Description
Book SynopsisExplores the nature and quality of today's older couple relationships, as well as the complex links between relationships and health.
Trade ReviewThis is a timely and much-needed book.
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Table of Contents Contributors
Introduction: Current Perspectives on Couple Relationships in the Middle and Later Years
Jamila Bookwala
Part I: Nature and Quality of Older Couple Relationships
Chapter 1: Happily Ever After? Marital Satisfaction During the Middle Adulthood Years
Barbara A. Mitchell
Chapter 2: Marital Discord in the Later Years
Timothy W. Smith and Carolynne E. Baron
Chapter 3: Older Couple Relationships and Loneliness
Jenny de Jong Gierveld and Marjolein Broese van Groenou
Chapter 4: Intimacy and Obligations in LAT Relationships in Late Life
Sofie Ghazanfareeon Karlsson and Majen Espvall
Chapter 5: Same-Sex Relationships in Middle and Late Adulthood
Bozena Zdaniuk and Christine Smith
Chapter 6: Sexual Intimacy in Mid- and Late-Life Couples
Amy C. Lodge and Debra Umberson
Chapter 7: Spousal Role Allocation and Equity in Older Couples
Liat Kulik
Chapter 8: These Happy Golden Years? The Role of Retirement in Marital Quality
Amy Rauer and Jakob F. Jensen
Chapter 9: Health Contributions to Marital Quality: Expected and Unexpected Links
Jeremy B. Yorgason and Heejeong Choi
Part II: Marriage, Health, and Adaptation to Illness in Middle and Late Life
Chapter 10: Marital Biography and Health in Middle and Late Life
Zhenmei Zhang, Hui Liu, and Yan-Liang Yu
Chapter 11: Collaborative Cognition in Middle and Late Life: Couple Negotiation of Everyday Tasks
Jennifer A. Margrett and Celinda Reese-Melancon
Chapter 12: Spousal Interrelationships in Health Across Adulthood: Health Behaviors and Everyday Stress as Potential Underlying Mechanisms
Christiane A. Hoppmann, Victoria Michalowski, and Denis Gerstorf
Chapter 13: A Developmental Perspective to Dyadic Coping Across Adulthood
Cynthia A. Berg, Kelsey K. Sewell, Amy E. Hughes Lansing, Stephanie J. Wilson, and Carrie Brewer
Chapter 14: Emotion Regulation in the Context of Spousal Caregiving: Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Strategies
Joan K. Monin
Chapter 15: Chronic Disease Management in Older Couples: Spousal Support Versus Control Strategies
Melissa M. Franks, Elizabeth Wehrspann, Kristin J. August, Karen S. Rook, and Mary Ann Parris Stephens
Chapter 16: 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
Index
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