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- Title
Marital closeness, autonomy, mastery, and depressive symptoms in a U.S. Internet sample.
- Authors
TOWER, RONI B.; KRASNER, MIREL
- Abstract
This Internet survey tests a theory that meeting needs through marital closeness (naming spouse confidant and emotional support; perceiving oneself to be named both by the spouse; and sexual satisfaction), autonomy, and mastery protects against depressive symptoms. The U.S. sample includes 1,163 relatively wealthy and educated married respondents aged 19–84 years. The regression model, controlling for sociodemographic factors, social integration, self-rated health, and gender interactions, explained more than half the variability in respondents’ depressive symptoms. Regardless of age, wives who were closer to their husbands were less depressed than those who were less close. Older husbands were less depressed than younger ones. Marital closeness was protective for husbands at all ages with its absence particularly problematic at younger ages.
- Subjects
INTERPERSONAL relations; MARITAL relations; SPOUSES' legal relationship; SOCIAL psychology; AUTONOMY (Psychology); EMOTIONS; SOCIAL integration; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; MARITAL satisfaction
- Publication
Personal Relationships, 2006, Vol 13, Issue 4, p429
- ISSN
1350-4126
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-6811.2006.00128.x