Full Description
What factors influence the nature and quality of today amp rsquo s older couple relationships, and what are the complex links between relationships and health? In this cutting-edge volume, the authors present the latest theoretical, methodological, and empirical perspectives in the field of middle-age and older couple relationships.
The chapters cover a broad range of topics, including the impact of health concerns, loneliness, chronic disease management, couple negotiation of everyday tasks, coping across the lifespan, and the prevalence and visibility of nontraditional older couple relationships such as same-sex relationships and amp ldquo living apart-together amp rdquo relationships. Implications for couples therapy and policy are included.
Contents
Contributors
Introduction: Current Perspectives on Couple Relationships in the Middle and Later Years
Jamila Bookwala
Part I: Nature and Quality of Older Couple Relationships
Chapter : Happily Ever After? Marital Satisfaction During the Middle Adulthood Years
Barbara A. Mitchell
Chapter 2: Marital Discord in the Later Years
Timothy W. Smith and Carolynne E. Baron
Chapter 3: Older Couple Relationships and Loneliness
Jenny de Jong Gierveld and Marjolein Broese van Groenou
Chapter 4: Intimacy and Obligations in LAT Relationships in Late Life
Sofie Ghazanfareeon Karlsson and Majen Espvall
Chapter 5: Same-Sex Relationships in Middle and Late Adulthood
Bozena Zdaniuk and Christine Smith
Chapter : Sexual Intimacy in Mid- and Late-Life Couples
Amy C. Lodge and Debra Umberson
Chapter 7: Spousal Role Allocation and Equity in Older Couples
Liat Kulik
Chapter 8: These Happy Golden Years? The Role of Retirement in Marital Quality
Amy Rauer and Jakob F. Jensen
Chapter 9: Health Contributions to Marital Quality: Expected and Unexpected Links
Jeremy B. Yorgason and Heejeong Choi
Part II: Marriage, Health, and Adaptation to Illness in Middle and Late Life
Chapter : Marital Biography and Health in Middle and Late Life
Zhenmei Zhang, Hui Liu, and Yan-Liang Yu
Chapter : Collaborative Cognition in Middle and Late Life: Couple Negotiation of Everyday Tasks
Jennifer A. Margrett and Celinda Reese-Melancon
Chapter 2: Spousal Interrelationships in Health Across Adulthood: Health Behaviors and Everyday Stress as Potential Underlying Mechanisms
Christiane A. Hoppmann, Victoria Michalowski, and Denis Gerstorf
Chapter 3: A Developmental Perspective to Dyadic Coping Across Adulthood
Cynthia A. Berg, Kelsey K. Sewell, Amy E. Hughes Lansing, Stephanie J. Wilson, and Carrie Brewer
Chapter 4: Emotion Regulation in the Context of Spousal Caregiving: Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Strategies
Joan K. Monin
Chapter 5: Chronic Disease Management in Older Couples: Spousal Support Versus Control Strategies
Melissa M. Franks, Elizabeth Wehrspann, Kristin J. August, Karen S. Rook, and Mary Ann Parris Stephens
Chapter : Harnessing the Power of the Marital Relationship to Improve Illness Management: Considerations for Couple-Based Interventions
Lynn M. Martire, Rachel C. Hemphill, and Courtney A. Polenick
Index
About the Editor
