Interaction Patterns in Couples with a Depressed Partner.

Autor/in	Hautzinger, Martin
Titel	Interaction Patterns in Couples with a Depressed Partner.
Quelle	(1982), (15 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Comparative Analysis; Depression (Psychology); Individual Differences; Interaction Process Analysis; Interpersonal Relationship; Marital Instability; Negative Attitudes; Psychological Characteristics; Psychopathology; Spouses + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individueller Unterschied; Prozessanalyse; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Familienkonflikt; Negative Fixierung; Psychopathologie; Ehepartner
Abstract	Recently, research has been conducted using an interactional understanding of depression, which views depression as a disorder exacerbated by a pathogenic social system. The interaction between intimate social partners seems especially relevant. Couples (N=26) participated in a study of depressed out-patients and their spouses and a matched control group of couples who had no depressed partner but who were suffering from marital problems. Eight interactions between each couple were analyzed. Results showed that couples with a depressed partner were significantly different from control couples. The interaction between couples without a depressed partner was positive, supportive, synchronical, and reciprocal. In contrast, the couples with a depressed partner showed an uneven, negative, asymmetrical interaction. The depressed partners complained about negative feelings and were self-centered. Their nondepressed partners expressed positive feelings and self-esteem. The findings are in congruence with an interactional understanding of depression. (Author/JAC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01