• Giff, S. T., Teves, J., Petty, K., Kansky, J., & Libet, J. (2025). Relationship satisfaction of veterans and partners seeking couples therapy: Associations with posttraumatic stress, accommodation, and depression. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 14(2), 138–148. https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000250
  • This cross-sectional study examined how symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressive symptoms, and PTSD accommodation behaviors (e.g., changing one’s behaviors to reduce or avoid a partner’s distress) among Veterans and their partners related to their and their partners’ relationship satisfaction. Veteran men and their civilian partners (N = 181 heterosexual couples) who sought couples therapy at a Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center reported their PTSD symptom severity, depressive symptoms, accommodation behaviors, and relationship satisfaction. In general, partners’ depressive symptoms and their accommodation of Veterans’ PTSD symptoms were related to lower relationship satisfaction for both partners.

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