Abstract
The link between marital dysfunction and depressive symptoms has been well established, but the link between partner violence
and depressive symptoms is less clear. Further, little is known about partner violence and marital satisfaction in chronically
depressed patients. In this multi-site treatment sample of chronically depressed patients (N = 316), approximately 17% of men and 12% of women reported experiencing physical victimization from their partner in the
past year. However, physical victimization was not associated with the severity of depression for men or women. Cross-sectional
path analyses indicated that depressive symptoms predicted marital dissatisfaction, which in turn, predicted psychological
victimization. Further, psychological victimization predicted physical victimization. With chronically depressed individuals,
interventions that address both depression and marital dissatisfaction may prevent psychological and physical victimization.
and depressive symptoms is less clear. Further, little is known about partner violence and marital satisfaction in chronically
depressed patients. In this multi-site treatment sample of chronically depressed patients (N = 316), approximately 17% of men and 12% of women reported experiencing physical victimization from their partner in the
past year. However, physical victimization was not associated with the severity of depression for men or women. Cross-sectional
path analyses indicated that depressive symptoms predicted marital dissatisfaction, which in turn, predicted psychological
victimization. Further, psychological victimization predicted physical victimization. With chronically depressed individuals,
interventions that address both depression and marital dissatisfaction may prevent psychological and physical victimization.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Article
- Pages 1-11
- DOI 10.1007/s10896-011-9404-2
- Authors
- Heather M. Foran, Institute for Psychology, Technical University of Braunschweig, 33 Humboldtstrasse, Braunschweig, 38106 Germany
- Dina Vivian, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
- K. Daniel O’Leary, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
- Daniel N. Klein, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
- Barbara O. Rothbaum, Department of Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Rachel Manber, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Martin B. Keller, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- James H. Kocsis, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
- Michael E. Thase, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Madhukar H. Trivedi, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
- Journal Journal of Family Violence
- Online ISSN 1573-2851
- Print ISSN 0885-7482