Romantic relationships and mental health

S Braithwaite, J Holt-Lunstad - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Greater mental health predicts entry into romantic relationships.•Healthy
relationships covary with better mental health, beyond selection effects.•More committed …

Pathways between self-esteem and depression in couples.

MD Johnson, NL Galambos, C Finn… - Developmental …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Guided by concepts from a relational developmental perspective, this study examined intra-
and interpersonal associations between self-esteem and depressive symptoms in a sample …

Pathways from anxiety to stressful events: An expansion of the stress generation hypothesis

AE Meyer, JF Curry - Clinical Psychology Review, 2017 - Elsevier
Throughout the 20th century, psychological explanations of human behavior have been
pendulum-like, swinging between the extreme environmentalism of behaviorists like Watson …

Marital well-being and depression in Chinese marriage: Going beyond satisfaction and ruling out critical confounders.

H Cao, N Zhou, X Fang, M Fine - Journal of Family Psychology, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Based on data obtained from 203 Chinese couples during the early years of marriage and
utilizing the actor–partner interdependence model, this study examined the prospective …

Bidirectional associations between newlyweds' marital satisfaction and marital problems over time

JA Lavner, BR Karney, HC Williamson… - Family …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Prevailing views of marital functioning generally adopt the view that marital problems predict
decreases in marital satisfaction, but alternative theoretical perspectives raise the possibility …

Longitudinal associations between PTSD symptoms and dyadic conflict communication following a severe motor vehicle accident

SJ Fredman, JG Beck, P Shnaider, Y Le… - Behavior therapy, 2017 - Elsevier
There are well-documented associations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
symptoms and intimate relationship impairments, including dysfunctional communication at …

Maternal depression and family adversity: Linked pathways to offspring depression?

JM Najman, M Plotnikova, GM Williams, R Alati… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2017 - Elsevier
There is conflicting evidence about the contribution of maternal depression and family
adversity to depression experienced by offspring. Because maternal depression and family …

Associations between financial avoidance, emotional distress, and relationship conflict frequency in emerging adults in college

JR Novak, RR Johnson - Journal of Financial Therapy, 2017 - newprairiepress.org
Some research shows that college students are not aware of their financial situation and
even avoid engaging with their finances. Research has yet to investigate how this financial …

Longitudinal changes in marital satisfaction during middle age in Taiwan

YL Hsiao - Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The current 8‐year panel study explored changes in marital satisfaction among 614 married
middle‐aged persons with seventh‐grade children. It also examined how individual health …

Less positive sharing in the couple mediates the link between depression and relationship quality: A dyadic longitudinal study

AB Horn, A Milek, A Brauner… - Journal of Social and …, 2017 - Guilford Press
The association between depressive symptoms and marital distress is well studied.
However, less is known regarding the mediating links of this relationship. This study aims at …