Results indicated that (1) depressed patients and their spouses were less dyadically adjusted than nondepressed spouses, (2) causal and responsibility attributions about depressive behaviors predicted
lower dyadic adjustment, and (3) attributions of causality mediated the relationship between group status (depressed or nondepressed) and dyadic adjustment among spouses who had higher expectations for their partner to change.
Not exact matches
The results also showed that the more love (i.e. high score of love), satisfaction (i.e. high score of
dyadic adjustment) and couple cultural identity (i.e. high score of women's acculturation to the partner and
low scores of couple's individualism / collectivism), the more the personal commitment of the women.
The construction of safety within the therapeutic context appeared as an essential condition in the treatment process, especially for the case with a
lower level of
dyadic adjustment.