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Monica D. Blumenthal, MD, PhD; Ted E. Dielman, PhD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1975;32(8):985-991.

Abstract
Depressive symptomatology, marital satisfaction and functioning, job satisfaction, and social relationships were investigated in 320 respondents comprising 160 married couples. Responses to the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale indicated that 13% of the respondents had scores similar to those obtained by patients with diagnosed depressions and an additional 27% had scores comparable to those of persons with other psychiatric problems.

Responses to a variety of questions about the respondents' social life, job satisfaction, and marital function indicate that increased depressive symptomatology in this general population is associated with a decline in satisfaction and functioning in these areas. The data suggest that this association is not solely due to response bias but is associated with a real decline in function, particularly in the area of child rearing.

Author Affiliations
From the Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 8, 1974.

Reprint requests to the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48106 (Dr. Blumenthal).

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