Marital Quality, Gender, and Markers of Inflammation in the MIDUS Cohort

Autor/inn/en	Donoho, Carrie J.; Crimmins, Eileen M.; Seeman, Teresa E.
Titel	Marital Quality, Gender, and Markers of Inflammation in the MIDUS Cohort
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 75 (2013) 1, S.127-141 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
Schlagwörter	Marriage; Marital Satisfaction; Correlation; Health; Stress Variables; Physiology; Metabolism; Interpersonal Relationship; Spouses; Gender Differences; Predictor Variables; Social Influences; Social Support Groups; Body Composition; Sleep; Educational Attainment; Smoking; Exercise; Drug Therapy; Telephone Surveys; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; California; District of Columbia; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ehe; Korrelation; Gesundheit; Physiologie; Stoffwechsel; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ehepartner; Geschlechterkonflikt; Prädiktor; Sozialer Einfluss; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Schlaf; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Rauchen; Übung; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Kalifornien
Abstract	Marital quality is an important factor for understanding the relationship between marriage and health. Low-quality relationships may not have the same health benefits as high-quality relationships. To understand the association between marital quality and health, we examined associations between two indicators of marital quality (marital support and marital strain) and two biomarkers of inflammation (interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein) among men and women in long-term marriages using data from the Survey of Midlife in the United States ("N" = 542). Lower levels of spousal support were associated with higher levels of inflammation among women but not men. Higher levels of spousal strain were weakly and inconsistently associated with higher levels of inflammation among women and men; the effects were diminished with the addition of psychosocial and behavioral covariates. These findings suggest marital quality is an important predictor of inflammation, especially among women. (Contains 3 tables, 2 figures, and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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