While youth with higher levels of depressive symptoms appear to have lower quality romantic relationships, little is known about longitudinal associations for both men and women. Therefore, this study used longitudinal dyadic design to examine both concurrent and longitudinal associations between depressive symptoms and positive as well as negative aspects of romantic relationship quality across two waves one- or two-years apart. The sample consisted of 149 Dutch stable heterosexual couples (149 females and 142 males participated at T₁) in a stable romantic relationship in late adolescence with a mean age of 20.43 years old at the first wave. Actor-Partner Interdependence models were used to examine potential bidirectional associations over time between depressive symptoms and romantic relationship quality, above and beyond potential concurrent associations and stability of the constructs over time, from the perspective of both romantic partners. Results consistently indicated that men and women who reported higher levels of depressive symptoms perceived less positive aspects (intimacy and support) and more negative aspects (conflict) in their romantic relationship over time. In addition, unexpectedly, when men and women perceived more positive relationship aspects, their partners reported higher levels of depressive symptoms over time. These findings stress that depressive symptoms can interfere with the formation of high-quality romantic relationships.

虽然抑郁症状水平较高的年轻人似乎拥有较低质量的恋爱关系，但人们对男性和女性的纵向关联知之甚少。因此，本研究使用纵向二元设计来检查抑郁症状与相隔一年或两年的两波浪漫关系质量的积极和消极方面之间的并发和纵向关联。样本包括 149 对荷兰稳定的异性恋夫妇（149 名女性和 142 名男性参加了 T ₁) 在青春期后期处于稳定的恋爱关系中，第一波平均年龄为 20.43 岁。演员-伴侣相互依赖模型被用来从两个浪漫伴侣的角度检查抑郁症状和浪漫关系质量之间的潜在双向关联，超越潜在的并发关联和随着时间的推移构建的稳定性。结果一致表明，随着时间的推移，报告抑郁症状水平较高的男性和女性在他们的浪漫关系中感知到的积极方面（亲密和支持）较少，而消极方面（冲突）较多。此外，出乎意料的是，当男性和女性感知到更积极的关系方面时，他们的伴侣会随着时间的推移报告更高水平的抑郁症状。