2016
Spousal Associations Between Frailty and Depressive Symptoms: Longitudinal Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study
Monin J, Doyle M, Levy B, Schulz R, Fried T, Kershaw T. Spousal Associations Between Frailty and Depressive Symptoms: Longitudinal Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2016, 64: 824-830. PMID: 27100578, PMCID: PMC4900179, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular Health StudyGreater depressive symptomsGreater frailtyDepressive symptomsFrailty stateHealth StudyEpidemiologic Studies Depression ScaleSubsequent depressive symptomsCHS criteriaSubsequent frailtySpousal associationsRisk factorsCardiovascular diseaseObservational studyDepression ScaleOlder adult spousesFrailtySymptomsDyadic path analysisLongitudinal findingsWave 7Wave 3Older couplesActor-partner interdependence modelSpouses
2015
To Love is to Suffer: Older Adults’ Daily Emotional Contagion to Perceived Spousal Suffering
Monin JK, Levy BR, Kane HS. To Love is to Suffer: Older Adults’ Daily Emotional Contagion to Perceived Spousal Suffering. The Journals Of Gerontology Series B 2015, 72: 383-387. PMID: 26420167, PMCID: PMC5926986, DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbv070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotional contagionMarital satisfactionOlder adultsGreater marital satisfactionSelf-construal theoryHigher marital satisfactionPerception of levelHusbands' distressPartners' sufferingWives' distressPerson associationsOwn distressPerson effectsDaily perceptionsPsychological healthOlder couplesPhysical sufferingDistressSatisfied wivesDaily interviewsSatisfactionPerceptionContagionAdultsSuffering