Journal article
A Dyadic Examination of Daily Health Symptoms and Emotional Well-Being in Late-Life Couples
Family relations, Vol.55(5), pp.613-624
12/2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00430.x
Abstract
This study investigated the link between daily health symptoms and spousal emotional well-being in a sample of 96 older dyads. Higher negative mood and lower positive mood were associated with spousal symptoms in couples wherein husbands or wives reported higher average levels of symptoms. For wives, partner effects were moderated by husbands' marital satisfaction and illness severity. Specifically, higher husband marital satisfaction and illness severity were associated with higher negative mood and lower positive mood for wives on days where husbands reported higher symptom levels. In their work with later-life families, practitioners and educators should address long-term and daily health-related relationship stressors. Copyright 2006 by the National Council on Family Relations.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Dyadic Examination of Daily Health Symptoms and Emotional Well-Being in Late-Life Couples
- Creators
- Jeremy B. Yorgason - Brigham Young UniversityDavid Almeida - Pennsylvania State UniversityShevaun D. Neupert - North Carolina State UniversityAvron Spiro III - Boston UniversityLesa Hoffman - University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Family relations, Vol.55(5), pp.613-624
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00430.x
- ISSN
- 0197-6664
- eISSN
- 1741-3729
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Inc
- Number of pages
- 12
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2006
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984371121502771
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