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Elizabeth A Gallagher1, Jeffrey E Stokes1
1Department of Gerontology, McCormack Graduate School of Policy & Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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This study examines associations of older husbands' and wives' cognitive functioning with both partners' marital quality. Generalized structural equation modeling analyzed data from 1,432 opposite-sex couples drawn from the 2016 wave of the Health and Retirement Study. Findings revealed that wives' poorer cognitive functioning was associated with wives reporting greater closeness and enjoyment of time with a spouse, whereas husbands' poorer cognitive functioning was associated with wives reporting greater marital strain, lower marital support, lower closeness, and less enjoyment of time with a spouse. This suggests that cognitive functioning has dyadic consequences for marital quality, which are highly gendered.
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