ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2021
Spousal Support, Spousal Strain, and Loneliness in Older Mexican Couples.
Article in The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Network connectivity between partner factors, loneliness, and psychological distress in women with unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- The Psychology of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Later Life.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2025Review
- Gendered Marital Power, Depression, and Cognition Among Older Adults in Mexico.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Longitudinal associations of spousal support and strain with health and well-being: An outcome-wide study of married older U.S. Adults.Family process · 2025Article
- The impact of widowhood on the quality of life of older adults: the mediating role of intergenerational support from children.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Disability Among Older Immigrants in the United States: Exploring Differences by Region of Origin and Gender.International journal of aging & human development · 2024Article
- Family characteristics and loneliness among older adults: evidence from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil).Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Longitudinal associations between cognitive functioning and depressive symptoms among couples in the Mexican Health and Aging Study.International psychogeriatrics · 2023Article
- Loneliness in older parents: marital transitions, family and social connections, and separate bedrooms for sleep.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
objectivesA growing body of research has identified factors related to loneliness among older adults. Fewer have investigated predictors of loneliness within married couples. This analysis investigates how spousal support and strain relate with loneliness within older couples (age 50+), and whether these associations are modified by functional limitation. The study focuses on Mexico, a country experiencing rapid aging occurring alongside historically limited institutional support for older adults, and where traditional gender roles extend to marriage.
methodsThe analytic sample consisted of 3,584 husband-wife dyads from the 2012 and 2015 Mexican Health and Aging Study. Loneliness was measured using the Three-Item Loneliness Scale. Associations between spousal support, strain, and loneliness were estimated within husband-wife dyads using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model.
resultsExperiencing more spousal support was associated with less loneliness, whereas experiencing spousal strain was associated with more loneliness 3 years later among married adults. The associations between spousal support/strain and loneliness were stronger among husbands with limitations in activities of daily living (ADL) when compared to their counterparts without ADL limitations. DISCUSSION: Among married adults, spousal support and strain may be important factors to understand loneliness within marriage. Effects should be interpreted within the context of functional limitation.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.