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  • Depression symptoms are linked to behavioral patterns, but intra-couple effects remain understudied.
  • This research investigates how a spouse's behaviors influence their partner's and their own depression symptoms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the actor and partner effects of behavioral patterns on depression symptoms within couples.
  • To identify distinct behavioral patterns and their association with depression severity.

Main Methods:

  • Surveyed 61,118 participants (30,559 husband-wife dyads) of childbearing age.
  • Assessed depression using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).
  • Identified behavioral patterns via latent class analysis and analyzed effects using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM).

Main Results:

  • Three behavioral patterns were identified: low-risk, moderate-risk, and high-risk.
  • High-risk behaviors correlated with higher PHQ-9 scores for both husbands (β=0.53) and wives (β=0.58).
  • Wives' behaviors positively influenced husbands' depression (β=0.14), but not vice-versa.

Conclusions:

  • Wives' depression symptoms were solely influenced by their own behaviors.
  • Husbands' depression symptoms were affected by both their own and their wives' behaviors.