Marital Satisfaction among Older Couples: The Role of Satisfaction with Social Networks and Psychological Well-Being

Autor/inn/en	Walker, Ruth; Isherwood, Linda; Burton, Cassandra; Kitwe-Magambo, Katie; Luszcz, Mary
Titel	Marital Satisfaction among Older Couples: The Role of Satisfaction with Social Networks and Psychological Well-Being
Quelle	In: International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 76 (2013) 2, S.123-139 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-4150
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Depression (Psychology); Social Networks; Semi Structured Interviews; Marital Satisfaction; Interpersonal Relationship; Older Adults; Aging (Individuals); Role; Spouses; Models; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Scores; Measures (Individuals) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Älterer Erwachsener; Aging; Altern; Rollen; Ehepartner; Analogiemodell; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Messdaten
Abstract	Marital satisfaction is important for health and well-being, although determinants of satisfaction among older couples are unclear. Much of the marital literature has focused on the role of the spouse, in isolation from satisfaction with broader social relationships. We conducted separate semi-structured interviews with both members of n = 40 couples (mean age 76 years) to measure satisfaction with particular types of social networks (confidant, friend, children, other relatives) as well as levels of physical and psychological well-being. In order to account for the likely interdependence among observations within married couples, a series of multi-level models, culminating in a full actor-partner interdependence model, were fitted. Results indicate that an individual's own depressive symptoms were related to their levels of marital satisfaction, whereby higher scores on the depression scale predicted lower marital satisfaction scores for the individual. None of the individual's other variables (physical well-being, sociodemographic, or social network satisfaction), nor any of the spouse variables, were related to individual levels of marital satisfaction. These findings reinforce the importance of psychological well-being as influencing the quality of older couple relationships. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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