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Silvia Salcuni1, Elisa Mancinelli1, Anna Muneratti1
1Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Abstract:
The aim is to assess the commonalities and interdependence referred to body-image avoidance among 118 couples newly introduced to first-level assisted reproductive techniques. Results showed non-clinical functioning levels, and partners showed a correlated, yet low, dyadic adjustment. The couple-effect was modeled through an Actor Partner Interdependence Model. For both partners, dyadic adjustment's actor-effect associates with body-image avoidance. Moreover, psychological symptoms' actor-effect associate to body-image avoidance, resulting significantly more influential than the partner-effect. Only for males, alexithymia's actor-effect was significant. To conclude, partners' functioning is quite specular yet not interdependent, as they do not show a couple-as-a-unit modality of functioning. Clinical implications are discussed.
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