Spouse’s Personality Influences Your Chances Of Recovery From Serious Illness
Psychology and human relations. Human relationships. Love and illness. Illness and Psychology.
To the long list of things to consider when choosing a mate, there is now evidence suggesting that your spouse’s personality can have a major influence on your own ability to recover from - and perhaps even survive - a major challenge to your health.
The study involved 111 and their spouses. The researchers assessed aspects of personality, symptoms of depression, and the marital satisfaction of 111 coronary artery bypass patients and their spouses prior to, and 18 months following, surgery.
The main finding was that within couples, the personality of one person predicted the depression level of their partner 18 months later. The results were published in the most recent issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
The research demonstrated that a patient married to a generally neurotic and anxious spouse was more likely to report symptoms of depression 18 months after surgery.
The study also focused on how the spouses of patients coped over the course of the study. More here.
Psychology and human relations. Human relationships. Love and illness. Illness and Psychology.