2019
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbz106
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Linking Marital Support to Aging-Related Biomarkers: Both Age and Marital Quality Matter

Abstract: Objectives Marital support is central to couples’ relationships, yet support’s health implications can vary widely. Guided by attribution bias and aging theories, the current study examined whether age and marital satisfaction moderate the links of perceived and received spousal support to aging-related biomarkers. Methods Couples (N = 93, ages 22–77) rated marital satisfaction, overall perceived spousal support, and the qual… Show more

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“…Couples managing multiple health conditions, particularly in older adulthood, may rely on each other more often, perhaps intensifying links between partners' relationship behaviors and health. For instance, unsatisfied older couples experience heightened reactivity to marital stress ( Wilson et al., 2021 ). In addition to age-related differences, partners' relationship and health effects may vary across relationship stages.…”
Section: Actor and Partner Effects: A Comprehensive Dyadic Biobehavioral Stress Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Couples managing multiple health conditions, particularly in older adulthood, may rely on each other more often, perhaps intensifying links between partners' relationship behaviors and health. For instance, unsatisfied older couples experience heightened reactivity to marital stress ( Wilson et al., 2021 ). In addition to age-related differences, partners' relationship and health effects may vary across relationship stages.…”
Section: Actor and Partner Effects: A Comprehensive Dyadic Biobehavioral Stress Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Second, in older adulthood, couples often spend more time together; hence, a partner's traits may have a more meaningful effect. Third, old age is likely to bring physical and mental changes; the support gained from a partner and also his or her future expectations could be especially meaningful in the context of coping with age-related decline and morbidity (Wilson et al, 2017(Wilson et al, , 2021. Fourth, high levels of optimism and support can have positive effects on health and health behaviors, and this can be especially important in older adulthood (Arbel et al, 2020;Chopik et al, 2015Chopik et al, , 2018Kim et al, 2014).…”
Section: Optimism Pessimism and The Marital Relationshipmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Low-quality and stressful relationships do not confer the same advantages. Involvement in low-quality relationships can be deleterious to people's health and discourage health care use (Allendorf 2010;Stafford et al 2018;Umberson et al 2006;Umberson and Karas Montez 2010;Wilson et al 2019).…”
Section: Relationship To the Offendermentioning
confidence: 99%