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Daily relationship satisfaction and depressed mood

Biesen & Smith (2022) published “Daily Relationship Satisfaction and Depressed Mood: The moderating roles of support satisfaction, over- and under-provision” in Journal of Family Psychology. I like this study because it gathers information from both partners daily. The bidirectional nature of depressed mood and relationship satisfaction is not at all surprising but this work emphasizes the value of couples therapeutic interventions.

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