Corina Aguilar-Raab, Martin Stoffel, Melanie Fischer, Monika Eckstein, Guy Bodenmann, Markus Heinrichs, Ulrike Ehlert, Beate Ditzen
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Abstract
Objective
This study aimed at evaluating the effects of a minimal couple intervention focusing on positive aspects within the relationship (instructed partnership appreciation task; PAT) in daily life. We hypothesized a stress-buffering effect of this intervention on perceived stress, salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase.
Methods
N = 40 couples were randomly assigned to either PAT or a no PAT (nPAT) condition. Self-reports and saliva samples were assessed six times per day on five consecutive days. To account for couple interdependencies, multilevel modelling (MLM) approaches were used to test the effects of (a) group assignment (PAT vs. nPAT) and (b) practicing the PAT in everyday life (PAT group only).
Results
Overall perceived stress was lower for women in the PAT group as compared with women in the nPAT group (b = −.380, p = .0098). Within the PAT group, daily positive interaction (PAT) significantly reduced cortisol (b = −.127, p = .02) and alpha amylase (b = −.122, p = .037). Sex-specific analyses of within-participants effects in daily life indicate that these results were driven by the men in the sample: Practicing the PAT led to a decrease in perceived stress (b = −.271, p = 001) and sCort (b = −.226, p = .006) in men, but not in women (all p > .05).
Conclusions
The findings suggest that a minimal couple intervention can improve individual health-related outcomes in a sex-specific manner, and that effects depend on actually practicing the positive exchange in daily life.
Trial Registration
The analysis of the present study is based on a sub-sample (placebo group) of a larger neuropharmacological intervention and longitudinal trial ‘Oxytocin, Couple Interaction and Wound Healing’ (clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT01594775).
目的本研究旨在评估在关系中关注积极方面的最小夫妻干预的效果(指导性伙伴赞赏任务；在日常生活中。我们假设这种干预对感知压力、唾液皮质醇和α -淀粉酶有压力缓冲作用。方法N = 40对夫妇随机分为PAT组和非PAT组（nPAT）。自我报告和唾液样本每天评估6次，连续5天。为了解释夫妻之间的相互依赖性，我们使用多层次建模（MLM）方法来测试(a)群体分配（PAT vs. nPAT）和(b)在日常生活中练习PAT（仅限PAT组）的效果。结果与nPAT组相比，PAT组女性的总体感知压力较低（b =−）。380, p = .0098)。在PAT组中，每日积极互动（PAT）显著降低皮质醇（b =−）。127, p = .02)和α淀粉酶(b = -。122, p = .037)。对日常生活中参与者内部效应的性别分析表明，这些结果是由样本中的男性驱动的：练习PAT导致感知压力的减少（b =−）。271, p = 001)和scot (b =−。226, p = 0.006)，但在女性中没有（均p >； 0.05）。结论：研究结果表明，最小程度的夫妻干预可以以特定性别的方式改善个体健康相关的结果，而这种效果取决于在日常生活中实际实践的积极交流。本研究的分析是基于一个更大的神经药理学干预和纵向试验“催产素、夫妻相互作用和伤口愈合”的子样本（安慰剂组）（clinicaltrials.gov，标识符NCT01594775）。
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The focus of the British Journal of Health Psychology is to publish original research on various aspects of psychology that are related to health, health-related behavior, and illness throughout a person's life. The journal specifically seeks articles that are based on health psychology theory or discuss theoretical matters within the field.
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