DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND CONFLICT BEHAVIORS: A TEST OF THE STRESS GENERATION HYPOTHESIS IN ROMANTIC COUPLES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Andy J. Kim; Martin M. Smith; Simon B. Sherry; Lindsey M. Rodriguez; Sandra M. Meier; Raquel Nogueira-Arjona; Hélène Deacon; Allan Abbass; Sherry H. Stewart

doi:10.1521/jscp.2022.41.6.517

DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND CONFLICT BEHAVIORS: A TEST OF THE STRESS GENERATION HYPOTHESIS IN ROMANTIC COUPLES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Andy J. Kim, Martin M. Smith, Simon B. Sherry, Lindsey M. Rodriguez, Sandra M. Meier, Raquel Nogueira-Arjona, Hélène Deacon, Allan Abbass, Sherry H. Stewart

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Introduction: In early 2020, North American jurisdictions required households (e.g., romantic couples) to isolate together to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. This study provides a first look at the interplay of depressive symptoms and conflict behaviors among isolating couples, including tests of predictions of the stress generation hypothesis. Methods: Mixed-gender couples residing in Canada (N = 711) completed online measures across two waves. We used the actor-partner interdependence mediation model, with Wave 1 depressive symptoms as the predictor, Wave 1 conflict enactment as the mediator, and Wave 2 depressive symptoms as the outcome. Results: Depressive symptoms showed stability across Wave 1 and 2. Wave 1 depressive symptoms showed associations with Wave 1 conflict enactment. For men (but not women), Wave 1 conflict enactment was associated with their own and their partner’s Wave 2 depressive symptoms. For both partners, Wave 1 conflict enacted by men mediated the association between Wave 1 depressive symptoms and Wave 2 depressive symptoms. Discussion: Our study confirms and extends the stress generation hypothesis to the pandemic context, showing that depressive symptoms may partially contribute to conflict for isolating couples and that conflict behaviors enacted by men toward their partner can exacerbate depressive symptoms in both partners.

Idioma original	English
Páginas (desde-hasta)	517-540
Número de páginas	24
Publicación	Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
Volumen	41
N.º	6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2022.41.6.517
Estado	Published - dic. 2022

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This research was funded by a special COVID-19 research grant from The Dalhousie University Department of Psychiatry Research Fund as well as by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Engage Grant, grant number 1008-2020-0220. Andy J. Kim is supported through a Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship–Masters, and a Maritime SPOR Support Unit–Masters Award. Martin M. Smith is supported by The UBC President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award, UBC’s Faculty of Arts Graduate Award, and UBC’s Four Year Fellowship. Sandra M. Meier is supported through a CIHR Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Developmental Psychopathology. Sherry H. Stewart is supported through a CIHR Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Addictions and Mental Health. All authors contributed to and have approved the final manuscript. We would like to acknowledge the research assistance of Fiona E. King, Mariam Elgendi, and Danika DesRoches.

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This research was funded by a special COVID-19 research grant from the Dalhousie University Department of Psychiatry Research Fund as well as by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Engage Grant, grant number 1008-2020-0220. Andy J. Kim is supported through a Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship–Masters, and a Maritime SPOR Support Unit–Masters Award. Martin M. Smith is supported by the UBC President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award, UBC’s Faculty of Arts Graduate Award, and UBC’s Four Year Fellowship. Sandra M. Meier is supported through a CIHR Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Developmental Psychopathology. Sherry H. Stewart is supported through a CIHR Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Addictions and Mental Health. All authors contributed to and have approved the final manuscript.

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Kim, A. J., Smith, M. M., Sherry, S. B., Rodriguez, L. M., Meier, S. M., Nogueira-Arjona, R., Deacon, H., Abbass, A., & Stewart, S. H. (2022). DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND CONFLICT BEHAVIORS: A TEST OF THE STRESS GENERATION HYPOTHESIS IN ROMANTIC COUPLES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 41(6), 517-540. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2022.41.6.517

DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND CONFLICT BEHAVIORS: A TEST OF THE STRESS GENERATION HYPOTHESIS IN ROMANTIC COUPLES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. / Kim, Andy J.; Smith, Martin M.; Sherry, Simon B. et al.
En: Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Vol. 41, N.º 6, 12.2022, p. 517-540.

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Kim, AJ, Smith, MM, Sherry, SB, Rodriguez, LM, Meier, SM, Nogueira-Arjona, R, Deacon, H, Abbass, A & Stewart, SH 2022, 'DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND CONFLICT BEHAVIORS: A TEST OF THE STRESS GENERATION HYPOTHESIS IN ROMANTIC COUPLES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC', Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, vol. 41, n.º 6, pp. 517-540. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2022.41.6.517

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