| Description |
xi, 358 pages ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Current perspectives on couple relationships in the middle and later years / Jamila Bookwala -- Happily ever after? Marital satisfaction during the middle adulthood years / Barbara A. Mitchell -- Marital discord in the later years / Timothy W. Smith and Carolynne E. Baron -- Older couple relationships and loneliness / Jenny de Jong Gierveld and Marjolein Broese van Groenou -- Intimacy and obligations in LAT relationships in late life / Sofie Ghazanfareeon Karlsson and Majen Espvall -- Same sex relationships in middle and late adulthood / Bozena Zdaniuk and Christine Smith -- Sexual intimacy in mid- and late-life couples / Amy C. Lodge and Debra Umberson -- Spousal role allocation and equity in older couples / Liat Kulik -- These happy golden years? The role of retirement in marital quality / Amy Rauer and Jakob F. Jensen -- Health contributions to marital quality : expected and unexpected links / Jeremy B. Yorgason and Heejeong Choi -- Marital biography and health in middle and late life / Zhenmei Zhang, Hui Liu, and Yan-Liang Yu -- Collaborative cognition in middle and late life : couple negotiation of everyday tasks / Jennifer A. Margrett and Celinda Reese-Melancon -- Spousal interrelationships in health across adulthood : health behaviors and everyday stress as potential underlying mechanisms / Christiane A. Hoppmann, Victoria Michalowski, and Denis Gerstorf -- A developmental perspective to dyadic coping across adulthood / Cynthia A. Berg ... [et al.] -- Emotion regulation in the context of spousal caregiving : intrapersonal and interpersonal strategies / Joan K. Monin -- Chronic disease management in older couples : spousal support versus control strategies / Melissa M. Franks ... [et al.] -- 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. |
| Subject |
Older couples -- Psychology.
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Older people -- Psychology.
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Aging -- Psychological aspects.
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Interpersonal relations -- Psychological aspects.
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Interpersonal relations -- Health aspects.
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Spouses -- psychology.
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Aged -- psychology.
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Interpersonal Relations.
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Middle Aged -- psychology.
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77.58 old age (psychology)
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77.63 social interaction and relations.
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| ISBN |
9781433822094 |
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1433822091 |
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