A Dyadic Investigation of Depressed Affect and Interspousal Behavior in Couples With Chronic Back Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression and marital discord are characteristic not only of individuals with chronic low back pain (ICPs) but also of their spouses.

Purpose

We examined actor-partner interdependence models to evaluate associations among depressed affect and criticism and support of partners at the same time point (concurrent effects) and 3 hr later (lagged effects). Fully dyadic models were used to account for both within-person and cross-spouse associations among depressed affect, criticism, and support for ICPs and spouses. We also examined the direction of the relationships (depressed affect predicting behavior and behavior predicting depressed affect) all while controlling for pain intensity, pain behavior, and the prior dependent variable.

Methods

ICPs (n = 105) and

SUBMITTER: Post KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9528785 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature