Interplay between marital attributions and conflict behavior in predicting depressive symptoms.

ABSTRACT: Marital attributions-that is, causal inferences and explanations spouses make about their partners' behavior-have been implicated as predictors of relationship functioning. Extending previous work, we examined marital attributions as a moderator of the link between marital conflict and depressive symptoms 1 year later. Participants were 284 couples who reported on marital attributions and depressive symptoms. Couples also engaged in a videotaped marital conflict interaction, which was later coded for specific conflict behaviors. The results showed that husbands' and wives' marital attributions about their partner moderated relations between marital conflict behavior and later depressive symptoms, controlling for global marital sentiments. For husbands, positive behavior and affect during m

SUBMITTER: Ellison JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4767684 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature