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Jamila Bookwala1, Jamie Jacobs

  • 1Department of Psychology, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA. bookwalj@lafayette.edu

The Gerontologist
|June 16, 2004
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Marital processes impact depressed affect differently across age groups. While negative marital processes affect young adults more, marital satisfaction is key for older adults’ emotional well-being.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Gerontology

Background:

  • Marital quality is linked to mental health.
  • Understanding age-related differences in marital processes and depression is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how the relationships between marital processes and depressed affect vary across different age cohorts.
  • To explore age-cohort differences in the interplay of marital satisfaction, negative marital processes, and depressed affect.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH).
  • Analyzed data from individuals in first marriages, categorized into young (n=2,289), middle-aged (n=1,145), and older adult (n=691) cohorts.

Main Results:

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  • No significant age-cohort differences were found in negative marital processes (NMP).
  • Older adults reported higher marital satisfaction than younger cohorts.
  • Marital satisfaction mediated the effect of NMP on depressed affect in young and older adults.
  • NMP had a stronger association with depressed affect in young adults compared to middle-aged adults.
  • Marital satisfaction showed a stronger association with depressed affect in older adults compared to young adults.

    • Conclusions:

    • The salience of marital processes to depressed affect differs across age cohorts.
    • Findings align with socioemotional selectivity theory, suggesting age-related shifts in relationship priorities and emotional regulation.