You Make Me Sick: Marital Quality and Health Over the Life Course

Umberson, Debra; Williams, Kristi; Powers, Daniel A.; Liu, Hui; Needham, Belinda L.

doi:10.1177/002214650604700101

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“…Recent research comparing the association between marital quality and well-being outcomes has produced mixed results, and some scholars have shown that the effects of marital quality on psychological well-being are similar for men and women (Lee and Szinovacz 2016;Umberson et al 2006;Williams 2003).…”

Section: Gender Within the Context Of Family Networkmentioning

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Family Networks and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife

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Scholarship has highlighted the importance of kin relations for well-being in adulthood. Much focus has been on relationships between spouses and between parents and children. However, limited research has explored the role of adult sibling relationships in well-being, and no studies have made direct comparisons among the effects of tension with these multiple family members. Using data collected from 495 adult children nested within 254 families, we examined the differential impact of tension with mothers, siblings, and spouses on depressive symptoms in midlife. Separate multi-level regression analyses showed that tension with spouses, mothers, and siblings each predicted depressive symptoms. Combined analyses revealed that greater tension with spouses was associated with higher depressive symptoms, but tension with mothers and siblings was not. However, Wald tests comparing the strength of these associations between tension and depressive symptoms indicated that these associations did not significantly vary across family members. Interactions with gender indicated that tension with mothers was more strongly associated with higher depressive symptoms for women than men. These findings highlight the importance of the quality of relationships with family members on individuals' psychological well-being, and call for researchers to consider multiple ties and gender when examining family relationships and well-being.

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Section: Gender Within the Context Of Family Networkmentioning

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Family Networks and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife

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“…Marriage has been shown to be correlated with higher levels of religiosity (Mahoney et al 2003;Waite and Lehrer 2003). In addition, the commitment of marriage can serve to imbue individuals with a heightened sense of life purpose (Umberson et al 2006;Manzoli et al 2007;Uecker 2012). In order to capture these relationships, we include marital status of respondents at the time of the survey (1 = married, 0 = not currently married).…”

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Religious Attachment and the Sense of Life Purpose among Emerging Adults

Culver

Denton

2017

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Abstract:The salubrious association between religious involvement and well-being is evident among the general population of religious individuals. In particular, the sense of attachment to a deity is linked to promoting healthy behavior and positive well-being. The link between religious attachment and well-being is particularly salient for emerging adults during a life stage where they are developing their own sense of self while also renegotiating religious commitments. The current study uses OLS regression and a lagged dependent variable model to analyze how perceived closeness to God is linked to the sense of life purpose among a diverse, national sample of emerging adults. We find that relative to those perceiving closeness to God, those who reported feeling neutral or did not believe in God experienced lower levels of life purpose. Respondents who reported feeling distant from God had the lowest scores on the Life Purpose Index. The findings are examined within the framework of religion and attachment theory literature. The study encourages researchers to consider attachment to a deity as an important link in explaining well-being outcomes, especially among religious individuals.

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“…However, recent studies have identified that the influence of marriage is dependent on the quality of the marriage. Marriages that are problematic are likely to have emotional effects on married individuals, while a high-quality marriage tend to provide benefits, especially for women (Proulx, Helms, & Buehler, 2007) and older adults (Umberson, Williams, Powers, Liu, & Needham, 2006). The married tend to ignore problems with their spouses because the relationship is an important source of emotional closeness and intimacy (Luong, Charles, & Fingerman, 2011).…”

Section: International Journal Of Social Science Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Moderating Effect of Socio-Demographic Characteristics on Subjective Wellbeing

Mayungbo¹

2017

IJSSR

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The independent association between socio-demographic characteristics and subjective well-being is well studied, however, the moderating impact of those characteristics are yet to be established in literature. This study examines the moderating influence of socio-demographic characteristics on subjective well-being among residents in Ibadan metropolis. Using a descriptive survey design and a multistage sampling technique, 10 enumeration areas each were selected from the five major Local Government Areas (LGAs) with simple random technique. The number of participants on the selected enumeration areas were determined with enumeration area maps. Two hundred and twenty participants each were selected from each LGA, using a systematic technique, making a total of 1,100 participants. A questionnaire focusing on socio-demographic profile and life satisfaction scale (r=0.74) was administered to the participants. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, co-relational analysis, moderated hierarchical multiple regression and analysis of variance at 0.05 level of significance. Two hypotheses were tested. The result reveals that socio-demographic factors jointly predicted life satisfaction (F (1, 1007) =4.61, p<.001). Age and marital status also interacted to predict life satisfaction (β=-0.13, t=-3.58, p<.01; β = -0.08, t=1.98, p<.05). The interaction effect of social demographic factors should be considered in a comprehensive examination of subjective wellbeing.

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You Make Me Sick: Marital Quality and Health Over the Life Course

Cited by 504 publications

References 37 publications

Family Networks and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife

Family Networks and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife

Religious Attachment and the Sense of Life Purpose among Emerging Adults

The Moderating Effect of Socio-Demographic Characteristics on Subjective Wellbeing

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