Gender Differences in Classes of Married Men's and Women's Depression. Issue 2 (3rd April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Morgan, Preston C.; Dell'Isola, Richard; Stanfield, M. Hunter; Durtschi, Jared A.
• Is Part Of: Journal of couple & relationship therapy. Volume 20:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 188
• Page End: 209
• Publication Date: 2021-04-03
• Subjects: Depression -- latent class analysis -- marriage -- gender differences; Marital psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Couples therapy -- Periodicals; 616.891562
• DOI: 10.1080/15332691.2020.1816520
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1533-2691

Abstract

Abstract: Depression is a common presenting problem for couples and family therapy, but it is unclear at what degree close relationships are impaired when testing depression classes. Using a family systems framework, we used 847 married men and 1, 690 married women from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2016 data. Latent class analyses revealed four classes of married women's depression (high-depression, high-suicide; high-depression, low-suicide; mixed-depression, high-suicide; and mixed-depression, low-suicide classes) and two classes of married men's depression (high-depression, moderate-suicide; and moderate-depression, lower-suicide classes). We found that the more severe depression classes were linked with only moderate impairment of close relationships.