Cynical Hostility, Intimacy and Relationship Satisfaction: The Role of Depressive Symptoms.

Cynical Hostility, Intimacy and Relationship Satisfaction: The Role of Depressive Symptoms.

Publication date: Dec 03, 2024

An individual’s own and their perceived partner cynical hostility are conceptualized as vulnerability factors, decreasing couples’ intimacy and relationship satisfaction. The perceived partner cynical hostility may be especially harmful when distress is high. Longitudinal data were collected in two waves (during and after the COVID-19 lockdown), relying on the respondents’ self-reports. Intimacy mediated the association between perceived partner cynical hostility and relationship satisfaction in both waves. The association between perceived partner cynical hostility and intimacy was stronger when depressive symptoms were higher. No longitudinal effects were found. The perceived partner cynical hostility could be a meaningful vulnerability factor, hampering the ability to establish intimacy and, in turn, relationship satisfaction. The toll may be greater when individuals experience greater vulnerability.

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Concepts Keywords
Basel cynical hostility
Couples intimacy
Depressive relationship satisfaction
Lockdown vulnerability–stress–adaptation
Waves

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease IDO role
disease MESH Depressive Symptoms
disease MESH COVID-19
drug DRUGBANK Coenzyme M
disease IDO quality
disease MESH neuroticism
disease MESH unemployment
disease IDO process
drug DRUGBANK Methionine
disease MESH loneliness
disease MESH anxiety
disease MESH facial expressions
drug DRUGBANK Hydrocortisone
disease MESH inflammation
disease MESH emotional distress
pathway REACTOME Translation
disease MESH Retirement
disease IDO symptom

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