Objectives: This study places the self-perceptions of aging (SPA)-health link in the couple
context and examines how changes in one's own and spouse's SPA influence multiple …

Objectives Adults' perceptions of aging are known to affect their mental and physical health.
However, not much is known about how perceptions of aging within the couple-unit affect …

The way older adults perceive their own aging processes influences their mental health, but
we know little about how this occurs in a dyadic context, where spouses' perceptions and …

To what extent self-perceptions of aging and their correlates in later life may be gendered
remains relatively unexplored. In particular, little is known about how changes in the health …

Objectives We analyzed whether marital status and experiences of marital loss or gain were
associated with self-perceptions of aging (SPA), a major psychosocial mechanism of healthy …

Objectives: This study examined the effects of retirement on self-rated health for married
couples, using interdependence and social stratification theoretical frameworks. Method …

Associations between health, control beliefs, and well-being in later life are frequently
conceptualized in terms of the characteristics of individuals. However, spousal …

Objective: This study examined the role of marital quality in the physical health of mature
adults. Method: Participants were from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the …

Objective: To examine how the experience of a negative health event (ie, onset of heart
disease, diabetes, lung disease, cancer, or stroke) of one spouse affects the mental and …

Background As we age we experience many life changes in our health, personal
relationships, work, or home life which can impact on other aspects of our life. There is …