TY - JOUR
T1 - Accounting for depressive symptoms in women
T2 - A twin study of associations with interpersonal relationships
AU - Spotts, Erica L.
AU - Neiderhiser, Jenae M.
AU - Ganiban, Jody
AU - Reiss, David
AU - Lichtenstein, Paul
AU - Hansson, Kjell
AU - Cederblad, Marianne
AU - Pedersen, Nancy L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This report is part of the Genes, Environment, and Maternal Adjustment (Twin Mothers) project, supported by the National Institutes of Mental (MH-54610). The first author would also like to acknowledge support from NRSA grant number MH65008 and the Stiftelsen Wenner-Grenska Samfundet. Address correspondence to the first author at [email protected], or at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Box 281, SE 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
PY - 2004/10/1
Y1 - 2004/10/1
N2 - Background: This study examined how interpersonal relationships, specifically marital quality and adequacy of social support, are associated with depressive symptoms among women. Methods: A sample of 326 female monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs and their spouses was drawn from the Swedish Twin Registry. Associations among the three variables were evaluated by comparing similarities among monozygotic and dizygotic female twin pairs. Results: Interpersonal relationships contributed between 18% and 31% of the variance for depressive symptoms in women. Associations among the three variables were accounted for by genetic influences when women's reports were used. Non-shared environmental influences were important for the association between marital quality and depressive symptoms when a combination of husband and wife reports of marital quality were used. Limitations: The data is cross-sectional and the generalizability of these findings to depressive symptoms in men or to individuals with major depression is not clear. Conclusions: These findings indicate important associations among marital quality, social support and depressive symptoms in women, which should be taken into consideration for prevention and intervention strategies targeting depression.
AB - Background: This study examined how interpersonal relationships, specifically marital quality and adequacy of social support, are associated with depressive symptoms among women. Methods: A sample of 326 female monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs and their spouses was drawn from the Swedish Twin Registry. Associations among the three variables were evaluated by comparing similarities among monozygotic and dizygotic female twin pairs. Results: Interpersonal relationships contributed between 18% and 31% of the variance for depressive symptoms in women. Associations among the three variables were accounted for by genetic influences when women's reports were used. Non-shared environmental influences were important for the association between marital quality and depressive symptoms when a combination of husband and wife reports of marital quality were used. Limitations: The data is cross-sectional and the generalizability of these findings to depressive symptoms in men or to individuals with major depression is not clear. Conclusions: These findings indicate important associations among marital quality, social support and depressive symptoms in women, which should be taken into consideration for prevention and intervention strategies targeting depression.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jad.2003.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jad.2003.10.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 15465582
AN - SCOPUS:4744338141
SN - 0165-0327
VL - 82
SP - 101
EP - 111
JO - Journal of Affective Disorders
JF - Journal of Affective Disorders
IS - 1
ER -
