ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2019
Functional Status, Cognition, and Social Relationships in Dyadic Perspective.
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- Takes Two to Tango: Cognitive Impairment and Sexual Activity in Older Individuals and Dyads.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022Article
- Loneliness in Older Indian Dyads.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Social Health in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2021Article
- Couple Analysis in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2021Article
- Cognitive limitations in older adults receiving care reduces well-being among spouse caregivers.Psychology and aging · 2020Article
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- Marital Quality, Loneliness, and Depressive Symptoms Later in Life: The Moderating Role of Own and Spousal Functional Limitations.Research in human development · 2020Article
- MARITAL STRAIN AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN SAME-SEX AND DIFFERENT-SEX COUPLES.Journal of marriage and the family · 2019Article
- Loneliness in the older adult marriage: Associations with dyadic aversion, indifference, and ambivalence.Journal of social and personal relationships · 2018Article
- Social Networks in Later Life: Similarities and Differences between Sexual-Minority and Heterosexual Older Adults.Socius : sociological research for a dynamic worldArticle
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Abstract
objectivesHealth limitations can change older adults' social relationships and social engagement. Yet, researchers rarely examine how the disability of one's spouse might affect one's social relationships, even though such life strains are often experienced as a couple. This study investigates the association between functional and cognitive limitations and social experience in a dyadic context.
methodWe use actor-partner interdependence models to analyze the partner data from 953 heterosexual couples in Wave II (2010-2011) of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project.
resultsOne spouse's functional and cognitive health is associated with the other's relationship quality, but the pattern varies by gender. Husbands' functional limitations are associated with lower marital support and higher marital strain in wives, but wives' functional limitations are related to lower family and friendship strain in husbands. Husbands' cognitive impairment also predicts higher family and friend support in wives. DISCUSSION: Findings support a gendered dyadic relationship between health and social life and highlight women's caregiver role and better connection with family and friends. There are also differences between experiencing cognitive and physical limitations in couples. Finally, mild health impairment sometimes shows stronger effects on social relationships than severe impairment, suggesting adaptation to health transition.
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