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TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-01950-w
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- European Commission [QLK6-CT-2001-00360, RII-CT-2006-062193, CIT5CT-2005-028857, CIT4-CT-2006-028812, 211909, 227822, 261982]
- German Ministry of Education and Research
- Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
- U.S. National Institute on Aging [U01_AG09740-13S2, P01_AG005842, P01_AG08291, P30_AG12815, R21_AG025169, Y1-AG-4553-01, IAG_BSR06-11, OGHA_04064, HHSN271201300071C]
- Charles University Grant Agency [1118119]
- Charles University Research Centre program UNCE/HUM/025 [204056]
- Czech Science Foundation [18-15168S]
- Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic [NU20J-04-00022]
- National Science Centre of Poland [2019/35/B/HS6/00682]
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The occurrence of depression is influenced by social relationships, and this study found that depressive symptoms of couples evolve over time. The study identified four distinct classes of couples based on their trajectories of depressive symptoms, with different implications for relationship stability and overall well-being.
The occurrence of depression is influenced by social relationships, however, most studies focus on individuals, not couples. We aimed to study how depressive symptoms of couples evolve over time and determine, which characteristics are associated with their distinct trajectories. A multi-centric cohort sample of 11,136 heterosexual couples (mean age = 60.76) from 16 European countries was followed for up to 12 years (SHARE study). Information on depressive symptoms measured by EURO-D scale was collected every 2 years. Dyadic growth mixture modeling extracted four distinct classes of couples: both non-depressed (76.91%); only women having consistently high depressive symptoms while men having consistently low depressive symptoms (8.08%); both having increasing depressive symptoms (7.83%); and both having decreasing depressive symptoms (7.18%). Couples with increasing depressive symptoms had the highest prevalence of relationship dissolution and bereavement. In comparison to the nondepressed class, individuals with any depressive symptoms were less psychologically and physically well. Our results suggest that distinct mechanisms are responsible for couples' various longitudinal trajectories of depressive symptoms.
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