ArticleJournal of marriage and the family2014
Marital Conflict in Older Couples: Positivity, Personality, and Health.
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- Sexuality in Older Couples: Individual and Dyadic Characteristics.Archives of sexual behavior · 2017Article
- Assessment of social traits in married couples: Self-reports versus spouse ratings around the interpersonal circumplex.Psychological assessment · 2016Article
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- Personality, negative social exchanges, and physical health among bereaved adults.Health psychology open · 2016Article
- Marriage, Social Networks, and Health at Older Ages.Journal of population ageing · 2015Article
- Bad marriage, broken heart? Age and gender differences in the link between marital quality and cardiovascular risks among older adults.Journal of health and social behavior · 2014Article
- Happy Marriage, Happy Life? Marital Quality and Subjective Well-Being in Later Life.Journal of marriage and the family · 2014Article
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Abstract
We examine the implications of health and personality characteristics for late-life marital conflict, using data from the 2010-11 wave of the National Social Life Health and Aging Project (NSHAP), a nationally representative study with data on both partners in 955 marital and cohabitational dyads. Using these data, we relate characteristics of husbands to characteristics of their wives, and vice versa. Wives with husbands in fair or poor physical health are more likely to report high levels of marital conflict, but the reverse is not true. Similarly, wives report more conflict when their husbands are high on Neuroticism, high on Extraversion, and low on a new measure we call Positivity. Our findings point to noteworthy gender differences between men and women in the associations between individual characteristics and levels of marital conflict. We point to differences between husbands' and wives' marital roles as a contributor to these differences.
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