A survey study for investigating marriage as a factor in internalizing disorders

ABSTRACT:Marital discord can produce depression and anxiety; however, we have not adequate information about impact of marriage on the development of internalizing symptoms. Itisn’t clear that the marital relationship can contributes to the broad dimension of internalizing symptomsIn addition, it isn’tclear how the marital relationship contributes to internalizing symptoms: through global marital dissatisfaction or through specific relationship processes. This addressesthe drawbacks to develop a comprehensive and refined framework within which to understand the role of marriage in the developmental course of internalizing symptomsMethodQuestionnaire and interview data were collected from 12 husbands andwives 5 times. According to result marital discord during the transition into marriage was associated with the broad dimension of internalizing symptoms for husbands but not for wives.