TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship (in)congruency may differently impact mental health
AU - Adamczyk, Katarzyna
AU - Watkins, Nicole
AU - Dębek, Agata
AU - Kaczmarek, Dominika
AU - Łazarów, Nicola
N1 - Funding Information:
The research was supported by the program “Excellent Initiative – Research University” realized by Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań in the framework of the Study@research program for student individual research projects. The grant (014/34/UAM/0011) was awarded to Agata Dębek under the supervision of Katarzyna Adamczyk.
Funding Information:
The research was supported by the program “Excellent Initiative – Research University” realized by Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań in the framework of the Study@research program for student individual research projects. The grant (014/34/UAM/0011) was awarded to Agata Dębek under the supervision of Katarzyna Adamczyk. The part of the theoretical considerations presented in the paper has been also elaborate din the scope of a project (grant number UMO-2019/34/E/HS6/00164) financed by the National Science Center in Poland and awarded to Katarzyna Adamczyk. The research was has been carried out in accordance with The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for experiments involving humans. The research was positively evaluated by the Ethics Committee for Research with the People as Study Participants at the Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland (Decision number: 5/04/2021). The authors declare no conflict of interests. This study was not preregistered. Data and analysis code used in the current investigation are publicly available on the Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/chkr6/?view_only=150b8026587d4b46ab379461f1648e13.
Funding Information:
The part of the theoretical considerations presented in the paper has been also elaborate din the scope of a project (grant number UMO-2019/34/E/HS6/00164) financed by the National Science Center in Poland and awarded to Katarzyna Adamczyk.
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PY - 2023/7/1
Y1 - 2023/7/1
N2 - Background: Being involved in romantic relationships has historically been related to better mental health compared to being single. However, research exploring heterogeneity within these status groups is still understudied. Our study examined the role of (in)congruency between relationship desire, dismissal, satisfaction with relationship status, and current relationship status on the mental health measured in terms of anxiety, depression, insomnia, and romantic loneliness. Method: The online questionnaire survey included 790 participants aged 18 – 40 (M = 26.51, SD = 5.60) at baseline and 421 at a 1-month follow-up. Participants represented five relationship statuses (single, casual dating, LAT relationships, cohabitation, and engagement/marriage). Results: Our results suggest that greater relationship desire and dismissal at baseline were associated with higher anxiety and depression in casual daters one month later, while greater relationship desire was linked to lower anxiety for individuals in living apart together relationships (LATs). Higher relationship dismissal in casual daters and engaged/married individuals was associated with lower insomnia. Higher satisfaction with relationship status was associated with lower depression in single individuals and lower romantic loneliness in cohabitors and engaged/married individuals. Conclusions: This study highlights that relationship (in)congruency may operate differently across various relationship status subgroups on mental health outcomes.
AB - Background: Being involved in romantic relationships has historically been related to better mental health compared to being single. However, research exploring heterogeneity within these status groups is still understudied. Our study examined the role of (in)congruency between relationship desire, dismissal, satisfaction with relationship status, and current relationship status on the mental health measured in terms of anxiety, depression, insomnia, and romantic loneliness. Method: The online questionnaire survey included 790 participants aged 18 – 40 (M = 26.51, SD = 5.60) at baseline and 421 at a 1-month follow-up. Participants represented five relationship statuses (single, casual dating, LAT relationships, cohabitation, and engagement/marriage). Results: Our results suggest that greater relationship desire and dismissal at baseline were associated with higher anxiety and depression in casual daters one month later, while greater relationship desire was linked to lower anxiety for individuals in living apart together relationships (LATs). Higher relationship dismissal in casual daters and engaged/married individuals was associated with lower insomnia. Higher satisfaction with relationship status was associated with lower depression in single individuals and lower romantic loneliness in cohabitors and engaged/married individuals. Conclusions: This study highlights that relationship (in)congruency may operate differently across various relationship status subgroups on mental health outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijchp.2023.100376
DO - 10.1016/j.ijchp.2023.100376
M3 - Article
C2 - 36851988
AN - SCOPUS:85147914098
SN - 1697-2600
VL - 23
JO - International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
JF - International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
IS - 3
M1 - 100376
ER -
