“In the study, husbands’ marital hostility was significantly related to increases in wives’ symptoms of depression,” said Proulx, assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies in the College of Human Environmental Sciences.
“The more hostile and anti-social behavior exhibited by husbands, the more depressed their wives were after three years.
“These findings suggest that husbands’ treatment of their wives significantly impacts their psychological well-being and that hostile behavior has a lasting effect on couples that continues throughout their marriages.”
The researchers found no significant relationship between wives’ hostile behavior and husbands’ depression, unless significant life events, such as a death in the family or a job loss, were present.
Additionally, warm, positive behavior from husbands lessened the negative impact of their hostile behavior.
Anti-social behaviors are those that are self-centered, defiant or show a lack of constraint; hostile behaviors are those that are angry, critical or rejecting.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/02/23/husbands-hostility-spawns-depression/11635.html
Does this mean I can marry an antisocial, hostile man if I stay on the meds?
The effed up thing is that the reciprocal isn't true. What the heck?
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