TY - JOUR
AU1 - McLeod, Jane D.
AB - This study compared perceived marital quality among couples in which neither, one, or both spouses met criteria for an anxiety disorder. Phobic husbands and their wives reported poorer marital quality than did other spouses. Husbands' panic disorders had similar but weaker effects on perceived marital quality, and wives' panic disorders predicted poor perceived marital quality by husbands. Wives with generalized anxiety disorder perceived their marriages to be less satisfying than did other wives. The effects of husbands' generalized anxiety disorders were strongest in the presence of comorbid depression or alcohol or drug dependence but the effects of husbands' phobias and of panic disorders did not vary with comorbidity. Spouse concordance for phobias was related to more favorable marital reports, but concordance for other anxiety disorders was unrelated to marital quality.
TI - Anxiety Disorders and Marital Quality
JF - Journal of Abnormal Psychology
DO - 10.1037/0021-843X.103.4.767
DA - 1994-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/anxiety-disorders-and-marital-quality-5HCW0NFpQA
SP - 767
EP - 776
VL - 103
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -