Discovery of a Partner Affair and Major Depressive Episode in a Probability Sample of Married or Cohabiting Adults.
Discovery of a Partner Affair and Major Depressive Episode in a Probability Sample of Married or Cohabiting Adults.
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10.1111/famp.12185
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发表时间：
2016-12
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Whisman MA
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作者：
Whisman MA
先前的研究发现，羞辱性的婚姻事件与抑郁症有关。在这项研究的基础上，当前的研究调查了一项特定的羞辱性婚姻事件（发现伴侣有外遇）与过去一年的重度抑郁发作（MDE）之间的关联，该样本以已婚或同居的男性和女性为抑郁症高危人群，其标准是婚姻满意度评分低于中点（N = 227）。结果表明 (a) 女性比男性更有可能发现自己的伴侣在过去 12 个月内有外遇； (b) 发现伴侣外遇与去年的 MDE 和较低水平的婚姻调整有关； (c) 当人口变量和婚姻调整保持不变时，发现伴侣外遇与 MDE 之间的关联在统计上仍然显着。这些结果支持继续调查发现婚外情对发现伴侣婚外情的人的心理健康的影响。
Prior research has found that humiliating marital events are associated with depression. Building on this research, the current study investigated the association between one specific humiliating marital event – discovering that one’s partner had an affair – and past-year major depressive episode (MDE) in a probability sample of married or cohabiting men and women who were at high-risk for depression based on the criterion that they scored below the mid-point on a measure of marital satisfaction (N = 227). Results indicate that (a) women were more likely than men to report discovering their partner had an affair in the prior 12 months; (b) discovering a partner affair was associated with past-year MDE and lower levels of marital adjustment; and (c) the association between discovering a partner affair and MDE remained statistically significant when holding constant demographic variables and marital adjustment. These results support continued investigation into the impact that finding out about an affair has on the mental health of the person discovering a partner affair.