Dynamics of support-exchange in older couples

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Korporaal ◽  
M. I. Broese van Groenou ◽  
T. G. van Tilburg
Keyword(s):  
Older Couples ◽  
Support Exchange

scholarly journals IS ME IMPORTANT TO US? ACTOR AND PARTNER EFFECTS OF SELF-ACCEPTANCE ON SPOUSAL SUPPORT

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S671-S672
Author(s):  
Kyuho Lee
Keyword(s):  
Couple Therapy ◽  
Spousal Support ◽  
Perceived Support ◽  
Older Couples ◽  
Marital Support ◽  
Curve Model ◽  
Self Acceptance ◽  
Support Exchange ◽  
Retirement Study ◽  
Do So

Abstract Marital relationship is influenced by substantial and perceived support exchange. Therefore, it is important to find predictors of support-giving and support-receiving. However, very few studies attempted to do so. As some previous studies reported, individuals’ personality-related characteristics seem to play a significant role in the support exchange within couples. This study aimed to assess the effect of individuals’ self-acceptance on support exchange within older couples. Data of 2,082 heterosexual older couples aged between 50 and 85 in 2006 from the Health and Retirement Study were assessed utilizing an actor-partner inter-dependence model and growth curve model. For the actor effects, both husbands’ and wives’ higher levels of self-acceptance predicted their own perception of the support from a spouse. For the partner effects as well, individuals’ self-acceptance positively predicted their spouse’s perception of the received support. Husbands’ self-acceptance, however, was associated with a decrease in wives’ perceived support. We discuss the possible mechanism with regard to older adults’ self-acceptance and marital support. The findings of the current study contribute to the theories of spousal support and personality as well as in the practical settings of couple therapy and education.

scholarly journals Political context is associated with everyday cortisol synchrony in older couples

2021 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 105082
Author(s):  
Theresa Pauly ◽  
Karolina Kolodziejczak ◽  
Johanna Drewelies ◽  
Denis Gerstorf ◽  
Nilam Ram ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Political Context ◽  
Older Couples

Similarities in cognitive abilities in older couples: a study of mutual influences

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-90
Author(s):  
Sybille Caillot-Ranjeva ◽  
Hélène Amieva ◽  
Céline Meillon ◽  
Catherine Helmer ◽  
Claudine Berr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Older Couples

scholarly journals Affiliation and Control During Marital Disagreement, History of Divorce, and Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Calcification in Older Couples

2011 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 350-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy W. Smith ◽  
Bert N. Uchino ◽  
Paul Florsheim ◽  
Cynthia A. Berg ◽  
Jonathan Butner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Artery Calcification ◽  
Older Couples ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals The role of giving and receiving emotional support in depressive symptomatology among older couples: An application of the actor-partner interdependence model

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda K. Ko ◽  
Megan A. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Support ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Path Model ◽  
The Other ◽  
Older Couples ◽  
Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽  
The Relationship

The present study investigated whether perception of receiving emotional support mediates the relationship between one partner’s giving of emotional support and the other partner’s depressive symptomatology using a population-based sample of 423 couples from the Changing Lives of Older Couples study. A path model was used guided by the Actor—Partner Interdependence Model. Results indicated that spouses’ giving emotional support was related to the degree to which their spouse reported receiving emotional support. Perception of receiving emotional support, in turn, was related to lower depressive symptomatology of the support recipient. Both husbands and wives can benefit from emotional support through their perception of receiving emotional support, and spouses’ perceptions, as well as their actions, should be considered in support transactions.

Reasons for Homicide and Suicide in Episodes of Dyadic Death in Yorkshire and Humberside

1995 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
C M Milroy
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Financial Stress ◽  
Blood Alcohol Level ◽  
Criminal Behaviour ◽  
Blood Alcohol ◽  
Older Couples

Fifty-two episodes of homicide-suicide were examined to determine the reasons behind the episodes. Forty-nine of the assailants were male. The major reason for homicide-suicide was breakdown in a relationship (46%), the victim usually being the spouse. Mental illness was the second commonest reason (21%). Physical ill health (11%) and financial stress (10%) were important reasons in older couples. Criminal behaviour was the reason in 11% of cases. Alcohol was detected in 15 (29%) of assailants, with 10 (19%) having a blood-alcohol level over 100mg/100ml. The results are compared with other published studies.

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