Dysphoria and Marital Discord: Are Dysphoric Individuals at Risk for Marital Maladjustment?.

Beach, Steven R. H.; O'Leary, K. Daniel

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ERIC Number: EJ472296

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Dysphoria and Marital Discord: Are Dysphoric Individuals at Risk for Marital Maladjustment?

Beach, Steven R. H.; O'Leary, K. Daniel

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, v19 n4 p355-68 Oct 1993

Examined effects of dysphoria on husbands' and wives' later marital adjustment among 264 couples about to marry. Assessed relationship satisfaction and level of dysphoria in both spouses prior to marriage, 6 months after marriage, and 18 months after marriage. Premarital dysphoria was associated with later marital dissatisfaction. Gender differences were found. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Marital Instability, Marital Satisfaction, Mate Selection, Sex Differences, Spouses

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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