This study investigated eight different marital roles (e.g., housekeeping and recreation) of depressed women and their non-depressed partners, compared with nondepressed women in psychotherapy and their nondepressed partners, and nondepressed couples from the community, both with and without children. For each role seven constructs were examined (e.g., role distribution between partners, and expectations) through questionnaire data, and behavioral data were collected by telephone. In general, depressed women's role behaviors, power distributions and expectations were similar to those of women in other groups. However, depressed women consistently demonstrated more negative attitudes than other wives. They perceived themselves as less competent, were willing to give up more of the roles, and reported higher frequencies of argument and worrying, for each role. Husbands and wives in all groups demonstrated accurate reporting of role distribution, in that few differences occurred between questionnaire data and behavioral data collected by telephone. Depressed women were equally accurate in describing their role performance relative to their partners and other women. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-10, Section: B, page: 3601. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75684 |
| Contributors | MELTZER, SARI JANICE., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 140 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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