Happy Marriage, Happy Life? Marital Quality and Subjective Well-being in Later Life

The authors examined associations between marital quality and both general life satisfaction and experienced (momentary) well-being among older husbands and wives, the relative importance of own versus spouse's marital appraisals for well-being, and the extent to which the association between o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of marriage and family Jg. 76; H. 5; S. 930 - 948
Hauptverfasser: Carr, Deborah, Freedman, Vicki A., Cornman, Jennifer C., Schwarz, Norbert
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Hoboken, USA Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2014
The National Council on Family Relations
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Schlagworte:
actor-partner independence models
Adults
Aging (Individuals)
Autobiographical literature
Autobiographical Materials
Couple Relationships
Couples
daily diary methods
Diaries
Disabilities
Evaluation
experienced well-being
Family life
Females
Gender Differences
Happiness
Husbands
Life Satisfaction
Males
Marital Instability
Marital life
marital quality
Marital Satisfaction
Marriage
Married couples
Men
Older adults
Quality of life
Satisfaction
Sex
Social Networks
Spouses
Subjectivity
Well Being
Wellbeing
Wives
Women
experienced well-being
happiness
marital quality
older adults
life satisfaction
daily diary methods
gender differences
actor–partner independence models
ISSN:0022-2445, 1741-3737
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Zusammenfassung:The authors examined associations between marital quality and both general life satisfaction and experienced (momentary) well-being among older husbands and wives, the relative importance of own versus spouse's marital appraisals for well-being, and the extent to which the association between own marital appraisals and well-being is moderated by spouse's appraisals. Data are from the 2009 Disability and Use of Time daily diary supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (N = 722). One's own marital satisfaction is a sizable and significant correlate of life satisfaction and momentary happiness; associations do not differ significantly by gender. The authors did not find a significant association between spouse's marital appraisals and own well-being. However, the association between husband's marital quality and life satisfaction is buoyed when his wife also reports a happy marriage, yet flattened when his wife reports low marital quality. Implications for understanding marital dynamics and well-being in later life are discussed.
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Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, 3620 S. McClintock Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90089‐1061.
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
Jennifer C. Cornman Consulting, 113 Chapin Pl., Granville, OH 43023.
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ISSN:0022-2445
1741-3737
DOI:10.1111/jomf.12133