Marital satisfaction and depression as predictors of physical health status

Investigated the multiple correlation between physical health status and a set of marriage-related "predictor" variables. Family practice physicians provided a sample of 104 married couples (average age, 30 yrs). Marital satisfaction, depression, number of visits to physician, and educatio...

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Published in:Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 1978-12, Vol.46 (6), p.1379-1384
Main Authors: Weiss, Robert L, Aved, Barbara M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Depression (Emotion)
Depression - psychology
Female
Health
Health Status Indicators
Health Surveys
Human
Humans
Male
Marital Relations
Marriage
Middle Aged
Personal Satisfaction
Physical Health
Prediction
Psychophysiologic Disorders - psychology
Satisfaction
Spouses
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Summary:Investigated the multiple correlation between physical health status and a set of marriage-related "predictor" variables. Family practice physicians provided a sample of 104 married couples (average age, 30 yrs). Marital satisfaction, depression, number of visits to physician, and educational level were among the set of cross-validated "predictors" of reported physical health status. The correlation between physical health status (the Cornell Medical Index) and depression (Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale) was significantly greater for wives than husbands. For wives, marital satisfaction (Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test) and depression were related primarily through the uncontrolled variance in physical health status, whereas for husbands a significant relationship between marital satisfaction and depression remained for husbands when physical health status was partialed out. (17 ref)
ISSN:0022-006X
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.46.6.1379