Spousal similarity in subjective well-being: the cardiovascular health study
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The subjective well-being in the affective and nonaffective domains of the elderly husbands and wives are similar. A Cardiovascular Health Study reveals that the well-being and depression of one spouse are significantly predicted by the well-being and depression of the other. A pattern of domain specificity is present in the predictive utility of the spouse's well-being assessments for the partner's well-being. Affective contagion, mate selection and environmental factors may contribute to the similarity between the subjective well-being of the spouses.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1996
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Social support as a mediator in the relation between functional status and quality of life in older adults
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Lower social support decreases life satisfaction and functioning, thereby increasing depressive symptoms among older adults. Physical impairment of the aged is related to lesser contacts with their family and friends. Impairment is also related to a decrease in the feeling of belonging and tangible support. Physical functioning in older adults is an important predictor of social support and the latter is a predictor of depression. Depressive symptomatology is the reason for lower social support rather than the vice versa.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1996
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