Well-being affects changes in perceptual speed in advanced old age: Longitudinal evidence for a dynamic link.

Gerstorf, Denis; Lövdén, Martin; Röcke, Christina; Smith, Jacqui; Lindenberger, Ulman

doi:10.1037/0012-1649.43.3.705

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“…This discrepancy illustrates that the model produces estimates of average within-person change in the overall sample whether or not an individual (or couple) stayed in the sample over time (i.e., MAR assumption; cf. Gerstorf et al, 2007). Acknowledging these average trends over time allows us to better understand the direction and size of the dynamics parameters from the Full Dynamics model that will be presented in more detail in the following.…”

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Memory and depressive symptoms are dynamically linked among married couples: Longitudinal evidence from the AHEAD study.

Gerstorf

Hoppmann

Kadlec

et al. 2009

Developmental Psychology

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This study examined dyadic interrelations between episodic memory and depressive symptom trajectories of change in old and advanced old age. We applied dynamic models to 10-year incomplete longitudinal data of initially 1,599 married couples from the Study of Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD; Mage = 75 years at T1). We found domain-specific lead-lag associations (time lags of two years) among and between spouses. For memory, better performance among husbands protected against subsequent memory decline among wives with no evidence of a directed effect in the other direction. For depressive symptoms, wives’ scores predicted subsequent depression increase and memory decline among husbands. Possible individual covariates (age, education, functional limitations) and spousal covariates (length of marriage, number of children, and whether or not the couple remained intact over the study period) did not account for differential lead–lag associations. Our findings of antecedent–consequent relations between wives and husbands are consistent with lifespan notions that individual development both influences and is influenced by contextual factors such as close social relationships.

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Memory and depressive symptoms are dynamically linked among married couples: Longitudinal evidence from the AHEAD study.

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Hoppmann

Kadlec

et al. 2009

Developmental Psychology

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“…DCSMs have been successfully used to investigate a number of research questions on coupled developmental processes in adulthood, for example couplings between well-being and cognition (Gerstorf et al, 2007), social participation and perceptual speed (Lovdén et al, 2005), and between different components of cognitive functioning (Finkel, Reynolds, McArdle, & Pedersen, 2007;Ghisletta & de Ribaupierre, 2005;Ghisletta & Lindenberger, 2003).…”

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Emotions and physical health in the second half of life: Interindividual differences in age-related trajectories and dynamic associations according to socioeconomic status.

Schöllgen

Huxhold

Schmiedek

2012

Psychology and Aging

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The importance of socioeconomic status (SES) for psychological functioning over the life span is increasingly acknowledged in psychological research. The Reserve Capacity Model by Gallo and Matthews (2003) suggests that SES is not only linked to physical health but also to the experience of positive and negative emotions. Moreover, due to differential amounts of psychosocial resources, cross-domain associations between emotions and health might differ according to SES. The present study examined age-related developments in positive affect (PA), negative affect (NA), and physical health, as well as dynamic associations between health and emotions in the second half of life. We looked at differences in these trajectories and their interrelationships according to education as one aspect of SES. We used data of up to three waves spanning 12 years from the nationally representative German Ageing Survey (N = 3,847, AgeT1 = 40-85 years). Applying multiple-group dual change score models, we found differential age-related change in PA and physical health, but not in NA, in two groups differing in level of education. NA did only predict change in physical health in low-educated individuals, whereas physical health was equally strongly related to change in PA in both education groups. These results indicate that SES not only affects changes in physical health and emotional functioning but also their interrelationships.

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“…Our major focus is on the intervariable coupling parameters ␥ that allow for direct empirical comparison of competing substantive hypotheses regarding dynamic spousal interrelations. To do so, we directly compare differences in various goodness-of-fit indices of 4 statistically nested, less parsimonious models [27] against a reference model that freely estimated both across-spouse dynamics parameters (the Full Dynamics model). Specifically, in the model Dynamics ␥ Wives ] Husbands = 0, predictive effects from wives' SWB level for change in husbands' SWB were set to 0, but predictive effects of husbands for change among wives were freely estimated.…”

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“…To examine our questions, we applied a Bivariate Dual Change Score Model (BDCSM; [26][27][28][29]), which is shown in figure 1 with observed variables represented as squares, unobserved variables as circles, the constant as a triangle, fixed model parameters as 1-headed arrows and random parameters as 2-headed arrows. Unlabeled paths are fixed to 1.…”

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Subjective Well-Being Dynamics in Couples from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Aging

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Background: There is growing evidence for spousal associations in late-life development among key functional domains. Spousal interrelations in subjective well-being (SWB) have primarily been discussed in the context of a model of ‘transmission’, an indicator of well-being. Typically, depression is used to mark this, but few studies have examined if such transmission can be found over the long term in older couples’ SWB. Objective: We aimed to determine whether longitudinal dyadic interrelations exist among older couples in the SWB domain, as indicated by morale. Methods: We applied dynamic models to 11-year longitudinal data of 316 couples from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Aging (median age = 75 years at baseline) to explore whether the levels of SWB for one partner predict change in SWB for the other. Results: Spousal interrelations emerged and were found to be gender-specific with wives predicting subsequent change among husbands, but not the reverse pattern of influence. Husbands whose wives reported higher initial SWB showed a relatively shallower decline over time relative to husbands whose wives reported lower initial SWB levels. These associations were robust after covarying for differences in age, education, health and marital characteristics (number of children and length of marriage). Conclusion: Our study is consistent with, and illustrates empirically that close relationships shape individual developmental outcomes. The findings suggest that wives play an important role in setting the affective tone in older couples. We discuss possible factors underlying such interrelations.

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Well-being affects changes in perceptual speed in advanced old age: Longitudinal evidence for a dynamic link.

Cited by 99 publications

References 116 publications

Memory and depressive symptoms are dynamically linked among married couples: Longitudinal evidence from the AHEAD study.

Memory and depressive symptoms are dynamically linked among married couples: Longitudinal evidence from the AHEAD study.

Emotions and physical health in the second half of life: Interindividual differences in age-related trajectories and dynamic associations according to socioeconomic status.

Subjective Well-Being Dynamics in Couples from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Aging

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