ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2018
Linked Lives: Dyadic Associations of Mastery Beliefs With Health (Behavior) and Health (Behavior) Change Among Older Partners.
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- Familial healthy aging and longevity: the role of spouses.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Couples-based health behavior change interventions: A relationship science perspective on the unique opportunities and challenges to improve dyadic health.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2024Article
- Longitudinal associations between chronic condition discordance and perceived control among older couples.Psychology and aging · 2022Article
- Having a Good Time Together: The Role of Companionship in Older Couples' Everyday Life.Gerontology · 2022Article
- Mastery and Marital Processes: Mechanisms Linking Midlife Economic Adversity and Later-Life Loneliness for Husbands and Wives in Enduring Marriages.Family process · 2021Article
- Social Support and Preventive Healthcare Behaviors Among Couples in Later Life.The Gerontologist · 2019Article
- Alcohol and tobacco consumption concordance and its correlates in older couples in Latin America.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2017Article
- Couples' Shared Beliefs About Aging and Implications for Future Functional Limitations.The Gerontologist · 2017Article
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Abstract
Objectives: Mastery beliefs are known to contribute to healthy aging. However, it is an open question whether individual mastery-health associations impact the health of close long-term partners. Method: We applied actor-partner interdependence models to 4-wave, 6-year longitudinal dyadic data from married and cohabitating partners in the Health and Retirement Study (N = 1,981 partners; age at baseline: M = 67 years, SD = 8.93, range 50-94 years). Results: Higher individual mastery beliefs were associated with better individual physical health and health behaviors. Higher mastery beliefs were associated with subsequent increases in light physical activity. Having a partner with higher levels of mastery was uniquely associated with fewer functional limitations, better self-rated health, and more physical activity. Actor × Partner interaction effects for functional limitations indicated multiplicative associations of actor and partner mastery with health. Of note, mastery-health associations for individuals and their partners were invariant across age, gender, education, employment status, perceived stress over one's own and partner's health, and cognition. Discussion: Findings suggest that partner mastery beliefs matter for the health (behaviors) of older adults. We discuss possible mechanisms underlying partner interrelations in mastery and health, their age invariance, and consider implications arising from our results.
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