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- The study focuses on how the mental health of husbands and wives affects each other over time, particularly looking at psychological distress and happiness in 379 dual-income families.
- Researchers used a three-wave annual survey to track these changes and applied group-based trajectory modeling to understand patterns in distress and happiness.
- The results indicated that husbands' mental states are significantly impacted by their wives' happiness and their own work conditions, whereas wives' psychological well-being was not significantly influenced by their husbands' states.
Article Abstract
The psychological states of wives and husbands are thought to influence each other to varying degrees. However, relatively little is known from a longitudinal observation about the effects of spouses' psychological distress and well-being on their mental health. To address this question, we analyzed the TWIN Study II dataset using a three-wave annual survey of the psychological distress and happiness of 379 dual-income families. A group-based trajectory modeling analysis was conducted to identify psychological distress patterns and happiness over time, while estimating the effects of spouses' psychological distress and happiness and their own job demands, control, and support as time-varying covariates. The two- or three-group trajectory model best fit husbands' and wives' psychological distress and happiness trajectories. Husbands' trajectories of psychological distress and happiness were significantly influenced by wives' happiness as well as their own job demands and/or support, whereas wives' happiness and psychological distress were not.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11611531 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2024-0118 | DOI Listing |
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