Longitudinal Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Quality of Romantic Relationships in Late Adolescence.

While youth with higher levels of depressive symptoms appear to have lower quality romantic relationships, little is known about longitudinal associations for both men and women. Therefore, this study used longitudinal dyadic design to examine both concurrent and longitudinal associations between depressive symptoms and positive as well as negative aspects of romantic relationship quality across two waves one- or two-years apart. The sample consisted of 149 Dutch stable heterosexual couples (149 females and 142 males participated at T) in a stable romantic relationship in late adolescence with a mean age of 20.