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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Fincham, Frank D
• Beach, Steven R. H
• Bradbury, Thomas N

Titel

Marital Distress, Depression, and Attributions: Is the Marital Distress-Attribution Association an Artifact of Depression?

Ist Teil von

• Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 1989-12, Vol.57 (6), p.768-771

Ort / Verlag

Washington, DC: American Psychological Association

Erscheinungsjahr

1989

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We examined whether the association between marital distress and attributions is an artifact of depression. Study 1 showed that the attributions of 40 wives recruited from the community accounted for variance in their marital satisfaction after the effects of depression had been taken into account. Study 2 compared the attributions of 20 clinically depressed and maritally distressed wives (respondents to an advertisement offering therapy for depression and marital problems), 20 nondepressed but distressed wives (clients seeking marital therapy at a clinic), and a control group of 20 nondepressed and nondistressed wives (respondents to an advertisement for participants in a research project). The first two groups did not differ in attributions, but the attributions of both groups differed from those of the control group. Both studies therefore suggest that the association between attributions and marital satisfaction is not due to depression.