symptoms. Due to the interdependence of romantic partners, this study aimed to investigate the influence of the person's own and their partner's extra- and intradyadic stress on the person's depressive symptoms in parents of toddlers. The second aim was to evaluate whether intradyadic stress mediates the within-person and between-partner association between extradyadic stress and depressive symptoms.

Methods

Longitudinal data of a community sample of 878 opposite-sex couples, participating in the prospective cohort study DREAM

SUBMITTER: Bohlmann P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11537395 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature