Marital discord and well-being in older adults: Is the association confounded by personality?
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The association between marital discord and multiple measures of well-being was evaluated among 416 couples in which the husband was 65 years or older. Results indicated that greater marital discord was associated with greater depression, lower life satisfaction and self-esteem suggesting that marital discord is an important correlate of multiple measures of well-being in older individuals and that this association is not confounded by the Big Five personality traits.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 2006
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Depressive symptoms across older spouses: longitudinal influences
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Variation in depressive symptoms in one older spouse leads to variation in depressive symptoms in the other, and marital closeness buffers this effect. A longitudinal study shows that the influence of one spouse's depressive symptoms on the other's depressive symptoms becomes stronger after three and six years. The high level of emotional closeness between spouses contributes to the effect of depressive symptoms.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1996
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Positive and negative characteristics of marital interaction and their association with marital satisfaction in middle-aged and older couples
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The extent to which differences in age influenced positive and negative characteristics of marital interactions and how this linked up with marital satisfaction is studied in middle aged and older couples. Findings state that positive and negative characteristics are more prominent for older couples.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 2007
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