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Couples
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Couples with a partner with BD and MDD vs healthy control couples
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Couples with a partner with BD no MDD vs healthy control couples
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Couples with a partner with BD and MDD vs couples with a partner with BD no MDD
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One partner with BD
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Two healthy control partners
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MDD
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No MDD
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M (SD)
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M (SD)
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M (SD)
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F
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η2
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Personality (NEO-PI-R)a
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n = 18
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n = 40
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n = 47
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Neuroticism
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57.07 (7.13)
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54.61 (7.53)
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44.94 (7.35)
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18.82**
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.27
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✔
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✔
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Extraversion
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48.02 (6.64)
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47.81 (6.44)
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52.10 (5.56)
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3.87*
|
.07
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✔
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Openness
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49.49 (7.06)
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49.76 (8.06)
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52.10 (6.46)
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.08
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.00
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Agreeableness
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47.34 (8.41)
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51.35 (5.64)
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52.16 (5.71)
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3.09*
|
.06
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✔
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✔
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Conscientiousness
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48.00 (6.05)
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46.7 (8.42)
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51.06 (5.45)
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3.30*
|
.06
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✔
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Negative life events (LES)b
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n = 16
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n = 32
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n = 33
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Dependent
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2.25 (1.30)
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2.70 (1.54)
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1.32 (1.17)
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7.19**
|
.16
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✔
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✔
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Independent
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.38 (.50)
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.41 (.48)
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.35 (.41)
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.33
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.01
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Coping skills (CISS)c
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n = 18
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n = 39
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n = 47
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Task-oriented
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46.28 (6.21)
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47.23 (7.99)
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51.60 (7.20)
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2.85
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.05
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✔
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Emotion-focused
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51.98 (6.02)
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52.83 (7.65)
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46.19 (6.08)
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6.74**
|
.12
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✔
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✔
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Avoidance-oriented
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51.26 (7.21)
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51.36 (8.64)
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45.38 (7.60)
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7.03**
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.12
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✔
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✔
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Social support (ASSI)d
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n = 18
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n = 40
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n = 47
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Size of social network
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9.42 (5.42)
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10.50 (5.89)
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17.20 (9.22)
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6.39**
|
.11
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✔
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✔
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Satisfaction with social network
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26.22 (2.73)
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25.54 (2.97)
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28.27 (1.85)
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10.98**
|
.18
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✔
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✔
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Amount of social contact
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6.23 (4.92)
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7.34 (6.49)
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12.45 (8.10)
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4.52**
|
.08
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✔
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✔
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Satisfaction with social contact
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4.19 (.686)
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4.19 (.80)
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4.70 (.496)
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5.12**
|
.09
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✔
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✔
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Marital adjustment (DAS)e
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n = 15
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n = 30
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n = 47
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Consensus
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49.97 (5.33)
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50.60 (7.39)
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53.52 (5.44)
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3.27*
|
.07
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✔
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✔
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Affectional expression
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6.72 (2.94)
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8.77 (1.79)
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9.23 (1.95)
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8.34**
|
.16
|
✔
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✔
|
|
Satisfaction
|
32.83 (6.65)
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34.68 (8.35)
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39.72 (4.22)
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8.34**
|
.16
|
✔
|
✔
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Cohesion
|
13.21 (5.10)
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14.45 (4.82)
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16.15 (3.32)
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3.06
|
.07
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✔
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Verbal aggression (CTS)f
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n = 15
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n = 30
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n = 45
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Inter-partner
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20.95 (16.63)
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17.28 (20.93)
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9.44 (9.34)
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2.02
|
.05
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- Due to non-independence of data and to obtain a global estimate of couple functioning, mean scores across all available parents were used for these analyses when there was more than one parent in a family [number of single-parent families = 11 (7 BD)]
- T-scores were used for the Personality and Coping Skills subcategories, *p < .05, **p < .01
- BD: bipolar disorder; MDD: major depression disorder; ✔: significant group difference
- aFrom the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised
- bFrom the Life Events Scale
- cFrom the Coping Inventory of Stressful Situations
- dFrom the Arizona Social Support Interview
- eFrom the Dyadic Adjustment Scale
- fFrom the Conflict Tactic Scale
