Instructed Partnership Appreciation in Depression

Effects on Mood, Momentary Relationship Satisfaction, and Psychobiological Arousal

Bibliographic Data

ID15518852
AuthorsMarco Warth (0000-0003-3277-5516, Heidelberg University, corresponding author), M Stoffel (0000-0002-8935-0853, Heidelberg University), Friederike Winter (0000-0003-2877-2267, Heidelberg University), Marc N Jarczok (0000-0002-6055-385X, Universität Ulm), Corina Aguilar-Raab (0000-0001-9956-7047, University Hospital Heidelberg, corresponding author), Beate Ditzen (0000-0001-5853-4572, Heidelberg University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume11
Pages701-701
Publication date2020-07-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00701
PMID32848903
OpenAlexW3046433138
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited95

Instructed engagement in positive couple interaction may require high effort and increased psychobiological arousal, but may finally result in emotional and social benefits in depressed women. While these findings encourage speculations about the therapeutic application of instructed partnership appreciation, more research is needed on the effectiveness of such interventions and on the moderating role of relationship duration in depression and couple functioning

Arousal · Depression (economics · General partnership · Mood · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Neuroscience · Psychology