Longitudinal Dyadic Associations between Depressive Symptoms and Life Satisfaction among Chinese Married Couples and the Moderating Effect of Within-Dyad Age Discrepancy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15494656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xiamei Guo (0000-0003-0751-3645, Xiamen University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 20 |
| Pages | 13277-13277 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph192013277 |
| PMID | 36293854 |
| OpenAlex | W4306382008 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 38 |
Family systems theory defines the family unit as a complex social system in which individual members influence and are influenced by each other. The current study aimed to investigate the longitudinal dyadic associations between life satisfaction and depressive symptoms among a sample of Chinese married couples and the moderating effect of within-dyad age discrepancy. The current sample included 5773 married couples who completed three waves of assessments of the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) in 2012, 2016, and 2018. The sample was categorized into two groups based on the within-dyad age discrepancy: the younger-wife-older-husband dyads ( n = 4280, 74.13%) and the older-wife-younger-husband dyads ( n = 1493, 25.86%). The longitudinal actor-partner interdependence models with multiple-group analysis were used to analyze the data. The results showed that a majority of actor effects were significant across time, and the two groups exhibited the same pattern among the actor effects. The older-wife-younger-husband dyads showed fewer significant partner effects than the younger-wife-older-husband dyads, and most partner effects indicated mutual rather than unidirectional influence. These findings yielded support for the statement of family systems theory that family members interconnect and that the development of one's well-being needs to be understood in the context of the spouse's well-being
Cognition · Depressive symptoms · Developmental psychology · Dyad · Life satisfaction · Longitudinal study · Psychiatry · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |