Home observations of family interactions of depressed women.
Home observations of family interactions of depressed women.
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抑郁女性家庭互动的家庭观察。
DOI:
10.1037//0022-006x.55.3.341
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发表时间:
1987
影响因子:
5.9
通讯作者:
Osteen,V
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文献类型:
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作者:
Hops,H;Biglan,A;Sherman,L;Arthur,J;Friedman,L;Osteen,V
The family interactions of 27 intact families with clinically depressed mothers were compared with those of 25 normal families. Each family had at least one child between the ages of 3–16 years. Spouses in half of the depressed families were maritally distressed. A system of coding interactions was developed, and observations were conducted in each home on 10 separate days. Six categories of nonverbal affective behavior were analyzed. Depressed mothers emitted significantly higher rates of dysphoric affect and lower rates of happy affect than normal mothers. Among depressed families, the mother's dysphoric affect appeared to suppress the family's aggressive affect, whereas the family's aggressive affect appeared to suppress the mother's dysphoric affect. These data suggest that aversive behavior may function to provide brief respites from the aversive behavior of others. The presence of marital discord in depressed families appeared to exacerbate such problematic interaction.