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JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
卷 67, 期 4, 页码 417-422出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr119
关键词
Age differences; Marital quality; Marital standards; Partner discrepancy; Personality; Support
资金
- Faculty of Social Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Objectives. Previous studies have observed a rebound of marital quality in later adulthood. This study tested whether partner discrepancy was a mediator of the age differences in marital quality. Method. The present study assessed partner discrepancies and marital quality in 56 couples, 20-79 years old. Two levels of partner standards (ideal and expected standards) and 2 domains of partner characteristics (personality and support) were examined. Results. Husbands' partner discrepancies, but not wives', were found to mediate the curvilinear age differences in martial quality. Discussion. Consistent with the life-span theory of control, the results suggest that adjusting cognition about the partner is essential to the typically higher marital quality in later adulthood. The results also suggest that the level of comparison standards and the specific domain of partner characteristics should be considered in future studies.
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