For Better or for Worse: Health and Marital Quality during Midlife.
J Aging Health
; 32(10): 1625-1635, 2020 12.
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| ID: mdl-32783666
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To examine how changes in health are associated with marital quality over a 20-year period of midlife.Background:
The health benefit associated with marriage (compared to non-marriage) is well established. Less work has explored how health and changes in a couple's health are associated with the marital relationship.Method:
We used a sample of continuously married individuals who participated in three waves of the Midlife in the United States study (n = 1768). Multilevel modeling separated within-person changes and between-person differences in the effect of health on marital quality during midlife and older ages.Results:
Marital support was lower and marital strain was higher for those with worse health relative to peers. Marital quality decreased when health decreased. Effects were particularly strong when spouses' health statuses became more discrepant.Conclusion:
Health-of both self and partner-plays an important role in determining the marital quality of married persons during the midlife years.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Casamento
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Nível de Saúde
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Cônjuges
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Relações Interpessoais
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article