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ArticleJournal of family issues2021

The Contribution of Stressful Marital Interactions to Loneliness and Health across Mid-life and Later Adulthood.

Catherine Walker O'Neal, Kandauda K A S Wickrama

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Article in Journal of family issues, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Family stress model pathways to cognitive function in older adulthood.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2026
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  2. Family stress model pathways in middle adulthood to loneliness in later adulthood: Role of self-mastery.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Catherine Walker O'NealDepartment of Human Development and Family Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3869-2394
Kandauda K A S WickramaDepartment of Human Development and Family Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.

Funding

CRITICAL TRANSITIONS IN RURAL FAMILIES AT RISKR01MH051361 · NIMH · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CONGER, RAND DONALD · 1994 to 2009
$6.3M
Economic Stress &Child Development Across 3 GenerationsR01HD047573 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI CONGER, RAND DONALD, NEPPL, TRICIA K. · 2004 to 2010
$4.9M
A Genetic Study of Personal Traits that Promote or Inhibit Individual Well-BeingR01HD064687 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI CONGER, RAND DONALD, DONNELLAN, MICHAEL BRENT · 2010 to 2014
$4.3M
Couple Relationships and Health during Transition to Later AdulthoodR01AG043599 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI WICKRAMA, KA · 2014 to 2018
$2.6M
Relationship Development and Health in Young AdultsR01HD051746 · NICHD · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI LORENZ, FREDERICK O · 2006 to 2010
$2.5M
Research Training In Transitions, Family &Mental HealthT32MH019734 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI TUCKER, M BELINDA · 1992 to 2008
$1.7M
A MICRO PROCESS STUDY: SIBLINGS AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIORR01MH062989 · NIMH · MIRIAM HOSPITAL · PI SLOMKOWSKI, CHERYL L · 2000 to 2003
$1.4M
MENTAL HEALTH &SOCIAL CHANGE: A LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVEK05MH000567 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ELDER, GLEN H · 1985 to 1999
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although past research has noted longitudinal, and sometimes bi-directional, associations between marital interactions, loneliness, and physical health, previous work has not identified long-term associations and differential associations over life-course stages (i.e., mid-life and later adulthood). Utilizing a life-course stress process perspective and a sample of 250 couples in enduring marriages over 17 years (2001-2017), a structural equation model within a dyadic framework assessed the unique influences of stressful marital interactions on loneliness and physical health and the variation in bi-directional influences of loneliness and physical health over time. Marital interactions were relatively stable across life stages, yet marital interactions appear to influence loneliness and physical health. Notable distinctions were evident across life stages (from mid-life to later adulthood and then within later adulthood). Findings are discussed with an emphasis on the implications for health promotion and prevention programs targeting couples' quality of life in later years.

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later lifelonelinessmarital conflictmarriagephysical health

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PMID34504384
PMCPMC8425179

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